The Joint Commission issued a statement Friday on the texting of orders from physicians. Five years ago, the Joint Commission published a FAQ document prohibiting the texting of orders for all practitioners within all healthcare settings. Friday’s statement, however, changed course for the Joint Commission. In their response they stated...
Do you know the new Sepsis Criteria?
The clinical criteria for sepsis and septic shock has been redefined per an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA February 23, 2016). The new criteria is called SOFA (Sepsis-related organ failure assessment), which is a scoring system used to determine the extent of a patient’s organ function...
Ensure your inpatient coding practices are compliant
LIVE WEBCAST: Ben Sayabovorn, Provident’s Manager of Training & Education, RHIT, CCS will be speaking at The Knowledge Group’s LIVE webcast: Disease Coding System Standards (ICD-10): Important Changes You Need to Know and Inpatient Audit Focus Areas to Ensure Compliant Coding Practices. Mr. Sayabovorn will join a panel of practitioners...
9 best practices towards an effective Enterprise Risk Management Program
An enterprise risk management (ERM) program identifies, assesses and quantifies risks posed to an organization. An effective Enterprise Risk Management program utilizes a cross-cutting methodology to prioritize identified risks in addition to finding ways to mitigate, control and monitor them. Provident has identified lessons learned and best practices from developing, assessing and...
CMSA Annual Conference & Expo
Provident looks forward to attending the Case Management Society of America Annual Conference & Expo June 21-23. This year’s CMSA Annual Conference & Expo is in Long Beach, CA at the Long Beach Convention Center. Please visit us in the Ambassador Area at Booth # 536!
Healthcare Check Up: The Importance of Internal Audit & Compliance Program Assessments
With the sea of ever changing healthcare regulations it is important that organizations conduct regular and ongoing internal audit and compliance program assessments. Within the last decade the healthcare arena has witnessed sweeping regulatory changes, including: Compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Implementation of International Classification...
UNDERSTANDING YOUR READMISSION RATES
Between 2007 and 2015, hospital readmission rates for more than 3,300 US hospitals dropped significantly according to new federal data. During the same time period, the number of Medicare observation claims slightly peaked. Is there a connection? It depends on the research you read. No connection – A recent study...
12 Questions You Need to Ask to Maximize Audit Results
“CFOs and other executives often have little visibility into the results; even those that seriously impact revenue.” As CFO, the financial health of an organization rests on your shoulders. You identify growth opportunities and watch for payer and government activity that tighten the organizations purse strings. Whether your view is...
Partial Code Freeze is Over. New ICD-10 Codes Are Coming
October 1, 2016 will mark the end of the ICD-10 partial code freeze. Since the implementation of ICD-10 on October 1, 2015, there has been a partial code freeze, with new ICD-10 codes only being added to represent new technologies. The last regularly scheduled annual update for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10...
ICD-10 Coding Accuracy
With ICD-10 go-live in the rear view mirror it is still imperative to look at the road ahead. Provident has been working with its clients to monitor and identify trends in ICD-10 coding to ensure the transition to ICD-10 remains as seamless and effortless as it was on October 1,...