Home health agencies (HHAs) have been under an increased level of scrutiny lately, with an added emphasis on home health
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Copy and Paste: Double-Check Before Hitting Save on EHRs
The practice of copy/paste in electronic health records (EHR) is receiving heightened scrutiny lately, with a recent study finding that
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Pin Down the Subtleties in CPT Wrist Coding
Wrists may be small compared to the rest of the body, but there are a numerous procedures that can be
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Use Patient-Centered Practices to Prevent Nursing Home Falls
Nursing homes across the country are increasingly phasing out bed and chair fall-prevention alarms. That’s because physician-conducted studies have found
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2018 MIPS Sees Changes to Category Weights and Deadlines
Year 2 of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is in full swing, with plenty of significant updates to the
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Practical Steps Can Lead Your HHA to a 5-Star CMS Rating
Being a successful Home Health Agency (HHA) today means not only achieving patient satisfaction but also juggling all the reports
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The Future of Telemedicine: CMS Expands Services in 2018
Telemedicine, and telehealth in general, has been growing tremendously in recent years, thanks in large part to advances in technology
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Keeping Track of Time: The Best Way to Code for Critical Care
Coding for physician inpatient services, especially critical care, is deceptively straightforward. The reality is that the details of each code
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Higher EMTALA Penalties Mean You’d Better Check Your On-Call Systems
Medical professionals working in emergency departments (ED) constantly have to make split second decisions in a stressful, crowded, and often
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De-Identify Sensitive Patient Information—Before You Share!
The rise of electronic health records (EHR) has created significant challenges for providers that go beyond typical data storage and
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