5 results.
HIM Professionals Key to Patient Safety
Author: Servais, Cheryl
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2003
In January 2003, the Joint Commission made 11 recommendations for patient safety. HIM professionals play critical and supporting roles in implementing these recommendations. This article will discuss some of the recommendations, with examples of their use in various aspects of an HIM departmen....
Ambulatory Payment Classification System Challenges Drive Coding Technology Changes
Author: Servais, Cheryl
Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
The outpatient prospective payment system, implemented in August 2000, introduced two significant challenges to those responsible for gathering the codes necessary to determine the expected payment for services. The challenges are:
(1) How to bring all the CPT-4 codes together in one fil....
Computer-Assisted Coding for Inpatients: a Case Study
Author: Servais, Cheryl
Source: AHIMA Computer-Assisted Coding Meeting
Publication Date: September 06, 2006
Government Audit Initiatives: New CMS Pilot
Author: Servais, Cheryl
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
HIM Role in Government Reimbursement Audit Initiatives
Cheryl Servais, MPH, RHIA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to be concerned about improper payments to Medicare providers. The graph in Exhibit A shows the extent to which CMS believes over payments....
Virtual HIM: Considering the Transition to Remote Departments
Author: Servais, Cheryl
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2009
Health IT is untethering HIM departments from the organization’s four walls. The benefits are there, but the change affects nearly every HIM operation.
The same computer systems and Internet-derived technologies that support electronic health records (EH....