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Reporting Stroke, Seizure in ICD-10-CM Without Pre-existing DisorderSeizures do not get classified as epilepsy unless the seizures are recurrent.
Covid-19
Patients Fend for Themselves to Access Highly Touted Covid Antibody TreatmentsUntil this week, there has been no nationwide system to tell people where they could obtain the drugs.
Revenue Cycle
Querying for Acute Respiratory FailureIn addition to traditional clinical validation queries, we've also had a great deal of success with queries for conflicting documentation....
Revenue Cycle
ICD-10-CM Coding for Ectopic PregnanciesAn ectopic pregnancy is reported using an ICD-10-CM code from category O00.- (ectopic pregnancy), which is divided into five subcategories.
Innovation
CMS Accelerates Medicare Beneficiaries' Access to InnovationsCMS eliminates a bureaucratic quagmire, providing seniors immediate access to FDA-approved breakthrough innovations.
Nursing
The Nursing Home Didn't Send Her to the Hospital, and She DiedPalestine Howze didn't have COVID-19, but a law enacted to protect health providers during the pandemic could derail her family's...
Nursing
Nurse Practitioners in Massachusetts Granted Full Practice AuthorityMassachusetts is the 23rd state to allow NPs to practice independently.
Revenue Cycle
Applying the 2-Midnight Rule to Procedures Removed From the IPO ListBFCC-QIOs will continue to review short-stay inpatient claims for procedures removed from the IPO list for medical necessity and to...
Clinical Care
Top 10 HealthLeaders Clinical Care Coronavirus Stories of 2020Read some of the best clinical care stories that HealthLeaders produced about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clinical Care
Medical Mayhem Room: Enhancing Situational Awareness of Patient Safety Risks in the Hospital SettingHospitals are a critical part of our healthcare system and a place where very ill people can get excellent, and...
Revenue Cycle
CPT Coding for Cervical Mapping During ColposcopyCervical mapping is a separately identifiable service performed by a physician during a colposcopy examination.
Covid-19
ECRI Provides Lessons Learned on COVID-19 Vaccine RolloutThe U.S. government is shipping the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to various states, which will then be in charge of distributing the...