On September 5, The Joint Commission (TJC) announced scoring changes for its IC.02.02.01 standard, which requires facilities to reduce infection risk associated with medical equipment, devices, and supplies. The standard was third on TJC’s recent list of most challenging requirements for hospitals.
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STS scoring system-Cardiothoracic
I have a PA that is in need of some RVU’s. This PA does all of the scoring for cardio patients before they have their surgery, its all the risk factors, Risk of Mortality, Morbidity or Mortality, Long Length of Stay, Short Length of Stay, and Permanent Stroke. Is there a CPT code for this?? Thank you
Optimize MIPS Scoring for Your Practice
Learn how MIPS scoring works in 2017, and make it a money-saving game with better patient outcomes. To fulfill requirements of the federally-regulated Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), you need to know what data to report; how to report; how long to report; and on which providers to report. Then, […]
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SAFER in practice; Thoughts on Joint Commission’s new scoring matrix
There’s been much ado about The Joint Commission’s new scoring system, the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Risk (SAFER) matrix. But, unless you happened to be one of the facilities surveyed in the last four months, it means that you still haven’t seen SAFER in practice. So what are people saying about the new system? Is it better or worse than the one that came before?
Victoria Fennel, PhD, RN-BC, CPHQ, director of accreditation and clinical compliance at Compass Clinical Consulting, says Compass has heard from clients who’ve experienced the matrix and most of the feedback has been very positive.