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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

Notably, fewer ICD-10 codes qualify for mapping to HCCs, reflecting CMS’ focus to reduce the number of diagnoses that count towards risk adjustment. Newly added HCCs cover more specific conditions, removing redundant codes and adjusting groupings to align with actual patient risk. Document why you believe that.

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Invest in Wound Care Education To Avoid Legal Risks

Relias

To minimize liability, the entire healthcare team can benefit from training in the following areas: Recognizing wound risk factors. Keeping accurate documentation. million patients suffer from pressure injuries in the U.S. Risk assessment tools are one piece of the puzzle. Aware of Wound Care Liability Risks.

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Will Medical Facial Recognition Technology (mFRT) Reawaken Eugenics?

The Healthcare Blog

Deep neural networks are already invading physician territory including “predicting patient risk, making accurate diagnoses, selecting drugs, and prioritizing use of limited health resources.” He became the first scientist to use photographic images to “document the expressive spectrum of the face” in a publication.