Posts by Norwood Staffing
Norwood an Inc. 5000 three-peat winner; places at no. 503 on prestigious list
NEW YORK, August 12, 2025–Inc. magazine revealed on Tuesday that Norwood ranks No. 509 on the 2025 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Under Armour,…
Read MoreFrom Coding to Cabo: Following your bliss with Melanie Kiss, travel entrepreneur
Listen to the episode here. I don’t know this with certainty, but I probably have more than one listener dreaming of starting their own business, in the mid-revenue or elsewhere. Others might be content in their current roles as CDI, coding, or mid-revenue cycle professionals, but are also looking forward to a big vacation…
Read More2026 MPFS proposed rule a boon for telehealth, G2211 expansion and more
By Brian Murphy CMS issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule this month. Links for further reading below…or just ask ChatGPT? On second thought, don’t do that. There are a lot of proposals in the rule, but one that I wanted to highlight are changes to telehealth. I’ve always viewed telehealth as an…
Read MoreHow your coding, CDI practice impacts U.S. News and World Report rankings (with example)
By Brian Murphy U.S. News and World Report just released its 2025-26 ranking of the nation’s best hospitals. As always I’m interested in what you think of these rankings, and secondarily how much your hospital and its CDI and coding programs use the list as a barometer of success. Leave a comment below. (FYI NYU…
Read MoreHIV, hypertension with heart disease, BMI and more updated in ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting effective Oct. 1, 2025
The new ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting are out. Let’s take a closer look. … but before we do, know that these are effective Oct. 1, 2025. So until then stick with the current guidelines. I’m listing here just the major highlights; this summary is not exhaustive and there are many small changes…
Read More2026 OPPS proposed rule: Three things you should know about
By Brian Murphy Here’s three things I found interesting in the OPPS proposed rule, that will impact your hospital and the work you do—if passed. Between the physician fee schedule and the OPPS this was a heavy rulemaking week. Heck, it’s been a heavy rulemaking last couple of months under the new administration. But today…
Read MoreMid-revenue cycle professionals must ask: What would make our physicians’ lives easier?
By Brian Murphy Every so often—check that, on a regular basis—it pays to step back and think about the physician. We are pushing ever more complex, freighted decisions on the MD. Asking for more, and for less reimbursement. Instead of focusing on just optimal coding and documentation, we should also ask: How can we make…
Read MoreElixhauser: A mouthful to say, but a must know concept in understanding hospital quality and performance
By Brian Murphy Elixhauser. That’s the post. Still with me? I get it. What a name and a mouthful. I think I first heard it from Dr. James Fee in my ACDIS days. I thought he’d either busted out some piece of obscure clinical terminology or suffered an aneuryism. I later heard it from Cheryl…
Read MoreCode Red: Aligning Risk Adjustment with CMS’s New Audit Mandate
Listen to the episode here. For this week’s episode I’m bringing you something a little different, but of such importance that I had to share it with my Off the Record audience: The massive audit expansion of Medicare Advantage announced by CMS. In case you missed it, CMS in May rocked the mid-revenue cycle…
Read MoreCode Red: CMS announces massive audit expansion of Medicare Advantage, raising risk adjustment coding questions
By Brian Murphy For a while I felt like this was coming to a head. As far back as 2016-2017 I was monitoring reports of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans under investigation for alleged fraud related to HCC upcoding. I wondered when we’d see massive, coordinated action. That day is here. On May 21 CMS announced…
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