by Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, HCS-D, ACE, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM Trainer JLU Health Record Systems I recently heard from a client regarding coding of palliative care in the home health setting. He asked: My organization is seeking clarity on the use of Comfort care/Palliative care code Z51.5. I did some research yesterday and found […]
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Hear Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, a nationally recognized expert in Home Health Coding, discuss Auditing Documentation in the Post-Acute Care Setting in this free, brief presentation. eLearning Library The eLearning Library subscription provides unlimited access to over 60 courses, assessments, and training curriculums designed to enhance job-specific, self-paced learning for one full year. […]
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Hear Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, a nationally recognized expert in Home Health Coding, discuss Why is CDI Essential in the Post-Acute Care Setting? in this free, brief presentation. eLearning Library The eLearning Library subscription provides unlimited access to over 60 courses, assessments, and training curriculums designed to enhance job-specific, self-paced learning for one […]
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Hear Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, a nationally recognized expert in Home Health Coding, discuss Examples of Clinical Documentation Improvement in Post-Acute Care Setting in this free, brief presentation. eLearning Library The eLearning Library subscription provides unlimited access to over 60 courses, assessments, and training curriculums designed to enhance job-specific, self-paced learning for one […]
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Hear Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, a nationally recognized expert in Home Health Coding, discuss Documentation and Coding of Diabetes with … in this free, brief presentation. eLearning Library The eLearning Library subscription provides unlimited access to over 60 courses, assessments, and training curriculums designed to enhance job-specific, self-paced learning for one full […]
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Hear Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, a nationally recognized expert in Home Health Coding, discuss Documentation and Coding of Laterality and Specificity in this free, brief presentation. eLearning Library The eLearning Library subscription provides unlimited access to over 60 courses, assessments, and training curriculums designed to enhance job-specific, self-paced learning for one full […]
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Hear Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE, a nationally recognized expert in Home Health Coding, discuss Introduction to Coding and CDI in Post-Acute Care Setting in this free, brief presentation. eLearning Library The eLearning Library subscription provides unlimited access to over 60 courses, assessments, and training curriculums designed to enhance job-specific, self-paced learning for one […]
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by Joan Usher, BS, RHIA, ACE Did your organization have a privacy or information security breach of any unsecured protected health information (PHI) during 2017? If the answer is YES, and the breach impacted less than 500 individuals, the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires that this incident(s) be reported to the Secretary of Health and […]
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As a consultant to the Home Health and Hospice industry, I see three opportunities for coders to make a significant difference on their agency’s bottom line by understanding the impact of case mix: …
read more »For home health and hospice coders, I always recommend going back to the basics, that is, reviewing the coding guidelines for proper sequencing and compliance with …
read more »by Joan L. Usher, BS, RHIA, COS-C, ACE Did your organization have a privacy or information security breach of unsecured protected health during 2014? If the answer is YES, and the breach impacted less than 500 individuals, the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires that this incident(s) be reported to the Secretary of Health and Human Services Office […]
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