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AHRQ support and best practices

Nov. 14, 2022 / By James Sewell

Quality indicators are becoming a larger part of every provider organization’s clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and quality review process. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) quality indicators: patient […]

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COVID-19 and quality: What we know and don’t know

Aug. 24, 2020 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN

Although our knowledge of COVID-19 is growing, there is a great deal that we still do not know about this disease and its full effects on the body, both acutely […]

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Why PSI-90 matters now

May 23, 2018 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN

There is a lot of confusion among coders and CDI specialists about the status of PSI-90. I hope to clear up a little of the confusion in this blog post, […]

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Newton’s Third Law and ICD-10: Code changes potentially impacting quality outcomes – Part 2

Sept. 19, 2016 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN

I have to give Sir Isaac Newton and his Third Law of Motion a nod: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Does this law apply to […]

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“What a Difference A Day Makes”-The coding changes and rules affecting quality

Aug. 24, 2016 / By Cheryl Manchenton, RN

I had the pleasure of attending another couple of conferences lately where I heard some whispered statements such as “Did you hear about all the new codes? Who needs this […]