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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Category Archives: Physicians
Don’t leave physicians out in the cold about ICD-10
I am building on my last blog post about the fact that physicians have not been brought into the loop about ICD-10 (Physician Progress with ICD-10). We found that almost four out of five physicians (80%) have yet to hear … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10, Physicians
Tagged icd-10 and clinical documentation, j.a. thomas, physican education icd-10, physician training on icd-10, transition to icd-10
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Physician progress with ICD-10
While Health Information Management professionals are clearly leading hospital preparation initiatives for ICD-10, let’s not forget physicians and how they are progressing. I was recently a panelist on Talk Ten Tuesday, a podcast providing current information on the ICD-10 transition. … Continue reading
Posted in ICD-10, Physicians
Tagged j.a. thomas, physician education icd-10, physicians and icd-10
CMS Issues Final Rule to eRx Program
According to Health Industry Washington Watch: On August 31, 2011, CMS released a final rule that updates Medicare electronic prescribing (eRx) incentive program policies. Specifically, the regulation revises the eRx quality measure used for certain reporting periods in calendar year 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in EHR, Physicians
