Recovery Auditor overpayment and underpayment statistics are released by CMS at the close of each fiscal year (FY) quarter, and with FY 2012 in the books, CMS has published its year-end improper payment figures. In FY 2012, the numbers continued to ascend, as CMS more than doubled its total correction amount from the previous year.
Successful programs to reduce preventable hospital readmissions range from the transitional care model created by Mary Naylor, PhD, FAAN, RN, a nurse researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, to Project RED, created by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Kathleen Heery, MS, RN, CCM, and Cheryl Pacella, DNP(c), HHCNS-BC, CPHQ, the homecare consultant and quality advisor at CAP Consulting, LLC, discussed the secrets to their success during "Reducing Readmissions by Improving Transitions in Care," an HCPro webcast.
In October 2012, Medical Records Briefing (MRB) asked HIM managers and directors about their ICD-10 implementation efforts for our first quarterly benchmarking survey of the year.
There's a popular saying that states, "Too much of a good thing can be bad for you." I believe that's never been truer than now when it comes to EMR documentation.
