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Isolation precautions may not always be of benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2017
New CMS specialty code and more on Sepsis-3
This column discusses the new CMS specialty code for hospital medicine and developments in sepsis criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/coding-CMS-specialty-code-sepsis.htm
15 Jun 2016
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/coding-stroke-TIA.htm
15 Dec 2015
Conserving blood: How hospitals are reducing blood transfusion rates
How hospitals are reducing blood transfusion rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/transfusion.htm
15 Oct 2008
In the News
Physician-owned vs. non-physician-owned hospitals, evidence on cleaning methods, barrier precautions during arterial catheter insertion, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2015
ICD-10 will bring new documentation opportunities
Although the transition to ICD-10 has been delayed, hospitalists should become familiar with the new code set in advance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/coding-ICD-10.htm
15 May 2014
CODING CORNER May 2019 • ACP Hospitalist 5 Diagnosis-related ...
In 1983, Medicare adopted the DRG methodology (now known as CMS-DRGs) for hospital inpatient care reimbursement, with the intention of curbing skyrocketing health care costs. ... In 2007, CMS adopted Medicare Severity DRGs (MS-DRGs) to better differentiate patients’ severity of illness and associated costs of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/acph-201905-coding-corner-the-abcs-of-drgs_t1.pdf
27 Apr 2019
coding corner 6 ACP Hospitalist • February 2019 In ...
costs of care based on the pres-ence of certain comorbid conditions (CCs) or major comorbid conditions (MCCs). ... HFrEF and HFpEF are acceptable descriptions of systolic and diastolic heart failure, respectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/acph-201902-coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges_t2.pdf
29 Jan 2019
coding corner 8 ACP Hospitalist • June 2019 Hierarchical ...
patients. A plan must cover all the costs for its patients’ care during the year with the funds received. ... HCCs group together ICD-10 codes for related diagnoses with similar clinical complexity and expected annual costs of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/acph-201906-coding-corner-hccs-explained_t1.pdf
29 May 2019
coding corner 8 ACP Hospitalist • August 2019 Parkinson’s ...
The costs of care in the U.S. are estimated to be as much as $52 billion yearly. ... If the patient also has dementia, identification of any behavioral disturbance is essential.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/acph-201908-coding-corner-parkinsons-disease_t1.pdf
5 Aug 2019