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Apr 16, 2025
Denials vs. Inpatient Admission Percentage – Examining the Financial and Clinical Impact
Rising denial rates aren't just a paperwork problem—they're reshaping inpatient admissions and impacting hospital revenue. With data-driven strategies and Physician Advisor support, learn how to break the cycle of reactive decision-making, protect your bottom line, and reclaim earned but unrealized revenue.
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Mar 26, 2025
Brundage Group Recognized as Leading Revenue Cycle Management Companies
Brundage Group is honored to be named by Becker’s Healthcare as a top revenue cycle management company, helping hospitals optimize revenue integrity.
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Mar 13, 2025
The Bigger Picture: Aligning Patient Care, Compliance, and Financial Health
To maintain balanced, hospitals must track key performance indicators (KPIs) that reflect the broader ecosystem rather than just isolated departmental goals.
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Mar 5, 2025
The Importance of Tracking Trauma Patients Post-Surgery: Ensuring Comprehensive Recovery
Learn the benefits and methods of effective post-discharge monitoring. Contact BWS to learn more.
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Feb 25, 2025
Building More Than Homes: My Experience at the 2025 Habitat for Humanity CEO Build
Building more than homes, building community. Dr. Tim Brundage shares his experience at the 2025 Habitat for Humanity CEO Build.
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Feb 17, 2025
Peer-to-Peer Reviews for Medical Necessity Appeals: Key Strategies for Revenue Recovery
Learn how hospitals can optimize the peer-to-peer process with expert advocacy, data tracking, and strategic pursuit rates.
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Feb 12, 2025
Bridging the Gap: Addressing the Challenges of Clinical Validation Queries
Due to their complexity, clinical validation queries lag behind denials. Learn how better training, tech, and strategy can improve accuracy and reduce revenue loss.
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Feb 10, 2025
Universal Definition of Heart Failure & Why Proper Coding Matters
Improve heart failure diagnosis, treatment, and revenue integrity with proper clinical documentation and coding, ensuring hospitals receive earned reimbursement.
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Feb 6, 2025
How to Recover Hidden Revenue with Utilization Management
Recover hidden revenue with Certus Radar™—real-time oversight, 24/7 reviews, and expert UM support. Get a free data analysis today!
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Jan 29, 2025
Clinical Validation Queries: A Missed Opportunity?
Learn how to effectively implement clinical validation queries in your healthcare organization to avoid denials, reduce administrative costs, and enhance revenue cycle efficiency.
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Jan 28, 2025
Physician Advisors: Protecting Hospital Viability
Learn how Physician Advisors act as payor watchdogs to secure earned revenue, support compliance, and improve operational efficiency.
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Jan 21, 2025
The Vital Role of a Physician Advisor in Modern Healthcare
Discover how Physician Advisors support revenue capture, ensuring compliance, optimizing operations, and helping hospitals thrive.
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Dec 19, 2024
The Physician Advisor: The Administrative Role Hospitals Can’t Afford to Overlook
Discover why Physician Advisors are essential for bridging hospital clinical and administrative needs.
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Dec 13, 2024
Understanding Beneficiary Appeal Rights After Inpatient-to-Outpatient Status Changes
Discover changes to CMS Rule 4204F, addressing Medicare appeal rights after inpatient-to-outpatient reclassification.
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Dec 11, 2024
Brundage Group Recognized on Florida State University’s 2025 Seminole 100 List of Fastest-Growing Alumni-Led Businesses
Brundage Group is proud to be recognized on Florida State University’s 2025 Seminole 100 list, celebrating the fastest-growing alumni-led businesses.
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Dec 4, 2024
Overcoming Obstacles in Case Management: Best Practices and Insights
Discover effective strategies for overcoming challenges in case management, from managing complex patient needs to maintaining regulatory compliance.
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Dec 3, 2024
The Two-Midnight Rule: All About the Expectation
Learn how proper documentation of the Two-Midnight Rule improves compliance, reduces denials, and boosts hospital revenue.
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Dec 2, 2024
Are Departmental Cost-Cutting Measures Costing Your Hospital More Than You’re Saving?
Are cost-cutting measures costing more? Discover how Physician Advisor programs can deliver a 10:1 ROI and maximize your hospital’s financial health.
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Nov 25, 2024
Two-Midnight Rule: Greater Understanding Yields Better Results
Why do conflicts over the two-midnight rule persist? Discover how clearer documentation, alignment with Rule 1599F, and streamlined processes can reduce denials and enhance care coordination. Learn actionable strategies to close documentation gaps and improve outcomes for both patients and hospitals.
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Oct 29, 2024
Unlocking Compliance, Continuity, and Revenue Potential with Certus Radar™
Certus Radar™ combines expert automation and real-time analytics to optimize utilization management, ensuring accurate patient status and timely escalations to prevent revenue leakage.
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Oct 27, 2024
Brundage Group’s Success in Overturning Patient Status Denials from Kodiak’s Medicare Advantage Study
Discover how Brundage Group helps hospitals reduce denials, improve revenue capture, and streamline compliance through expert insights and data-driven solutions.
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Oct 22, 2024
Brundage Group and Iodine Software Team Up to Strengthen Physician Advisor Support in Hospital Operations
Discover how Brundage Group helps hospitals reduce denials, improve revenue capture, and streamline compliance through expert insights and data-driven solutions.
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Oct 11, 2024
The Importance of Case Management Roles in Healthcare
Explore key case management roles and their significance in healthcare. Improve outcomes and patient satisfaction with Brundage Workforce Solutions.
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Oct 11, 2024
Recognizing the Role of Physician Advisors in Case Management
As we celebrate Case Management Week, let’s explore how case management has evolved and recognize Physician Advisors’ vital role in supporting this essential function. Here’s a look at the evolution of case management and the value Physician Advisors bring:
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Oct 4, 2024
Brundage Group’s Keith Fulmer Honored in Becker’s 2024 Health IT and Revenue Cycle Up-and-Comers List
CTIO Keith Fulmer has been recognized in Becker's 2024 Health IT and Revenue Cycle Up-and-Comers list for his innovative leadership, driving growth and transformation in healthcare through technology and revenue cycle management.
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Oct 4, 2024
Thinking of Transitioning to an Internal Physician Advisor Program?
Discover key factors hospitals may overlook when transitioning to an internal Physician Advisor program in Dr. Tim Brundage's latest blog.
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Oct 2, 2024
Mastering Data Validation: Essential Tips for Trauma Registrars
Enhance trauma registry accuracy with essential tips for data validation
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Sep 27, 2024
Critical Thinking Skills for The Trauma Registry Professional
Learn how critical thinking skills empower trauma registry professionals to solve problems and improve outcomes. Discover the 5 phases of critical thinking.
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Sep 23, 2024
Balancing Productivity and Accuracy for Trauma Registry Professionals
Balancing chart closure and data accuracy is vital for Trauma Registry Professionals to ensure quality data and improve patient outcomes in trauma care.
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Sep 17, 2024
Crucial Role of DRG Validation: A Physician Advisor’s Perspective
Learn why DRG validation is essential for accurate reimbursement, reducing denials, ensuring compliance, and improving patient care from a Physician Advisor's perspective.
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Sep 17, 2024
The Business of Clinical Documentation Integrity
Discover how the evolution of Clinical Documentation Integrity impacts hospital revenue and why robust CDI is essential for maximizing revenue integrity.
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Sep 16, 2024
Identifying and Documenting Data Points in Hospital Events
Trauma Registry Professionals must adapt to changing hospital events. Learn key resources, algorithms, and strategies for accurate data to improve trauma care outcomes.
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Sep 15, 2024
How Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Impacts DRG Validation
Learn how CDI plays a crucial role in accurate Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) validation and hospital reimbursement.
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Sep 11, 2024
Brundage Group: Best Places to Work in Tampa Bay 2024
Brundage Group proudly recognized as the Best Places to Work in Tampa Bay 2024, highlighting our commitment to employee engagement, workplace culture, and team success.
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Sep 11, 2024
Trauma Registry Professionals Coming to Terms with Shock Index
Explore how trauma registry professionals can utilize SI, alongside other tools like RTS, ISS, and GCS, to improve trauma patient outcomes.
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Aug 27, 2024
Mid-Revenue Cycle Optimization: How Brundage Group Helps Hospitals Secure Earned Revenue
Struggling to secure the revenue your hospital deserves? Brundage Group specializes in Mid-Revenue Cycle Optimization, offering innovative solutions to streamline processes, enhance documentation, and maximize financial outcomes.
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Aug 14, 2024
Leading with Excellence: Empowering Cancer Registry Managers for Success
Cancer registry leaders play a crucial role in the success of the oncology service line, ensuring not only the effective management of registry data but also guiding and supporting the entire registry team.
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Jul 22, 2024
Brundage Group Secures HITRUST e1 Certification
July 17, 2024 — Brundage Group, a leading provider of physician advisory services and revenue cycle analytics, achieves HITRUST e1 Certification...
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Jul 15, 2024
Brundage Group and Phoenix Medical Management Partner to Deliver Value-Driven Solutions Across the Mid-Revenue Cycle
July 15, 2024 — Brundage Group, a leading provider of Physician Advisory services, revenue cycle analytics...
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Jun 5, 2024
Unlocking Revenue Potential: Physician Advisor Meets Coder for Unbreakable Accuracy in DRG Review!
Please mark your calendars for Thursday, July 18, 2024, at 1:00 PM ET, and join us for a live, 60-minute webinar that promises to revolutionize your hospital’s revenue cycle management.
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May 31, 2024
How Hospital Inpatient Utilization Management Shields Against Claim Denials
Hospital inpatient utilization management (UM) is crucial in the healthcare industry, ensuring hospital resources are used appropriately...
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May 29, 2024
Leveraging Hospital Inpatient Clinical Revenue Cycle Management to Prevent Revenue Issues
Effective inpatient clinical revenue cycle management (RCM) is crucial for hospitals aiming to maintain financial health...
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May 16, 2024
Physician Advisor Turned Certified Coder: Tackling the Challenges of Clinical Documentation
Explore Dr. Hassan Rao’s transformative journey from hospitalist to certified coder, as an Executive Physician Advisor at Brundage Group...
Read MoreApr 9, 2024
Why Reducing Length of Stay Is Critical for Patient & Hospital Well-being
Reducing the length of stay holds much significance for both patients and hospitals. Shorter stays contribute to improved patient well-being...
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Apr 8, 2024
Optimizing Revenue, Ensuring Compliance: A Guide to Healthcare Revenue Integrity
Successfully navigating the intricate maze of healthcare revenue cycle management demands a sharp comprehension and a well-thought-out strategy...
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Mar 22, 2024
Patient Status Basics
Understanding patient status is crucial for compliance and revenue integrity. Brundage Group simplifies the complexities, offering guidance on how to navigate patient status classifications effectively to protect hospital revenue.
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Mar 15, 2024
How Does Insurance Reimbursement Work for Hospitals?
You’re a hospital administrator faced with the complex task of dealing with insurance reimbursements. How does this process work?...
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Mar 8, 2024
Why Is Medical Billing and Coding Important?
Understanding the significance of medical billing and coding is crucial. These processes ensure accurate patient records and correct payment...
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Mar 8, 2024
The Importance of Hospital Coding Accuracy in the Claims Process
Accurate hospital coding is the backbone of a successful claims process. Discover how Brundage Group ensures coding precision to enhance compliance, reduce denials, and maximize reimbursement.
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Mar 8, 2024
Hiring a CDI Specialist: What to Look For
Hiring the right CDI specialist is essential for improving documentation and driving revenue growth. Discover key traits and qualifications to look for with Brundage Group’s expert guidance.
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Feb 13, 2024
Why Clinical Documentation Integrity is a Crucial Component of the Revenue Cycle
Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) is more than a buzzword—it’s a cornerstone of a healthy revenue cycle. Discover why accurate, thorough documentation is essential for compliance and financial success with Brundage Group.
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Jan 26, 2024
What is Clinical Validation? Why is it Important?
Clinical validation bridges the gap between documented diagnoses and clinical evidence, ensuring compliance and protecting revenue. Discover why this process is vital for hospital operations and financial health.
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Dec 12, 2023
How to Recruit Top Healthcare Candidates
As a healthcare professional, you might already know there's no underestimating...
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Dec 12, 2023
How to Avoid the 5 Most Common Mistakes Causing Claim Denials
In healthcare, claim denials represent a formidable challenge for hospitals. The impact of claim...
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Dec 11, 2023
How Big Data Analytics Can Improve Patient Utilization Rates
For healthcare organizations, big data analytics is a great asset. It offers the capacity to collect...
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Oct 23, 2023
How to Improve Claims Denials Management and Capture Accurate Reimbursement in the Healthcare Revenue Cycle
Are you facing challenges with the health of your revenue cycle? The following tips will guide you...
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Oct 20, 2023
The Benefits of Working with a Healthcare Staffing Agency
Partnering with a healthcare staffing agency can streamline hiring and ensure access to top talent. Discover how Brundage Group connects hospitals with skilled professionals to enhance patient care and operational efficiency.
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Oct 19, 2023
5 Benefits of Revenue Cycle Management
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, effective revenue cycle management (RCM) stands...
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Oct 18, 2023
What is the Denial Management Process in Medical Billing
As you navigate the medical billing landscape, denial management becomes key. This process involves identifying rejected claims by insurance companies and then fixing them for resubmission. In essence, it’s a necessary strategy to ensure your healthcare organization receives due compensation.
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Oct 17, 2023
The Key to Effective Utilization Management
Utilization Management, focusing on quality patient care and cost-effectiveness, is a vital cog in the wheel for hospitals. Coordinating the appropriate use of resources and ensuring patients get the right level of services at suitable times it shapes the landscape of health management systems globally.
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Oct 16, 2023
How Clinical Documentation Improvement Benefits Healthcare Organizations
You’re looking to optimize your healthcare organization. Consider the benefits of Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI). It’s a mechanism that enhances care quality, fiscal health, and compliance.
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Sep 25, 2023
How Brundage Group Can Help With Clinical Documentation Integrity Education
As a healthcare provider, you need to understand accurate clinical documentation. Brundage Group can help through our educational services in Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI). Our team of physicians and CDI specialists offers skills to enhance your knowledge base and equip you with methods for the precise documentation of medical data.
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Sep 21, 2023
How Clinical Documentation Impacts Commercial Payor Denials
You’re knee-deep in the medical field. You juggle endless tasks every day, from patient care to paperwork. Still, your grasp of proper documentation significantly impacts the organization and it influences commercial payor denials. Poorly managed documents can lead to denied claims, compromising healthcare delivery, and increasing the risk for revenue leakage. Your health system’s practice
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What Are The 6 Stages of The Revenue Cycle in Healthcare?
The intricacy of healthcare revenue cycle management can be found in its six distinct stages, each playing a pivotal role in enhancing financial operations within a hospital or healthcare system. By comprehending these steps: patient pre-arrival, arrival, charge capture and entry, claim submission, remittance processing, and collections, healthcare providers can focus on capturing earned revenue while prioritizing quality and compliance.
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Sep 21, 2023
What are Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)?
Picture a system that simplifies hospital billing. That’s where Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) come into play. They’re classifications utilized by hospitals to bill for each patient’s stay.
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Sep 12, 2023
Denial Management in Healthcare
Facing a high volume of medical claim denials? Don’t worry; you’ve come to the right place to understand denial management better. This process can decrease denial rates for medical claims. Here we’ll dive into how it operates and its benefits for your hospital’s financial health.
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Sep 6, 2023
What is Utilization Management and Why It’s Important in Healthcare
Utilization management plays a pivotal role in healthcare. Utilization management promotes high-quality patient care by evaluating the necessity, appropriateness, and efficiency of health services. It’s essential for hospitals, as it helps curb unnecessary expenses while ensuring optimal use of resources. Embracing this proactive approach can dramatically improve patient outcomes.
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Sep 6, 2023
A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Managing Hospital Length of Stay
You’re delving into a crucial topic in healthcare management: understanding and managing hospital length of stay. Grasping this subject can help to optimize resources, improve patient outcomes, streamline workflow more efficiently, and reduce undue burdens on the health system.
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Aug 14, 2023
Hospital Levels of Care
In the ever-evolving landscape of modern healthcare, the concept of hospital levels of...
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Aug 8, 2023
What is Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management?
Healthcare revenue cycle management is a process that encompasses all the administrative and...
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Jul 14, 2023
Leading Healthcare Revenue Cycle Solutions Providers, Brundage Group and Brundage Workforce Solutions, Recognized Among Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Fast 50 Award Winners for Consecutive Years
Brundage Group and Brundage Workforce Solutions, leading providers of...
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Why Providers Should be Documenting “Evidence of” a Diagnosis Based on Clinical Findings
CDI and coding professionals should consider the totality of the record when...
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Nov 1, 2022
Clinical Validation: Understanding Why Hospitals Are Vulnerable to Denials
Is your hospital receiving a high volume of clinical validation denials?
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Sep 14, 2022
Tips for Preparing for New Coding Changes for 2023
With the start of fiscal year (FY) 2023 right around the corner, this is a good...
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Sep 14, 2022
CDI: Documenting Diagnoses and Patient Safety
Documenting a diagnosis in the health record extends beyond its impact on...
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Jul 27, 2022
Redox and Brundage Group Partner to Optimize Clinical Side of Revenue Cycle
Redox, the company accelerating interoperability in healthcare, has partnered with us...
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Jun 23, 2022
Compliant Retrospective Query Processes
The best practice is to add any retrospective query response as an addendum...
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May 13, 2022
Optimizing Coordination Among Mid-Revenue Cycle Stakeholders
Learn about the specific outcomes of the emergency department pilot program during...
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Apr 5, 2022
HACs and the HAC Reduction Program (HACRP)
HACRP is designed to reduce rates of healthcare-associated infections...
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Mar 22, 2022
What Is Your Data Telling Medicare?
“Upcoding” remains a common mechanism of improper payments. “Healthcare compliance...
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Mar 1, 2022
Is Everything in the Medical Record “Documentation”?
Do health information management (HIM) and clinical documentation integrity (CDI)...
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Feb 9, 2022
Is There a Blind Spot in Your Mid-Revenue Cycle?
As a former manager of clinical documentation integrity (CDI) and utilization...
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Nov 16, 2020
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia: Why You Should Not Diagnose It
The diagnosis of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia (HCAP) is clinically out of date...
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Mar 5, 2020
Know the New Pediatric Sepsis Criteria
Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic...
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Jan 21, 2020
Optum (UHC) Profits from Denying ED Payments
Emergency departments (EDs), the US healthcare system “safety net”, are seeing...
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Oct 24, 2019
HAC’s and PSI’s: What’s all the confusion about?
The health care industry continues to transition toward a value-based...
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Oct 17, 2019
Documenting Type 2 MI: Start with the Cause for a Good Effect
Documentation and coding myocardial infarction is a common pain point for CDI...
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Apr 29, 2019
Take control of Medicare Advantage denial challenges
The National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity (NAHRI) recently asked our...
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Apr 19, 2019
Guest Blog: A Rebeginner’s Guide to Peer-to-Peer Appeals
Suggestions for conducting peer-to-peer appeals for denials. If you are wondering why...
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Apr 10, 2019
Physician Advisor Perspective to Avoid a Potential DRG Clinical Validation Downgrade Denial of DRG 853
DRG 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with OR Procedure w/MCC is Under Attack!
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Mar 14, 2019
Expand the role of the physician advisor to break down silos
I just returned from the ACPA National Physician Advisor Conference where I met...
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Mar 11, 2019
Is your hospital slipping on industry rankings?
Do you recall the days of being graded on a bell curve? Your grade didn’t...
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