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With Audrey Howard, RHIA, Sue Belley, RHIA
Coding of COVID–19 records has been challenging for inpatient coding professionals. Audrey Howard and Sue Belley explore several potential POA scenarios that may cause confusion for coders.
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December 16, 2020 / By Liz Guyton, Kelli Christman
Kelli sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of the U.S. and Canada Liz Guyton, CPA, to look ahead to 2021 and highlight stories from clients on the […]
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How well is your organization navigating the two different sets of sepsis criteria? Krysten Brooks, 3M senior health care performance advisor, discusses documentation and coding best practices to prevent sepsis […]
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November 16, 2020 / By Steve Austin
In previous posts, I’ve hinted that agile thinking and behaviors are not just for software developers. In this post, I will provide an example of how agile can apply to […]
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With Cheryl Manchenton, RN
A cytokine release or storm is one manifestation of COVID-19 that can be confusing when it comes to documentation. Cheryl Manchenton, 3M consultant, details the latest guidelines in this article […]
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With Julie Salomon, BSN, RN
In this Q&A article, Julie Salomon, RN, BSN chief product owner of CDI, quality and physician content for 3M HIS, describes the major developments in CDI, the top challenges for […]
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August 3, 2020 / By Audrey Howard, RHIA, Beth Wolf, MD, Julie Salomon, BSN, RN, Sue Belley, RHIA
By now you are probably aware that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued 12 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes on July 30 for treatment of patients with COVID-19, […]
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July 8, 2020 / By Steve Austin
As a long-time product design and development professional, I am super excited to join the Inside Angle blogging team to explore topics around new technology and automation in revenue cycle […]
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June 17, 2020 / By Audrey Howard, RHIA, Bobbie Starkey
Now that we have seen many cases of COVID-19 being treated and recovered patients moving on with their “new normal” lives (at least in some states), we should take a […]
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With Jason Mark
Jason Mark describes how natural language understanding (NLU)—the latest evolution in natural language processing (NLP) technology—streamlines workflows for clinicians, clinical documentation improvement specialists and coders.
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June 5, 2020 / By Karla VonEschen, CPC, CPMA
Just when you started to get comfortable with the 2020 ICD-10-CM changes, CMS has published their list of proposed diagnosis code updates for October. Is it really that time of […]
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With Julie Salomon, BSN, RN
Julie Salomon, BSN, RN looks at the critical role of CDI specialists in maintaining documentation integrity during the current health crisis of COVID-19.