Posts Tagged ‘medical’
CY 2021 Hospital OPPS Final Rule Published in Federal Register
The Final Rule for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for calendar year 2021 was published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2020 (Federal Register, 2020). A synopsis was featured in an earlier article, “2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule: See the Updates.”
Read MoreTop 5 Common Myths of Coding Outsourcing
These are 5 common myths of outsourcing, and how YES HIM Consulting debunks these concerns with a skilled team of consultants, coders, and auditors.
Read MoreIs Your Medical Data At Risk?
Is your medical data at risk? Google just announced a partnership with Ascension, the country’s second-largest hospital system, that will allow the tech giant to store and analyze millions of medical records to improve healthcare services. HIPAA has been amended to include regulations for the safeguarding and sharing of information digitally as new systems have entered the scene…
Read MoreKnow Your CDI Data: Statistics and Trends Analysis for Successful CDI Programs
Identifying trends in MS-DRGs is not enough to validate a CDI program. Key CDI data, gathered and analyzed from principal diagnosis (PDX), complications and comorbidities (CC), major complications and comorbidities (MCC), and ICD-10-PCS code assignments, provide deeper insights and assist in an accurate validation of a CDI program and its impact on the bottom line.
Read MoreCompliance Audits Shed Light on Performance Improvement in Medical Coding
Is my team’s coding accuracy up to industry standards? This is a question many HIM and Coding decision makers find themselves asking. Coding compliance audits can provide an organization the ability to follow regulatory guidelines in regards to their coding practices. Get an overview of the impact compliance audits have on both the hospital level and the physician-practice level. Read more.
Read MoreIdentifying Transformative Healthcare Trends
Continuing advancements in technology, regulation changes, and increasing healthcare costs are just a few of the changes that are inevitable in the foreseeable future. So, how do we strategically prepare for changes in the healthcare industry that we cannot even predict yet? Read on to find out.
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