“In God we trust. All others, bring data” -W. Edwards Deming Data analytics is a vital process businesses rely on for making smart, conclusive decisions, supported by the analysis of raw sets of data. In the landscape of information being exchanged in hyperspeed, the trail of data that’s left behind is no longer being abandoned…
As the healthcare reimbursement landscape continues to change, we must react smartly and be prepared to adapt. Knowing and understanding how your practice is performing, as well as if it’s prepared for these changes, are of the utmost importance in the current climate. Whether you and your practice are on the up-and-up or maybe a…
I have the good fortune to work with wound care departments and providers all over the US. When I meet with these departments, I am working with them to understand their Clinical, Operational, Regulatory, and Economic/financial (CORE) processes, which is imperative for compliance with hospital or facility standards. Once the collective process is understood, the…
There are many important reasons for auditing wound care documentation, including determining its accuracy, assessing the completeness of a medical record, and discovering lost revenues. When auditing a medical record, the documentation is examined to determine whether it adequately substantiates the services billed and identifies medical necessity for the services rendered. If this process is…
If you’ve been following us, there’s a high probability something called the Agility Client Summit has come up on your social media feed or to your inbox. Whether you clicked on them or not, here’s a quick refresher/introduction. We’re hosting our first Agility Client Summit at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, AZ, on September 15th….
While you are fully focused on managing your Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) documentation for your 2019 reporting, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated a number of important resource documents within the full resource library at the Quality Payment Program website. One of these resources is the MIPS Promoting Interoperability Prevention of…
Where do you spend most of your time? If you’re not at home, there’s a high chance you’re at work for the majority of the day, leaving only a small window of time for fun or important non-work activities. One of those relevant activities could be attending a much-needed doctor’s appointment that you’ve been putting…
Proper workflows are at the heart of a successful wound care business. Whether you are in the outpatient wound care setting or working as a traveling physician, designing clinical and operational workflows requires close review and customization of current clinical and documentation practices for an efficient outcome. Current practices include the operational processes for registration,…
Performing a comprehensive patient assessment is an essential first step toward healing a chronic skin condition or wound. After the clinician has assessed the patient, identified any underlying conditions affecting healing, performed a complete assessment of the patient’s nutrition status, performed the proper tests to provide an accurate diagnosis of the underlying problem, assessed the…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (which is okay if that’s your thing), you may not know that the 19th annual Clinical Outcomes Summit (COS) is right around the corner. Well, October 23rd isn’t exactly around the corner, but hey, we’re already almost HALFWAY through 2019, so it isn’t as far away as it seems….