In my first week at my new job as a clinical analyst working on the clinical terminology team at 3M, I was told to read the paper “Desiderata for Controlled […]

The American Medical Association (AMA) published additional guidance for modifier -25 (significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management (E/M) service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on […]

The day I delivered the fiscal year 2024 ICD-10-PCS update files to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for posting, it so happened that one of my favorite […]

This week’s blog highlights content from my latest podcast with my friend Prem Devanbu, distinguished professor emeritus at UC Davis. He works in empirical software engineering and artificial intelligence (AI) […]

For the past year, I’ve been immersed in the world of hierarchical condition category (HCC) coding. It’s been a great opportunity to dig deeper into everything related to risk adjustment […]

“Paving the cow path” is the act of automating a business process without regard for whether the process is effective or efficient in solving the problem at hand. When someone […]

I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion with the ACDIS Leadership Council on April 14, 2023. The topic of discussion was, “Optimized Comprehensive CDI Programs.” A nationwide […]

I was lying on this cold table in the delivery room that early Sunday morning in 1992. I just gave birth to a baby. I still didn’t know if it […]

As I was browsing the blogsphere for what is new, I came across this snippet “Knowledge Graphs and LLMs are “a match made in Heaven.” and it piqued my interest. […]

Radiologists are hard to find. Clinicians have always joked that radiologists hide out in the dark corners of hospitals reading film. With the current state of the industry, this statement […]

My dad has always had a fascination with gadgets. Over the past 20 years, he has loved getting smart devices and has gone through multiple smartphones, tablets and smartwatches. Of […]

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended in the United States on May 11, 2023. The pandemic (a disease that rapidly spreads over a wide area) has been declared endemic […]