About the authors
Melinda Tully, MSN, CCDS, is Senior VP of Clinical Services and Education and has 25+ years in Acute Care as a Clinical Specialist and Nurse Practitioner. Her area of specialty is clinical documentation education focused on continuous quality improvement.
Paul Weygandt, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) with over 20 years of combined experience in medical management, legal counsel, and orthopedic surgery. His area of specialty is facilitating CFO-CMO/VPMA/Physician Relationships to drive quality improvement.
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- David Block MD, PhD on ICD-10: AMA Decision Tries to Avoid the Inevitable – and Will Likely Fail
- David Block MD, PhD on Open Medicare Database, Good or Bad for Healthcare?
- Steve Sisko on ICD-10 Impact on Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Reimbursement
- Admin on AMA Votes to Stop ICD-10
- David Block MD, PhD on AMA Votes to Stop ICD-10
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Cost-Benefit Analysis of ICD-10
By Guest Blogger Angela Carmichael, HIM Product Development Specialist, J.A. Thomas & Associates To upgrade to the latest and greatest version of anything, you must be prepared to pay a premium – and updating to ICD-10 will be no different. There … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, Coding, ICD-10
Tagged Clinical Documentation, costs of ICD-10, EMR updgrade, icd-10, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
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Value Based Purchasing Challenges Quality of Your Data
Value based purchasing (VBP) is slowly sinking in with hospitals. The reality is that in FY 2013, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) will begin providing value-based incentive payments to hospitals based on 1) performance and 2) improvement … Continue reading
An “Ear to the Ground” Update – ACOs & Anesthesiology
I had the opportunity recently to speak with a group of anesthesiologists. Our discussion which began with improving clinical documentation quickly evolved into a discussion of ACO deployment, bundled payment, and the implications for the practice of anesthesiology. To achieve … Continue reading
Coordination between ED physicians and hospitalists
I read with interest a new study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) which addresses care coordination for patients treated in hospital emergency departments (EDs) – you can read about some of the survey findings below. … Continue reading
Natural Language Processing and HIMSS
By Guest Blogger, Brian Boyer, Director of Information Technology According to the 2011 Leadership Survey announced at HIMSS, meaningful use and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act are the key impetus behind healthcare IT investments. As I walked the floor … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, Uncategorized
Tagged Clinical Documentation, health reform, HIMSS11, natural language processing
HIMSS11 and Being Patient-Centric about the Data
This was my first visit to HIMSS and I must say, I was impressed. 31,000 attended the show and HIMSS had over 14,000 professional registrants. The Keynotes were likewise impressive: From Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, Office of the … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, Health Reform, Patient Safety, Quality Measures
Tagged cms, himss, patient care, patient safety, plan of care, quality care
Do you want a share of the savings from Accountable Care Organizations?
When one considers the title of the 2000 page Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act of 2010, the words “Accountable Care” stand out. ACOs present perhaps the greatest opportunity for fundamental change in the delivery system articulated within the health … Continue reading
Posted in Accountable Care Organizations
Tagged accountable care, accountable care organization, aco, health reform, medicare, MedPAC, PPACA
