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This article was written by Marlene K. Strader, RN, PhD, and Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, California, and a former Joint Commission surveyor.
In the first quarter of 2016, there were 46 topics that were required for education and training of hospital staff, including physicians, nurses, and other allied healthcare personnel. In May 2016, The Joint Commission deleted many standards and elements of performance (EP), reducing the number to around 40. A few of those deletions impact the Human Resources (HR) chapter as well as other chapters.
American Medical Association (AMA) announced Oct. 30 the Reimagining Residency initiative, a new program aimed at transforming residency training. The $ 15 million grant program will support innovative projects that promote systemic change in the current and future healthcare system. “During this unprecedented time of rapid growth and technological change in the U.S. health care system, […]
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Become an expert in identifying, correcting, and preventing denials. Denied claims are as common and predictable as having a child spike a fever before a big holiday, and every practice or group finds itself wrestling with corrections and resubmissions. But if you ask AAPC’s Director of Curriculum Katherine Abel, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, AAPC […]
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by Lacey Rupert, CPC, CEMC There is a debate about which type of training—classroom-based or independent study—is the best: but I think, in the case of coding, it is important to understand how a live class and independent training complement one another. I have met coders who were independently trained, and coders who were trained […]
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If you have not yet had an opportunity to participate in officer training this year, we would like to offer the following options to complete the training virtually. The session is 90 minutes long and goes through each officer position and pertinent leadership protocol. Please review the following days and times to find the one […]
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