We started the MediServe Blog Feb. 1, 2011. We developed lists for needed content, discussion points and various items we should discuss within content. Then we created the dreaded ‘quota.’ By all other definitions quota is the established number one must perform to meet the specified objective! OK, too technical; it was the minimum number we should complete so there…
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Although I believe you can never have “enough quality,” health systems that report outcomes to various agencies have much duplication and extreme amounts of manual abstraction of records. I was fortunate to have my eyes opened on a special project I worked on several years ago in Ohio to help a health system get their arms around data within their…
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If this question is not currently asked in your practice, it soon will be. Reuters, the news agency, published a report that makes a point about healthcare spending in the U.S. with current estimates at more than $8,000 annually for every person. Moreover, that amount nowhere reflects the question, “Are patient needs being met?” The Reuters article by Sharon Begley,…
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Functional Scoring Guidance The main reason patients are admitted to a rehabilitation facility is because they are functionally dependent on others to meet their basic care. The fact that as an interdisciplinary team you felt that you could significantly impact the outcomes of that individual far greater than any other level of care, thereby bringing them to an inpatient rehab facility,…
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