The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) wants improved and unified health information governance to standardize EHR use. AHIMA says the move will lead to technology that provides better, more efficient patient care.
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.
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.
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.
Hospitals earned a big win with drug payments this year in the 2013 OPPS final rule, released November 1. CMS decided to finalize its proposal to follow the statute and reimburse facilities at the average sales price (ASP) plus 6%.
