News & Analysis

Medical necessity in the outpatient arena

January 15, 2025
News & Insights

As CDI efforts continue to expand in the outpatient setting, review strategies to ensure medical necessity is properly documented.

This week in Medicare—1/15/2025

January 15, 2025
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include revised FAQs on hospital price transparency requirements, the January 2025 update to the ASC payment system, and more!

E/M compliance lessons from UCHealth's recent settlement

January 1, 2025
HIM Briefings

A recent case centered on the misuse of evaluation and management (E/M) codes in emergency department billing offers valuable insights for HIM professionals.

Documentation challenges related to substance use, abuse, and dependence

December 18, 2024
HIM Briefings

Analyze the clinical, diagnostic, and coding challenges associated with documenting substance use, abuse, and dependence.

Risk adjustment in the outpatient setting

November 27, 2024
HIM Briefings

Learn about how a large health system's CDI program approaches risk adjustment in the outpatient setting. 

ARDS coding and documentation considerations

November 20, 2024
HIM Briefings

Explore proper coding and documentation practices for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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