AHIMA Posts New Paper on Coding Compliance

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has posted a new paper in its Thought Leadership series that has implications for coding compliance in Risk Adjustment.

The paper, Defining the Core Designated Clinical Documentation Set for Coding Compliance, seeks to define what core pieces of documentation are required for coding of medical records in various settings. 

While it doesn't represent official coding guidance, it may be useful to medical groups, hospitals and oters seeking to develop Policies and Procedures related coding, internal Risk Adjustment Data Validations, encounter data submissions, and encounter data corrections. 

The paper may be downloaded from the AHIMA website, at: http://www.ahima.org/downloads/pdfs/advocacy/DefiningCoreClinicalDocumentation_TL.pdf

OIG Posts Slides and Video from Provider Compliance Training

Update: 

The OIG has made the HEAT Provider Compliance Training Webcast Video available in 16 short modules instead of the original long video.  The content has not been changed, merely broken up for ease of viewing.

This will allow users to select a topic area to view without having to watch the entire 3 hour and 45 minute video. There is a new URL: http://go.usa.gov/Dzr

Today, the OIG  posted a video recording of the HEAT Provider Compliance Training session held on May 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. The session recording is quite long at 3 hours and 45 minutes. It is available at http://go.usa.gov/DyN

While not specifically related to Medicare Advantage, this training session is pertinent for any practice which sees Medicare and/or Medi-Cal/Medicaid patients.

 

If you can't commit to that length of time (we know you're busy!) you can find the training session's related briefing material posted at http://go.usa.gov/DyQ 

 

There are 13 files including the PowerPoint slide presentation, a number of background papers, and a link to a video recording of Inspector General Levinson's keynote speech at the HCCA 15th Annual Compliance Institute.