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Has Your CDI Program Shifted its Focus For Optimal PSI 15 Performance?
Source: JustCoding
Shannon Newell, RHIA, CCS, discusses a refined version of the Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90 composite by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and how it has a significant impact on what discharges are included in PSI 15. 
Get to Know the PTAC and its Significance
Source: Medicare Compliance Watch
This week’s note from the instructor discusses the PTAC, its mission, and submitting proposals.
Wide Variations Persist in Health Insurance Costs
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Stagnating incomes make even modest premium increases more damaging to families and there are significant differences in premium costs among states, says a Commonwealth Fund report.
Release of Information Benchmarking Survey
HCPro's HIM Briefings is conducting its benchmarking survey on release of information, and we would appreciate your input. To show our thanks, we will select one respondent at random to win a complimentary HCPro webinar of his or her choice. To enter to win, please include your contact information at the end of the survey.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Request for a Former Patient’s Records
Source: Briefings on HIPAA
Q: We received a request for a former patient’s records. We transferred all the patient’s records to the new provider at that time. Should I direct the request to the provider the patient transferred to?

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