By now, most people in New York state know about the Berger Commission and it’s series of recommendations for hospital and nursing home closings, mergers, and the like. Well, now word is getting out that almost none of the hospitals that the people who were entrusted to make these decisions about were actually visited. Instead, […]
Diagnosis codes, for billing and coding purposes, are known as ICD-9 codes. That stands for International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision. We’ve been using these codes for decades now, adding and modifying as needed. There’s a new version that’s ready to bust out, the 10th revision. Many other countries have already adopted this classification system, […]
In healthcare these days, the big talk seems to be towards the concept of what’s known as pricing transparency. Basically, this says that hospitals should be posting their prices for services such as x-rays, lab tests, surgeries, etc. There is a good reason and history why this wasn’t done in the past. For one, hospitals […]
(originally published November 10th, 2005) I went to a seminar yesterday presented by a speaker from Seattle, Judy Veasie, who’s also the editor for the healthcare receivables newsletter for Aspen Press; they’ve printed a number of articles written by yours truly. I was proud because I got her here, and she was very good. The […]
(originally published April 21st, 2005) Early this morning, I had to take my wife to the emergency room. The process that had to be performed eventually worked, and she was fine. However, having to go through such a process as the family member as opposed to being a patient or working in the emergency room […]
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