Quality of care cannot be achieved without good data. 2020 has brought us many looming changes in healthcare. Unfortunately, we have already seen increased reporting criteria, more administrative burden, and many payment cuts. As we address all of these, not only this year but also in future years, ...
The reliability of the current state of health information is extremely limited.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Joseph Nichols is producing a four-part series on healthcare data for ICD10monitor. This is the first installment in his exclusive series.
The healthcare industry has spent an extraordinary amount ...
Understanding the ICD-10-CM Z codes is essential.
On Feb. 6, RACmonitor posted an article by Ellen Fink-Samnick, a frequent contributor to ICD10monitor and Talk Ten Tuesdays. It was titled “Underutilization of ICD-10-CM Z Codes for Medicare Beneficiaries.”
She reminded us that it’s been two years ...
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Help Your Physicians Look as Good as the Care They Provide
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Nostalgia, solastalgia, and climate change. In our inaugural article in this exclusive series on the impact of climate change on mental healthcare, we listed the numerous climate-related conditions that seem to be emerging. The most intriguing one of all may be solastalgia. Even the name itself ...
