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June 12, 2020 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
Julio Ayala died at home of COVID-19. I don’t know if he would have survived if he had gone to a hospital, but he might have. Nobody wants to be […]
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June 10, 2020 / By Sue Belley, RHIA
Update: On June 15, several days after this blog posted, the FDA revoked their Emergency Use Authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19. The alert states, “Based […]
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June 5, 2020 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
As the pandemic spread in March and April, the nation went into lockdown and the number of cases began to climb, one factor became patently obvious: poor and minority communities […]
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June 5, 2020 / By Karla VonEschen, MS, CPC, CPMA
Just when you started to get comfortable with the 2020 ICD-10-CM changes, CMS has published their list of proposed diagnosis code updates for October. Is it really that time of […]
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June 3, 2020 / By Megan Carr
As we all face the reality of day-to-day life during a pandemic, I consider myself in the lucky category. My husband and I may struggle as we manage two full-time […]
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June 1, 2020 / By Audrey Howard, RHIA
With the beginning of a new month, I can’t help but reflect on some of the remarkable events that have occurred in the last several weeks related to ICD-10-CM. Coding […]
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May 29, 2020 / By Private: Katie Christensen
Our world has been turned upside down, our economy is struggling, and many are sheltering in place amid the coronavirus pandemic, causing us to interact differently with loved ones and […]
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May 27, 2020 / By Pamela Ewing, CPC
In early 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic was etched into the fabric of our daily lives, CMS developed two new HCPCS codes: G2010 and G2012. These codes were developed for […]
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May 22, 2020 / By Barbara Aubry, RN
Last time I blogged, I had hoped that by the deadline for my next blog we would have some more effective forms of treatment for COVID-19 or better containment and […]
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May 20, 2020 / By Steve Delaronde
The fear of expensive medical bills is an ongoing impediment for patients seeking healthcare services and has only been compounded amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, 2020, the Families […]
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May 18, 2020 / By Bobbie Starkey
We have been flooded with news stories about COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the health and well-being of different segments of the population: the elderly, patients with underlying chronic condition and […]
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May 15, 2020 / By Richard Fuller, MS
In a prior blog, we highlighted the results of our research into patient outcomes, potentially preventable admissions (PPAs) and emergency room visits (PPVs)1among nursing home residents. In that research, we […]
