Anyone who’s ever handled scheduling in the healthcare industry knows that it’s no easy feat. It’s so much more than simply matching a patient to any available provider. There are several moving pieces involved and factors to consider when building a solid schedule. In healthcare, dropping the ball anywhere along the scheduling process isn’t just…
Health care providers are well-versed in the use of medical CPT codes in order to be reimbursed for any services they provide, particularly those that will be paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. In a 2012 study, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that often the fees paid for global payment surgeries did…
The services nurses provide are crucial in ensuring proper and effective patient care. This is especially true in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care facilities, and nursing homes, where residents require medical aid in a number of aspects of their daily life. In these types of facilities, end of life care is unfortunately one of…
While cloud-based services in healthcare might seem out of this world, it’s a real thing and it’s growing fast. In the last decade, we’ve witnessed how technology, like telemedicine, has significantly changed the way healthcare organizations collaborate and provide patient care. And yet, we often overlook the digital ecosystem required to manage these new patient…
A diabetic wound is a sore or ulcer that develops in people with diabetes and heals slowly or not at all. These wounds most commonly form on the feet but may form on the lower legs and, to a much lesser extent, on other parts of the body. One of the unfortunate realities of diabetes…
While social drivers of health (SDOH) may not be on everyone’s mind, SDOH is a key project for the CDC. In fact, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH), Healthy People 2030, SDOH, and health equity and literacy are the three major areas of focus. The five key areas of SDOH are…
Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has been implemented into many facets of healthcare. From aiding with disease diagnosis and designing individualized treatment plans to analyzing large data sets of medical information. But in practice, what does AI in wound care look like? In the not-so-distant past, wound care professionals had to rely primarily on…
As an occupational health coordinator, you recognize that employee health is important, especially among healthcare workers. Hospital employees, along with those at skilled nursing facilities, face unique challenges often not seen in other industries. Situations like high employee turnover and worker burnout don’t just lead to reduced patient satisfaction. They also have the ability to…
Progress notes provide the thread tying together patient documentation by chronicling the patient’s progress and the services the various team members provide. For Medicare, they serve multiple roles. They provide snapshots of the condition – each improvement and each setback. They also indicate the medical necessity of the various treatments. In doing so, they demonstrate…
By Judy Holder, Account Executive, FOTO Analytics, Net Health On a recent call with a client, I heard a new term: ‘Data denial.’ Even though I hadn’t heard it before, I immediately knew what it meant. ‘Data denial’ has been the centerpiece of countless discussions for the 25+ years I have worked with clients utilizing…
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