Table of Contents
MS-DRGs: A Documentation Wake-Up Call
Present on Admission Reporting
How Are You Improving Clinical Documentation?
• Case Study 1: Nurses Help Prepare for Payment Changes
• Case Study 2: Using Home-Grown HIM Coders
• Case Study 3: Changes to ED Coding Result in Happier Nurses
Finance-to-Nurse Interpreter
• MS-DRG
• CC/MCC Codes
• Case mix index
Why Documentation Matters
Getting Physicians to Improve Clinical Documentation: The MD’s Perspective
Reducing Catheter UTIs: Are Financial Penalties the Answer?
Career Opportunities
March 2008