by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CRCR | Sep 11, 2019 | AHIMA, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denial Management, True Clinical Picture
For many years, healthcare organizations operated exclusively under fee-for-service reimbursement models. The more services provided, the more healthcare providers were paid. But the model was allowing costs to spiral out of control and quality to suffer. Value-based...
by Janice Tarlecki, MBA, RHIA, CCS | Sep 5, 2019 | Clinical Revenue Integrity, Coding
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. The rule contains many changes to MS-DRGs that will significantly affect the day-to-day...
by Cathleen M. Murray, CTR, CSTR | Aug 29, 2019 | Life Sciences, Trauma Registry
Trauma registries are just one of the many patient registries that collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure. Trauma registries are focused on collecting data that...
by Cathleen M. Murray, CTR, CSTR | Aug 22, 2019 | Life Sciences, Oncology Data Services, Trauma Registry
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines a patient registry as “an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or...
by Scot Nemchik | Aug 15, 2019 | Coding, True Clinical Picture
This blog post is part of our ongoing series discussing the True Clinical Picture. Before we go any further, let’s quickly reflect on what we mean by True Clinical Picture. TRUE CLINICAL PICTURE: A complete and comprehensive record that serves as the source of truth...
by Scot Nemchik | Aug 6, 2019 | Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Coding, Denial Management, True Clinical Picture
For quite some time now CMS has reiterated their plan to perform a comprehensive assessment of current ICD-10-CM complication and comorbidity (CC) and major complication and comorbidity (MCC) designations. This year’s proposed rule, published on April 23, 2019...
by Ciox Health | Jul 25, 2019 | Life Sciences, Press Release
Ciox Scaling Capabilities to Supply Research-Grade Real World Data (RWD) ALPHARETTA, Ga. – July 25, 2019 – Ciox Health, the nation’s leader in clinical data exchange, today announced a $30 million equity investment to enhance its core capability of providing clinical...
by Ciox Health | Jul 11, 2019 | Press Release, Release of Information
Comprehensive ROI Network, Robust Services and Technology Platform: Key Drivers in Continued Market Growth ALPHARETTA, Ga. – July 11, 2019 – Ciox announces today a wave of new agreements inked between the health data technology leader and several leading healthcare...
by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CRCR | Jun 21, 2019 | Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denial Management, True Clinical Picture
The healthcare landscape becomes more complex by the day. Value-based care. Regulatory requirements. Systems integration. Resource constraints. Payer payment tactics. All of these items, in addition to maintaining efficient daily operations, create challenges for the...
by Jeanie C. Hartley, CTR | May 16, 2019 | Life Sciences, Oncology Data Services
Cancer Registrar. Tumor Registrar. Oncology Data Consultant. The list goes on to include many titles that have been bestowed upon those of us who specialize in collecting and managing data that healthcare providers and health officials use to improve cancer treatment,...
