Importance of Clinical Documentation Improvement
In the current healthcare scenario, every patient encounter requires to be documented – both for future reference as well as for the facility to be reimbursed for the services...
What is HCC Coding/What does HCC Stand for?
HCC scores have been used since 2004 by Medicare to adjust payments based on the risk level of the enrollee. This has resulted in Medicare paying a higher monthly capitation f...
Best Practices – Clinical Documentation Improvement
All healthcare facilities – irrespective of whether they are a business enterprise or a charitable institution – have to be financially viable in order to continue to provide ...
3 Steps To Creating Your Clinical Documentation Improvement Program
Improving clinical documentation leads to revenue gains and most healthcare facilities are now exploring this program. The main reason for getting into this program is to imp...
Florida Hospital Gains $72.5 Million Courtesy its Clinical Documentation Improvement Program
Once an informal process that received significant attention at just a few hospitals; Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) is now the backbone of an organizations financia...
Why you need a CDS System designed for ICD-10
The main reason for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 was greater documentation precision. However, if the diagnostics is documented by clinicians at a lower level than wha...
