Last week we posted Part 1 of this blog that covered our first 3 tips on how to engage your remote HIM employees. Hopefully, you’ve implemented at least one of those tips. Now for Part 2 with the additional 4 tips: 4. Share good news with the team when someone is successful or gets a… Read More »7 ways to engage your remote HIM employees (part two)
It’s not new news that work as we knew it has changed dramatically over the past few years with more employees working remotely than ever before. While this is a newer phenomenon for many HIM employees, at UASI we’ve been working this way for over 20 years. In order to recruit and retain the best… Read More »7 ways to engage your remote HIM employees (part one)
As we step into 2024, the landscape of healthcare continues to evolve, with Medicare introducing significant updates in evaluation and management (E/M) coding. Among the most notable changes is the introduction of new care management codes, promising to streamline and enhance the delivery of patient care for Medicare beneficiaries.
UASI received the number one ranking for Outsourced Coding in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a result of direct feedback from healthcare providers over the last year.
UASI received the number one ranking for Outsourced Coding in the 2022 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a result of direct feedback from healthcare providers over the last year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) lifted Medicare restrictions on the use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 emergency. TELEHEALTH FACTS: Effective March 1, Medicare will pay physicians for telehealth services at the same rate as in-person visits for all diagnoses, not just services related to COVID-19 Medicare patients can receive telehealth services… Read More »Important Telehealth Coding Advice during COVID-19
In order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of administrative COVID-19 data capture for both internal and external uses, HIM professionals should follow best practice steps. The application of best practices in the steps below give examples using data coded with the standard transaction code sets. However, these steps are repeatable to explore logical, expected… Read More »COVID-19 Data Quality Best Practices
General best practices for interactive data quality management in both inpatient and ambulatory care settings involve the following iterative steps. Identify specific data elements that can be or should be collected for a specific data capture need. This includes identifying all relevant data fields, data types, data definitions, and the associated data values using the… Read More »Data Quality Management Best Practices
1. Reply Promptly Even if you don’t know the answer to a question posed in the email, it is courteous to send a simple response to say that you received their email and will respond shortly; give a specific time frame if possible This does two things: First, it lets the sender know that they… Read More »Corporate Email Etiquette
Ask yourself these questions when preparing for a remote presentation. Are you prepared for the presentation? Be very familiar with the content Read the presentation out loud several times Anticipate questions the audience may have Prepare a script or outline of the presentation, especially if you are nervous What is the goal of the presentation?… Read More »Preparing for a Remote Presentation