In an age where public and private insurers are carefully watching every penny spent, health care providers have to document patient care very carefully. Medicare and private insurance companies, ...

This includes rating and ranking measures such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Star Ratings, U.S. News & World Report, Leapfrog, Healthgrades and more. Health care professionals and ...

Some of the most common compliance problems are incorrect documentation, HIPAA violations, EVV issues, and incomplete ...

Documentation has become a critical, central part of healthcare. Accurate documentation is needed for effective care delivery, measuring quality, coding and billing and much more. However, asking ...

Nursing documentation is a cornerstone of contemporary healthcare, integrating systematic recording of patient observations, interventions, and outcomes with the aim of enhancing effective care ...

“Documentation not only of the wound and treatment but of factors that may affect wound healing such as nutritional status, oxygen delivery to the tissue and even medications can affect the potential ...

Empowering social workers to discuss advance care planning with older patients with cancer could improve documentation of ...

Nearly three-quarters of healthcare professionals say the time or effort needed to complete clinical documentation hampers patient care, according to a survey published this week by the American ...