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: Regulatory Reporting
CMS Adds Hospital-Specific Data on HACs to Hospital Compare Site
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added data about hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) to its Hospital Compare website on April 1st As reported on the HFMA website: “The data release shows the number of times an HAC occurred for … Continue reading
Posted in Case Mix and Reimbursement, Clinical Documentation, Health Reform, Regulatory Reporting
Tagged AHA, cms, HAC rates, HACs, Hospital Compare, Medicare fee-for-service patients, Medicare program, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and HACs
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Plan Ahead ICD-10 Guide for Physician Leaders
Physician leaders have very limited time to implement a strategy, not just to introduce their medical staffs to the concept of ICD-10, but also to present the concept in a manner that will build a collaborative approach. Physician leaders will … Continue reading
The Physician Leader Test: ICD-10
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Vice President Medical Affair (VPMA), Medical Director or other designated physician leader often faces the challenge of presenting unpopular legislative or regulatory changes to an increasingly hostile medical staff. The manner of introducing such concepts … Continue reading
How Will Physicians Be Paid In The Future?
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Payment Innovation will explore methodologies to link physician payment to quality, decrease incentives to over-utilize services, and align disparate provider interests to improve continuity of care. Traditional fee-for-service, as we now know it, is … Continue reading
