American Medical Compliance

JUNE 21, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimated that improper payments in the Medicare and Medicaid programs exceeded $100 billion from 2016 to 2023. Providers must ensure that patient records accurately reflect the services provided and that coding accurately represents these services.

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Documentation/Coding Leadership Best Practices Outcomes 99

EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

13 Interventions may include: Ascertaining a patient’s preferred language early in the clinical encounter (during registration, for instance), and clearly documenting this preference in a place that is visible to all providers. Utilizing certified interpreters and documenting their use. Educating patients on their rights.

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Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Best Practices Federal Emergency Management Agency 81

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

1 In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) took additional steps to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify and define information blocking and associated exceptions. 2 Information blocking is any practice that is “likely to interfere with access, exchange, or use of [EHI].” Published December 16, 2016.

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Documentation/Coding Best Practices Ethical Issues Academics 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 23, 2023

2016) “Implementation of a Post-Code Pause: Extending Post-Event Debriefing to Include Silence”. Best Practices in Mental Health. 2012) “Implementation of a Rapid Post-Code Debrief Quality Improvement Project in a Community Emergency Department Setting”. Be kind and care for yourself and those around you.

Emergency Department 98

Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Best Practices 98

PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Children’s Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 2007-2016. Parent/Professional Advocacy League: Best Practices: Pediatric Emergency Department Psychiatric Boarding Kraft CM, Morea P, Teresi B, et al.

Psychiatric 98

Psychiatric Emergency Department Pediatrics Best Practices 98

PulmCCM

MARCH 11, 2024

About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. Each hospital’s Medical Executive Committee approved the protocol, and data was collected 2016-2018. I had never heard of this practice before. (To

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Hospice Documentation/Coding Administration Hospitals 52

EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

ED Best Practices Optimizing the Environment Separate area from main ED is possible that has less distractions, loud noises. Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Children’s Mental Health Emergency Department Visits: 2007-2016. Why are we boarding?

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Pediatrics Emergency Department Best Practices 52