Archive for April 2021
Strategies for Effective Management of a Remote Team – UASI Lunch and Learn: CDI Program Management Series
Click the button below to download a PDF of Staci Josten’s Lunch and Learn, “Strategies for Effective Management of a Remote Team.”
Read MoreSecond Quarter 2021 – Client Newsletter
Click here to download UASI’s client newsletter from the second quarter of 2021.
Read MoreLeading Cause of Death in America – April 2021 Coding Tip
Medical claims denials in 2019 approached $9 billion. The denial rate in 2020 increased by 23%. Coding/billing errors accounted for approximately 15% of all denials. Specificity of coding was one of the reasons claims were denied. In 2019, stroke was the leading cause of death and killed approximately 140,000 Americans. Three Simple Questions to Ask…
Read MoreAtrial Fibrillation Outpatient CDI Scenario – April 2021
Topic: Outpatient CDI: Atrial Fibrillation Office Visit 2/15/2021: 78-year-old gentleman, lives with wife. Recently hospitalized from 1-2-2021 to 1-7-2021 for Acute MI and Atrial fib with RVR. No voiced complaints. No complaints of heart racing, chest pain. Able to walk around house, up and down flight of steps without stopping. Seen last week by Ostomy Nurse…
Read MoreUASI Compliance Work Plan Analysis – Inpatient Documentation and Coding Issues
By: Natalie Sartori, M. Ed., RHIA, CCS This whitepaper is the first in a 2-part series regarding UASI inpatient and outpatient analyses of third party compliance work plans (including the OIG and RACs for example). This document details an analysis of the following active inpatient topics: Medicare Payments for Inpatient Discharges with COVID-19 (OIG) Deep…
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