As a former director of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and health information management (HIM), I know that the need for optimized sequencing of diagnosis codes on a claim within the […]

Recently, I was driving my children’s babysitter home to a gated community and needed to enter the code into the entrance keypad. I asked the 15-year-old babysitter: “Do I put […]

The Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program was initially mandated by Section 501(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. CMS was mandated to reimburse hospitals […]

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 […]

It’s Health Information Professionals Week and we want to take the time to thank all those who keep health information accurate, secure and accessible. Health information management (HIM) professionals are […]

Each year 3M brings together some of the brightest minds in health care, clinical documentation and health information management at our annual 3M CES. It’s the place for leaders to […]

I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems VP of revenue cycle solutions Jason Burke to talk about the evolution of clinical documentation integrity (CDI), including trends and ideas […]

Have you ever noticed how fashion trends make their way back around every few decades? The same thing happens with health care hot topics. Recently the topic of length of […]

Health care has long been focused on delivering quality clinical care that results in positive patient outcomes. Unfortunately, clinical excellence is not always accurately captured in quality ratings and rankings […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Chief Medical Officer of Clinician Solutions Dr. Travis Bias to discuss what capture to code really means and how technology should help […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Vice President Clinician Solutions Michael Bee to talk about the evolution of our flagship platform and how we’re automating coding at the […]

I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of revenue cycle solutions Jason Burke to talk about how technology could help with health care staffing shortages, better […]