I had to smile when I saw the article in the March 3, 2021 RAC Monitor titled “Expect More Medical Record Audits Under Biden.” Compliance activities took a bit of […]

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium and phosphate. Also known as “calciferol” and even the “sunshine vitamin,” it is also […]

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the future of Human Race by Walter Isaacson I came across this book recommendation on Amazon last weekend. I bought both the […]

I have started to hear the phrase “social determinants of health” being interspersed with the phrase “health equity.”  Although the two phrases are related, there are some fundamental differences in […]

Childbirth is safer now than at any other time in U.S. history. Despite this, nearly 1 in 3 babies are born by Cesarean delivery, 1 in 7 are born into […]

We sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Division Vice President Garri Garrison to talk about some of the lasting effects from a tumultuous 2020 and how we’re helping to […]

BakeryScan to cancer A fascinating story appeared in The New Yorker last week about an AI pastry program that morphed into a cancer detection program. The story describes a Japanese […]

As a mom of four growing (and constantly eating) boys, I’m always trying to find ways to manage our grocery bill.  Occasionally, I try the generic brands to see if […]

Some of you may be aware that CMS implemented some add-on payments for COVID-19 high throughput testing effective January 1, 2021. The add-on payments are being implemented to support laboratories […]

If we want better health care outcomes in the U.S., we need to change the way we finance health care. Policies flowing from Medicare are a strong signal to the […]

The latest ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting gave us one more unprecedented thing in this time of unprecedented things—the combined agenda was the largest ever. The two-day virtual […]

With Bitcoin’s price once again on the rise, I’m strangely reminded of the trajectory we’ve seen for episodes of care, the alternative payment method that covers health care costs for […]