HCC Blog by Caridad

Here is a web site that can assist with finding hospices that serve your area.  You can then compare them based on the quality of care they provide. Hospice agencies most often provide services where you live, whether it’s at home, an assisted living facility, or a nursing home. You can search by name and/or location. From an MLN Connects[R] for Thursday, February 28, 2019: https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Provider-Partnership-Email-Archive-Items/2019-02-28-eNews.html https://www.medicare.gov/hospicecompare/

Sharing this interesting article on coding productivity.  It discusses how many charts per hour or per day can be performed by an inpatient coder using ICD-10-CM/PCS ( Procedure Coding System)  American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA )  is defining a “new normal” by establishing ICD-10-CM/PCS coding productivity benchmarks.   ICD-10-CM/PCS =  for hospital inpatient use only Will not replace CPT codes used by physicians Measuring and Benchmarking Coding Productivity: A Dec ade of AHIMA Leadership 24 inpatient records per eight-hour paid workday (20 min per records; three records per hour) 40 invasive procedure encounters per eight-hour paid workday (five per hour; 12 min per encounter or operative session) 120 emergency department coding per eight-hour paid workday (15 per hour; 4 min per encounter) 240 ancillary tests coding per eight-hour paid workday (30 per hour; two min per report or test) Glad to see they say sometimes the expectation likely ne