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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CMS coding adjustment less than expected
According to Healthleaders, CMS surprised many when it released its final rule for the FY 2012 Inpatient Prospective Payment System integral to inpatient Medicare reimbursement at short-term and long-term acute care hospitals as announced in an August 1 press release. … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, Finance, Uncategorized
Tagged cms adjusted rate, documentation and coding adjustment, Inpatient Prospective Payment System, jata
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New ICD-10 Survey Shows Need for Physician Education and Medical Staff Buy-In
Training efforts to-date have fallen squarely on coders. However, as providers have experienced with MS-DRGs, effective clinical documentation and coding accuracy happens when coders work in concert with clinical teams – physicians and clinical documentation specialists. Physicians, CDS’s and other … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, ICD-10, Uncategorized
Tagged icd-10 survey, icd-10 training, physicians and icd-10
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
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
