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News
CHRISTUS Health, HHS reach settlement following complaints by deaf patients
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
A Texas-based healthcare company reached a voluntary resolution agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights on January 16 regarding allegations that it had failed to provide effective communication to hearing-impaired patients.
MDLIVE launches virtual primary care platform; Cigna will offer patients virtual annual wellness screenings
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Virtual care is making the leap from urgent care to primary care, a move that could lead to lower cost plans from payers.
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Educating physicians on ICD-10-CM documentation amid risk-adjustment changes
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
One of the most vexing challenges that clinical documentation integrity (CDI) specialists have is how to engage physicians to completely and precisely document their patients’ conditions and treatments in the language required by ICD-10-CM, which is essential to risk adjustment.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Querying for pressure injuries
Source: ACDIS
Q: Our wound care nurses determined that staff nurses identify pressure injuries correctly only 60% of the time. If we’re querying based on nursing documentation, our administration is concerned that we’re running the risk of coding for pressure injuries that are not truly pressure injuries. What is your recommendation for pressure injury querying?

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Spinal Coding Made Simple: Incorporate 2020 ICD-10-CM and CPT Updates

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