Posts Tagged ‘cdi and coding’
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 by Dr. Neil Skolnik. See link below. Here’s why I recommend it. As always with articles of this sort I caveat that I’m not a clinician and I have a…
Read MoreFrom Encephalopathy to Edema: Talking chart review with Dr. Tarman Aziz
Listen to the episode here. I’m consistently surprised at how few CDI or IP coding professionals talk about their most basic job function. The very reason they are hired, and what most do for eight hours a day. I’m talking about chart review. Go on Linkedin or Facebook and it’s rarely discussed. Yet it’s … everything. Nuanced, complex, clinical, critical to the quality of financial health of hospitals. It’s how patient acuity is expressed in coded data, how hospitals get paid, and why CDI and coding professionals are employed. …
Read MoreMost Common CDI and Coding Queries: What Are Yours?
By Brian Murphy What are your most common CDI or coding queries these days? There are always a few at or near the top (you probably know the culprits), but I was interested to see if there were any shifts based on the continued growth of Medicare Advantage/HCCs, social determinants of health, changes in provider…
Read MoreFrom meeting planner to medical coder … meet UC Davis’ star director of CDI and coding, Tami McMasters Gomez
Tami McMasters-Gomez, BS, CCS-P, CDIP, CCDS, (MHL), is the Director of CDI and Coding Operations at UC-Davis Health in California. She has ultimate oversight of 80 employees, a team that is busy querying, coding, and abstracting data for a huge organization that includes its flagship 646-bed multispecialty academic medical center. Tami is a bright light…
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