There are different “languages of healthcare.†Clinicians speak patient language but often don’t speak the healthcare language of regulation, quality, or finance. It pays to understand and effectively translate from one dialect to another. For instance, “medical necessity†may sound “clinical†but it’s really financial. For CMS, “medical necessity†doesn’t mean something that’s “medically necessary,†[…]
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Do you remember when HCFA, (a.k.a. CMS), released new documentation guidelines about ten years ago…. And then a few years later released “new†guidelines but promised to eventually release a totally revamped version… but you’ve been puzzled why that, frankly, never materialized? Well, it turns out the reason they’ve taken so long in “updating†those […]
Bribing Doctors.
31-May-07Headlines in multiple newspapers proclaim “Doctors admit to bribes!” Read on, and you discover that, HORRORS, Doctors allowed a healthcare sales representative to BUY THEM A LUNCH. Goodness Gracious!!!! What will be next? Candidates running for public office being given obscene amounts of money by people who would like to see them elected for self-serving […]
TV in the Waiting Room.
31-May-07When you walk into a doctor’s office, or any patient waiting area, when there’s a television on, go ahead and get comfortable, because you’re assured of a wait. Patients hate to wait on doctors as much as doctors hate to wait on patients. And office personnel get stuck in the middle. ER’s in some hospitals […]
