Plus: Infection and inflammatory reaction choices have numerous changes. With the first official round of ICD-10 updates going into effect on Oct. 1, it’s crucial to spend the next two months preparing for the changes that will affect your practice [...]
Don’t forget to additionally report causative organism. When reporting a diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI), you’ll have to look at documentation to see if your clinician has identified the site of infection to enable you to zero in on [...]
Don’t forget to additionally report causative organism for proper reporting. If you’re reporting a diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI), you’ll have to look at the documentation to see if your clinician has identified the site of the infection to [...]
Employees receive settlement from Labor Act also. A whistleblower who filed suit against now defunct San Diego Hospice may receive as much as a million dollars as her reward, reports San Diego State’s inewsource. Lori Rachac, a registered nurse who [...]
A big chunk of San Diego Hospice’s remaining assets are going to its former employees — or at least their lawyers. The hospice, which declared bankruptcy last year after a federal audit, has paid $2.84 million to 590 employees who [...]
There has been an alarming rise in disability associated with speech problems in children according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics recently. In the decade from 2001-02 to 2010-11 there has been a sharp rise of 63 percent [...]
Home health agencies that furnish Part B outpatient therapy in the home may soon see therapy-related takebacks, thanks to the SMRC. Supplemental Medical Review/Specialty Contractor Strategic Health Solutions recently completed a review of claims for outpatient therapy cap services just [...]
Question: Our patient has a UTI with E. coli that has developed into sepsis with E. coli in the blood. According to the documentation, the sepsis isn’t resolved. The patient is home from the hospital with antibiotics. She also has acute [...]
ICD-10 offers fairly simple conversion for urinary tract infections. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for more than one million visits to pediatricians’ offices annually, with more girls getting these infections than boys, according to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases [...]
The following House bills were introduced: H.R. 1182. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude brachytherapy devices from the prospective payment system for outpatient hospital services under the Medicare program. Introduced March 11 by [...]
