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As a follow-up to our previous article “The HCC Coding Specialist: Benefiting payers, providers, and patients” we now delve in deeper to the background and overview of HCC risk adjustment for the Medicare Advantage Program.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) list 2022 to judge the quality of care at hospitals.
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Make Room for Exceptions: This years’ updates to the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting include a new section, updates to an existing section, new guidance on a body part, some editorial changes and the introduction to the possibility of exceptions for special cases.
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Karen Youmans, MPA, RHIA, CCS, President and CEO of YES HIM Consulting, and Vanessa Youmans, MA, RHIA, CCS, CPC, Vice President, Coding Services, co-authored their latest ProFee Case Study in the Journal of AHIMA – October Edition. AS HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS strive for continuous efficiency and sustainability, mergers and acquisitions (M&A)among diverse medical facilities provides organizations new opportunities to reduce costs and generate a larger footprint in both current and new markets…
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Every disease, injury, and symptom has its own ICD-10 code. But what exactly is their purpose and what makes them so important?
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