Tag: Clinical Documentation Integrity

Prevent Denial Readmission

Six Steps to Prevent Readmission Denials

Prevention of readmission denials improves case mix index (CMI), reimbursement, and quality metrics. As a consultant, I am like the FBI – if you invite me in, I will likely take your case. This often leads to varied and challenging projects. Often, I am engaged to assess opportunity in provider documentation, clinical documentation integrity (CDI) […]
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SNF and Telehealth Regulation

COVID-19 Impacts Regulations on SNF Waivers and Telehealth

As with last week, RACmonitor asked Dr. Ronald Hirsch, vice president of R1 RCM, to summarize the most pertinent regulatory changes recently arising. The following is a transcript of his reporting today on Monitor Mondays. “First, thank you, everyone, for continuing to care for patients and continuing to take this pandemic seriously,” Dr. Ronald Hirsch […]
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Allzone - PEER-TO-PEER APPEALS

A Rebeginner’s Guide to Peer-to-Peer Appeals

Suggestions for conducting peer-to-peer appeals for denials. If you are wondering why you should read this if you think you are not a rebeginner, well, it is because you actually are one. Beginnings do not disappear, they just reproduce. Novices are just starting, veterans have started over and over. We all begin as beginners and […]
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