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Q4 2020 Coding Clinic changes and updates

Jan. 8, 2021 / By Stacie Silvia, RHIT, CCS

It has been a wild year with many changes, but we are resilient and have adapted. From social distancing to shopping with a mask on to limiting our family/group gatherings, […]

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COVID-19 vaccine distribution: Independent primary care practices are suffering

Jan. 6, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

We’ve had months and months to plan. We have expert guidance on how to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution in ways most likely to benefit all Americans, and yet in the […]

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Measuring our ability to respond to future pandemics

Jan. 4, 2021 / By Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP

Fragmented systems lead to fragmented pandemic responses. Or that’s what I took from this Lancet piece published recently.  The opportunities to improve the U.S. public health and health care systems […]

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That’s a wrap: Mollie Houns retires after a career defining 3M HIS

Jan. 1, 2021

As many of you may know, our dear friend and long-time PR lead, Mollie Houns, will retire on June 30. For several decades, Mollie and her PriceHouns team have successfully […]

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A pandemic, an election and the census: What will data tell us about 2020?

Dec. 30, 2020 / By Amanda Steffon

What can be said about 2020 except what a year! So much has happened in just twelve months. While none of us will desire to return to this time, we […]

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A look back at popular blogs of 2020

Dec. 28, 2020

To say 2020 has been an “unprecedented” year is an understatement. We hope our COVID-19 resources and blogs have helped you navigate the pandemic. Take a look back at Inside […]

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Focus on E/M services: Independent historian

Dec. 21, 2020 / By Colleen Ejak, RHIA

As we continue our Evaluation and Management (E/M) blog series on the revisions to E/M services for Office and Other Outpatient Services for New and Established patients, I want to […]

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AI Talk: Gig worker, Sidewalk and SpaceX

Dec. 18, 2020 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week’s AI Talk… Gig Worker I saw this article in MIT Technology Review this week about the plight of the gig worker. The article features an interview with Professor […]

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Frailty assessment scores may predict length of stay and complications

Dec. 18, 2020 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD

With all of the data we have on diagnosis, comorbidity, age and sex, we still only access a small subset of factors that predict a person’s likelihood of experiencing complications […]

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What’s the high point of client contracting?

Dec. 17, 2020 / By Leah Giordano

I recently embarked on a new kind of adventure during this COVID-19 pandemic that has provided me with extra time to think about our state client’s contract experience. After being […]

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Three questions with Liz Guyton

Dec. 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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A framework for rewarding better care

Dec. 14, 2020 / By Carole Cusack

Last month, key industry leaders wrote about their vision for the future of health care delivery and financing in a Health Affairs blog, which outlined a framework to improve outcomes […]