Staff training and workflow optimization are the greatest challenges for using electronic health records for collecting, reviewing, and acting on social determinants of health data in community health centers
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Study finds challenges in using EHR tools for collecting social determinants of health data
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Staff training and workflow optimization are the greatest challenges for using electronic health records for collecting, reviewing, and acting on social determinants of health data in community health centers, according to a recent study in the Annals of Family Medicine.
Hospitals should be bracing for site-neutral payments
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Despite objections from numerous hospital groups and lawmakers, CMS on Friday finalized a site-neutral payment policy for outpatient clinic visits.
 

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ICD-11 is here and the U.S. is considering using it—for mortality reporting
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
As coders mark the third anniversary this October of the U.S. implementation of ICD-10, its newly minted successor is waiting in the wings, nearly ready for adoption.
 

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Q&A: Physician engagement tips
Source: ACDIS
Q: Can you provide some tips on how to educate physicians and encourage them to respond to your queries? My hospital is a teaching facility and the system is set up so that nurses can’t even call an attending directly. In most cases, we have to go through the residents who are training with the attendings.

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