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AHIMA 2019 Recap
AHIMA 2019 is the HIM industry’s premier conference and this year was no exception. The entire UASI team enjoyed the opportunity to connect with clients, friends, and colleagues and compare notes in Chicago. In case you missed the presentations from UASI thought leaders, you can download them below. We’d love to hear your thoughts on… Read More »AHIMA 2019 Recap
Available Talent
At UASI, we pride ourselves on the quality and integrity of our employees. Here is a snapshot of a few of our wonderful Coders and CDI Consultants coming available soon that can help your facility. Kiwanis: Pro-Fee Coder Codes a variety of E/M records including: inpatient pro-fee, outpatient pro-fee, clinics and multi-specialty. Multi-specialty experience includes:… Read More »Available Talent
UASI Experts to Present “Key Steps to Successfully Implement Outpatient CDI in Physician Practice” at AHIMA 2018
HIM directors, coding managers and healthcare leaders consistently tell us that accurate hierarchical condition category (HCC) capture, coding error prevention and compliance planning remain top-of-mind. It’s critical that provider groups broaden their understanding of these areas — especially as they pertain to outpatient settings — and address them in their clinical documentation improvement (CDI) efforts.… Read More »UASI Experts to Present “Key Steps to Successfully Implement Outpatient CDI in Physician Practice” at AHIMA 2018
UASI Experts to Present “Creating and Retaining the Best CDI Team” at AHIMA 2018
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) — particularly in outpatient settings — continues to be a top priority for US healthcare organizations as they prepare for their transition to value-based reimbursement models. Right now, there’s a tremendous amount of pressure on hospital groups to recruit top CDI talent and implement robust programs that improve patient data accuracy… Read More »UASI Experts to Present “Creating and Retaining the Best CDI Team” at AHIMA 2018
UASI Experts to Present “Compliance Risks Associated with DRG Mismatches” at AHIMA 2018
The American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) 2018 gathering is coming soon and among the hot topics to be discussed this year are diagnostic related group (DRG) mismatches and the negative revenue pressures resulting from them. Mary Stanfill, UASI’s VP of HIM consulting, and our HIM consulting manager, Kathy DeVault, have developed an engaging, interactive… Read More »UASI Experts to Present “Compliance Risks Associated with DRG Mismatches” at AHIMA 2018
UASI at AHIMA 2018: Our Experts to Present CDI, DRG Mismatches and Team-Building
The coding and HIM event of the year is here again. AHIMA 2018 is scheduled for September 22-26 in Miami, with a broad agenda covering many of the hottest topics, including those faced by our clients every day. Among the trends we’ll be talking about, which are very much in line with the event’s theme… Read More »UASI at AHIMA 2018: Our Experts to Present CDI, DRG Mismatches and Team-Building
UASI in JAHIMA: “Documentation and Coding Practices for Risk Adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Categories”
UASI’s health information management (HIM) experts continue to set the pace in this fast-evolving field. Our vice president of HIM consulting services, Mary Stanfill, MBI, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, co-authored a paper — published in the June 2018 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Health Information Management Association (JAHIMA) — that explored the… Read More »UASI in JAHIMA: “Documentation and Coding Practices for Risk Adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Categories”
UASI in JAHIMA: “Auditing Across the Continuum”
For many years, coding audits have been commonly-employed to make their revenue cycles more efficient. Now, they’re becoming mission-critical. In a new, peer-reviewed article out this month in the Journal of the American Health Information Management Association (JAHIMA), UASI’s manager of HIM consulting Kathy DeVault and corporate educator Natalie Sartori showed how coding audits are… Read More »UASI in JAHIMA: “Auditing Across the Continuum”
UASI Named Exceptional Performer in KLAS 2018 Outsourced Coding Report
In its 2018 report released earlier this year, KLAS Research cited UASI’s stable of expert coders, our extensive education program and strong management as factors which set us apart from our industry peers. UASI also scored above average in every one of KLAS’s 5 key metrics in the sector: coding quality, coding productivity, quality assurance process, management of coders, and scaling flexibility.
MACRA – What Does It Mean and What Is the Impact?
MACRA is a Quality Payment Program (QPP) which replaces the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) methodology and will streamline multiple current programs and reporting. This new framework will offer providers the opportunity to focus on quality health care rather than simply more care.
A Benchmark for Coding Productivity: Accounting for Multiple Variables
HIM professionals know that coding accuracy must be monitored and corrected when found to be below standard. At the same time, the speed at which records are coded must be efficient as healthcare organizations are faced with declining reimbursement and increased data collection.
To Query or Not to Query…
It is the responsibility of the coder to assign codes based on documentation in the chart and as guided by the code-set and the official coding guidelines. But what happens when documentation in the chart is not clear cut?
