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Twice annual ICD-10 code updates and more COVID-19 ICD-10-CM/PCS code proposals

Sept. 27, 2021 / By Rhonda Butler

The latest ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) was held virtually Sept. 14-15. First on the agenda, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final joint decision […]

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COVID-19 arm: An unexpected vaccine reaction

July 9, 2021 / By Pamela Ewing, CPC

Waiting in the line of cars at the Biloxi Coliseum for my COVID-19 vaccine, I felt a sense of relief to be wrapping up my second dose of Pfizer vaccine. […]

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Addressing vaccine hesitancy to improve health care equity

May 26, 2021 / By Leah Giordano

As of early May, only about 40 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated according to the CDC, with most of those vaccinations occurring in large scale distribution centers, urban […]

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The COVID-19 vaccine: Gratitude while coding

March 5, 2021 / By Jean Jones, CPC

I have a confession to make: I wasn’t always pro vaccines! My view of vaccination has changed since my son was a baby when I actually considered skipping his vaccinations […]

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AI Talk: Modeling inoculations and machine learning startups

Jan. 22, 2021 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week’s AI Talk… Modeling inoculations Recently we have been hearing this familiar refrain: “Vaccines do not prevent COVID-19– vaccinations do!”  It looks like we now have an approach to […]

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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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The vax method to the COVID-19 madness: Vaccine development in a pandemic

Nov. 30, 2020 / By Precious Porter, RN, BSN

With the recent good news regarding potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, I thought it would be helpful to blog about the vaccine development process and how that process has evolved during the […]

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AI Talk: Pandemic effect

Nov. 20, 2020 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

As the number of cases of COVID-19 surge, it is easy to get lost in the negative aspects of the pandemic. This week, I am focusing on three stories that […]

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AI Talk: COVID-19 tracker, shots and tech titans tango

April 17, 2020 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD

This week’s AI Talk… Tracking the path of COVID-19 A fascinating new approach to tracking the COVID-19 virus migration during this pandemic comes from a software called Nextstrain. This tool […]