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Every HIM director would like to receive praise from a surveyor of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) of Oakbrook Terrace, IL, following a survey.
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Its not always easy to make a good impression on a surveyor for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) of Oakbrook Terrace, IL, but it can be done.
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Do you realize that the way you document can have a significant impact on the reimbursement your emergency department receives?
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You should include the following elements in your documentation, according to Candace E. Shaeffer, RN, MBA, vice president of coding/ quality management at Lynx Medical Systems in Bellevue, WA:
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Preparing and training staff for the rehab prospective payment system (PPS) over the past year has been a challenge for Glancy Rehabilitation Center in Duluth, GA, but the rehab hospital has met its goals.
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The HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG) recently announced plans to offer members outsourced health information management services. Working with Precyse Solutions, HPG says member facilities may procure clinical coding, oncology data management, cancer registry, HIM consulting, HIPAA gap analysis, and special projects (backlog filing, purges, etc.) services.
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Coders will be required to learn a variety of new ICD-9-CM codes for fiscal year 2003, as well as change the way they were using some existing codes.
