January 3, 2018
HIM Briefings

Overall, coding productivity benchmarks haven’t budged from 2016.

January 10, 2018
HIM Briefings

Project REFRESH brought the deletion of many standards and elements of performance (EP), and you will see even more changes beginning in January. This column will also review the changes to the Evidence of Standards Compliance (ESC) corrective action plan for Requirements for Improvement (RFI) that must be submitted after a survey.

January 17, 2018
HIM Briefings

Given it’s time for New Year’s resolutions—and my resolution is to work smarter, not harder—it seems appropriate to talk about techniques for bringing balance back into our lives.

January 24, 2018
HIM Briefings

Review the provider documentation and operative report below and consider the ICD-10-CM and CPT® codes to be reported.

January 31, 2018
HIM Briefings

In May, we expect to see the release of the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Edition, for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11-MMS) by the World Health Organization. Work will then begin in the U.S. to adapt it for our clinical use as ICD-11-CM. Hopefully, with the benefit of foresight and lessons learned from the past, we will not reenact the pain we all had with the ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation.

January 31, 2018
HIM Briefings

Take a look at what you might have missed in 2017.