So you've looked at your readmission data, and you've found a problem. One nursing home or SNF is sending back a large number of patients for readmission within 30 days.
In December 2011, Detroit Medical Center (DMC) got word that it had been selected as one of only 32 medical organizations in the country to participate in Medicare's new Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO).
ICD-10 will bring many changes, particularly when it comes to fracture coding. But practice will help reinforce ICD-10 education on the subject, and Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, sole principal of Lolita M. Jones Consulting Services in Fort Washington, MD, provides a sample op report for just that purpose.