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Incentive Programs Offer Aid to Increase Coding Productivity
Author: Gleberman, Amy L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: January 2000
Incentive programs can be a good tool for increasing productivity while maintaining coding quality. Employees who are rewarded for extra production will likely perpetuate higher levels of productivity. High coding productivity can improve a healthcare organization's bottom line by sh....
In-house Coding Education Program Pays off for Faculty, Staff
Author: Choate, Dana M.; Rudd, Jessica
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: November 2002
Faced with a severe coder shortage, Baylor University Medical Center of Dallas, TX, decided to do something radically different. With the support of administration and financial backing of the center, we developed the Coding Education Program (CEP).
The program targets existing empl....
Injection and Infusion Coding Offers High Stakes: Outpatient Coders Must Play Their Cards Right
Author: Flewelling, Charles
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2015
With the consistently rising value of highly skilled outpatient coders, numerous HIM departments are moving to a staffing model that employs coding professionals who are well versed in coding both inpatient and outpatient encounters. Coders in the profession today should possess a mastery....
Ins and Outs of HCCs
Author: Fernandez, Valerie
Source: Journal of AHIMA | Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: June 2017
A Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) is defined as a risk adjustment model that is used to calculate risk scores to predict future healthcare costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) CMS-HCC model is used to predict healthcare spending for Medicare Advantage Pl....
Internal Radiation Brings Hope to Prostate Cancer Patients: With Brachytherapy Treatment Come New HCPCS Codes
Author: Kostick, Karen M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: September 2003
In 2003, the American Cancer Society estimates that 220, 900 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the US, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men.1 Today in the US, patients with prostate cancer have access to less invasive surgical cancer treatment plans. This arti....
International Refined DRGs Globalize Coding
Author: Mullin, Robert L.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: July 2003
For accurate profiling and utilization assessment, a single patient classification system compatible with a wide variety of coding systems and clinical practices is needed. It also provides a reliable basis for healthcare funding and budgeting. However, many of the patient classification syste....
Introduction to the Unified Medical Language System
Author: Fenton, Susan H.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: May 2005
Coded data is the basis for knowledge transfer in 21st-century healthcare. The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is often called the Rosetta stone of international terminologies used in healthcare worldwide.
The purpose of the UMLS is to “facilitate the development of com....
IRF PPS Coding Challenges
Author: Trela, Patricia
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2007
Inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) coding can be a challenge due to the Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS), which was implemented in 2002 to cover patients paid under Medicare Part A. IRF PPS requires completion of the IRF-Patient Assessment In....
Keeping Classification in the Family: WHO Framework Assigns Systems Based on Numerous Factors
Author: Sykes, Catherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: September 2004
Classifications are an essential part of health information infrastructuresthey "group and organize information meaningfully and systematically into a standard format that is useful for determining the similarity of ideas, events, objects or persons."1 Nationally endorsed classification....
Keeping It Clean: How to Improve Claim Collection Rates
Author: Bowden, Karen
Source: Journal of AHIMA - Coding Notes
Publication Date: March 2010
Like the rest of the US economy, the healthcare industry is facing some harsh economic realities today. Credit is tight and the public sector continues to slash spending, requiring healthcare providers-especially hospitals-to rein in costs and protect revenue.
In times like these, h....
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