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JAMA study reveals massive amount of copy-paste in EHR progress notes
Source: ACDIS

Any CDI specialist who’s gone through a transition from paper records to an electronic health record (EHR) system knows the new technology is far from perfect. In the latest finding, a study by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), published on May 30, found that more than 80% of the studied progress notes were the product of copy-paste.
Preparing clinicians for MIPS reporting in 2017
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The 2017 calendar year marks the beginning of a new approach to physician payment through the Quality Payment Program (QPP), an initiative created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act to revise the physician payment system previously updated through the Sustainable Growth Rate.
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Due diligence checklist
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This due digilence checklist will help track and evaluate document requests, warn of privacy and security issues, and provide a basis for determining action plans and resources required to integrate privacy and security programs.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: NCCI edits and CPT Assistant
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: I've noticed some conflicting information between CPT Assistant and NCCI edits for CPT code 29874 (knee arthroscopy with removal of loose/foreign body). Do the NCCI edits override the advice in CPT Assistant?

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Tuesday 6/20 -  Special Open Door Forum: The IMPACT Act and Improving Care Coordination
Wednesday 6/28 - CLIA Certificate of Provider-performed Microscopy Webcast
Thursday 6/29 - Improvements to the Medicare Claims Appeal Process and Statistical Sampling Call
 

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