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Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management and Clinical Documentation Integrity To Avoid Coding Disasters

Relias

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. After time-consuming phone calls, staff found out why: The health plans were downcoding the diagnosis-related group (DRG).

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Optimizing Revenue Cycle Management and Clinical Documentation Integrity To Avoid Coding Disasters

Relias

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. After time-consuming phone calls, staff found out why: The health plans were downcoding the diagnosis-related group (DRG).

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Hospice Care Considerations for People With Dementia

Relias

According to the Alzheimer’s Association 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Fact and Figures report, this population is projected to grow from 58 million in 2021 to 88 million by 2050. The process helps primary care professionals identify a person’s care goals and document and communicate their medical and personal preferences. “If

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The Payoff of Wound Care Education: Get a Return on Your Investment

Relias

Promoting a culture of knowledge and awareness of current standards of wound care. Providing consistent, evidence-based care and thorough documentation. Avoiding penalties and legal risks that go along with inaccurate assessments, incomplete documentation, and preventable pressure injuries. Minimize Risk and Liability.

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Overcoming Barriers to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare

Relias

In a 2021 Relias survey of 1,310 healthcare and public safety professionals, only 62% of respondents said that their organization participates in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. As you move forward with DEI efforts, thinking about the potential challenges to success is important. Watch for Unconscious Bias and Tokenism.

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Managed Care History Part II- HMOs Give Way to Managed Care “Lite”

The Healthcare Blog

Having concluded that the closed panel, capitated integrated care system model could not be reached in a single impossible transformation, as the Clintons attempted and failed to do, it would sow the seeds of capitation through a managed care lite model called Accountable Care Organizations. respectively in 2016.