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Four Red Flags that Your Health System Might Need an Outpatient CDI Program
Not sure if your organization needs an outpatient CDI program? Here are four red flags identified by the coding and CDI experts at KIWI-TEK.
Four Red Flags that Your Health System Might Need an Outpatient CDI Program
Not sure if your organization needs an outpatient CDI program? Here are four red flags identified by the coding and CDI experts at KIWI-TEK.
HIM Challenge Met – Changes in Patient Type and Volume
In a matter of weeks, HIM management reorganized and cross-trained their staff to provide the necessary resources for coding telemedicine visits, training on the new codes, assisting in a CDI role for the new documentation challenges, and auditing to monitor adherence to the new coding guidance.
HIM COVID-19 Challenges Met – New Documentation and Coding for Telehealth
COVID-19-related care will account for 900 million virtual visits in 2020, while general care and the flu will contribute 200 million virtual visits.
Is the Remote HIM Workforce Here to Stay?
According to a survey conducted by Slack, newly remote knowledge workers1 are struggling to adapt to home-based offices and virtual collaboration realities during COVID-19’s mass office exodus. Slower paced communication across teams often evolves into bigger...
COVID-19 Challenges, Implications and New Trends for HIM
Healthcare organizations have been forced to stall many process improvement projects over the years due to lack of budget and resources. Enter the coronavirus. The realization quickly set in for HIM and revenue cycle departments that process improvements were the only...
Our New Normal Gives HIM a Chance to Shine
With a positive change in mindset, HIM and coding teams have an opportunity to not only recover, but prosper and be better than ever! While HIM professionals are dealing with current challenges including reduced patient volume, layoffs and furloughs and working from...
Our New Normal Is Around the Corner
As the U.S. begins its recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, evidence strongly suggests that there will never be a return to “normal” for healthcare providers and HIM professionals, but rather a return to a “new normal” that we all should prepare to embrace. The crisis...
Reopening American Healthcare Is Happening—What You Need to Know
With the White House plan for Opening America Up Again, released April 17, 2020, states across the country are aiming to return to pre-pandemic healthcare, including elective surgeries and routine medical visits. On April 19, 2020 the Centers for Medicare &...
Moving to ICD-11
ICD-11 Is Coming, or Is It?ICD-11 is the newest version of the International Classification of Diseases. It was presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) and approved at the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2019 for adoption by member states. However, the...
KIWI-TEK Excels in Privacy and Security Risk Assessment
KIWI-TEK has attested that they have put into operation a complete set of HIPAA-based privacy and security policies, forms, and a privacy and security risk analysis. As part of our ongoing effort to be the best coding service in the industry, KIWI-TEK is continually...
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