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Accountability for Documentation

Emerging RN Leader

Recently, nurse leaders have talked with me about professional nurses who don’t document […] The post Accountability for Documentation appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader. Ethicists have commented that there has been a change in the willingness of individuals to accept responsibility. for their behavior.

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Beyond Dictation: Emerging Trends in Physician Documentation

Mobius MD

Have you ever wondered what clinical documentation will look like in 20 years? Then again, if youre like most doctors, youre probably too busy catching up on EHR notes to think about emerging trends in physician documentation. Until recently, technology has improved documentation incrementally.

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Underappreciated Harms of the Electronic Medical Record

Sensible Medicine

He encouraged me to document clinic visits in notes that I’d be comfortable with my patients reading. When I document about a patient, I am writing about a person. Tom Delbanco was the chief of General Internal Medicine while I was there and was already advocating that patients have access to their medical records.

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Independent Clinical Judgement in Chart Preparation

Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

Specifically, they wanted to know whether they could read a providers diagnoses and use that information to decide which documents they need to gather to prepare a patients chart. I recently received an email from a medical assistant in pathology requesting clarification on their scope of practice.

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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

Documentation Challenges and Payer Friction As MA plans focus on profit margins, hospitals are encountering increased payer friction, denials, and administrative burdens, particularly around the CMS Two-Midnight Rule. Document why you believe that. She provides education to physicians to document their internal monologue.

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Basics of Medical Documentation: What Aspiring Medical Billers and Coders Need to Know

Northwest Career College

Accurate documentation is essential for medical billing and coding, but many beginners struggle to understand the technical terms and guidelines. Without accurate medical documentation, insurance claims can be delayed or denied, frustrating patients and physicians. What is Medical Documentation?

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HHS watchdog accuses CVS Medicare Advantage plan of upcoding

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The vast majority of diagnoses codes that CVS subsidiary Coventry submitted to the CMS between 2018 and 2019 weren’t supported by patient documentation, the HHS Office of the Inspector General found.