Last month, we laid the foundation to promote successful engagement of the coding and clinical documentation improvement teams in PSI 90 performance improvement efforts.
Whether it's a precautionary CT scan that may not really be needed or a duplicate laboratory test ordered by separate physicians, many hospitalized patients are getting unnecessary tests, and experts say it's a big problem.
The April quarterly I/OCE update from CMS did not defy convention featuring the typically small number of updates following extensive changes in the previous quarter but CMS did continue to clarify
