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Limited health literacy costs the U.S. healthcare system billions
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions, and the total cost of limited health literacy to the U.S. healthcare system is estimated at up to $73 billion. 
Value-based care transition requires more strategy from CFOs
Source: HealthLeaders Media
A new report from Kaufman Hall emphasizes the need for more strategic activity from CFOs in transition to value-based care.
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Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Using modifier -JW to report discarded drugs at your facility
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Modifier -JW is used to describe drug amounts that are discarded and not administered to any patient. This does not reduce the payment for the drugs, so this is an informational modifier, but it is a mandatory modifier.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Using the TNM staging system for coding cancer
Source: ACDIS

Q: I recently heard in a class that the tumor, nodes, metastasis (TNM) system can be used for coding purposes, but I’ve never used it before. As a coding professional, should I know how this system works and how to apply it?

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