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How a baseline became a springboard to documentation, coding improvement
What gets measured, gets managed. An old business truth … but we don’t always think of the inverse. Without a baseline, you won’t know where to focus. An integrated healthcare system comprised of county-owned hospitals and clinics suspected…
March 3, 2026
Risk Adjustment Reality Check: What’s Working—and What Isn’t
Listen to the podcast. This year has been something of a reckoning for Medicare Advantage. Senator Grassley’s scathing report of UHG’s risk adjustment practices, and the Kaiser $556 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act allegations…
Do you follow the GOLD standard for COPD diagnosis and management, mid-revenue cycle professionals?
By Brian Murphy Are you following the GOLD standard for COPD diagnosis and management? Medscape has a great article and video on this underreported diagnosis…
Norwood publishes analysis of CMS 2027 Advance Notice
Download the guide here. Medicare Advantage just shifted again — and 2027 is already reshaping your 2026 strategy. If you think the 2027 Advance Notice…
Morbid obesity vs. Class 3 obesity for medical coding: Which to use—and which is accepted?
By Brian Murphy A mid-revenue cycle professional lamented on a recent call that their CDI program is hindered because physicians don’t want to diagnose “morbid…