News & Analysis

March 1, 2012
Case Management Monthly

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.

March 1, 2012
Case Management Monthly

If you're looking to reduce your hospital's 30-day readmission rate, it's time to focus in on a major culprit-adverse events related to medication.

March 1, 2012
Case Management Monthly

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).

March 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Test staff knowledge of HIPAA with these questions from readers.

March 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

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.

March 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Some interesting changes are occurring with the implementation of ICD-10-CM that are going to affect principal diagnosis selection.

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