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Nov. 6, 2019 / By Allison Morgan, MS, CPC
The coders version of the fall equinox has arrived with 2020 ICD-10 changes taking effect as of October 1. While mother nature herself is cooling down and we all get […]
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Nov. 4, 2019 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN
As I noted in my previous blog on the changes to the IQR program, fall brings joy to some and sadness to others. With the fall comes changes to the […]
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Nov. 1, 2019 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Top-10 medical innovations Last week, Cleveland Clinic released their latest ranking of the top 10 innovations that will shape clinical care in 2020. The ranking is […]
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Nov. 1, 2019 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA
I find surgical coding to be challenging, but in a good way. I love a good challenge when it’s related to technology, coding or figuring out exactly what procedures a […]
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Oct. 30, 2019 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
70 million people receive health coverage through Medicaid. These programs receive federal & state funding and are administered by state agencies that follow broad federal standards. Eligibility varies across states […]
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Oct. 28, 2019 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN
“A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” Ecclesiastes 3:4 Fall brings joy to some and sadness to others. I […]
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Oct. 25, 2019 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Human Compatible: AI and the problem of control – Stuart Russell. Book review. Stuart Russell is a well-known Professor and AI researcher. His book on AI […]
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Oct. 23, 2019 / By Danielle Pavloski
Each year the American Medical Association (AMA) releases the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set changes for the upcoming year. For CPT 2020, the changes were released on September 4, […]
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Oct. 21, 2019 / By Steve Delaronde
Nearly one in five Americans visit an emergency room (ER) every year and one-third of them visit more than once. These proportions are the same as they were in 1997. […]
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Oct. 18, 2019 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Bigger is better? The trend line is clear: First we had a language representation model named after a beloved muppet character, Elmo. This language model had […]
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Oct. 18, 2019 / By Camille Ruiz, RHIA
It’s that time of year, coders, when many of us are attending webinars on 2020 Coding updates. For outpatient hospital coders and CDM staff, this will include ICD-10-CM/PCS as well […]
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Oct. 16, 2019 / By Pam Banning
I recently listened to a laboratory medicine podcast on the need for clinician friendly terms in laboratory testing. They gave various ordering error examples where the assay values provided no […]
