mortality rates
Does anyone track their mortality rates?
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From: CDI Talk
To: sears.kelley@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, June 7, 2011 1:49:41 PM
Subject: Re: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
Nice discussion here, just wanted to throw out for discussion does anybody track
the amount of monies taken back by the RAC, CERT or MAC based upon their
interpretation of the diagnoses in the record or perhaps a CC or MCC obtained
through the query process that maybe is only documented once in the record or is
intepreted to be of little clinical significance.
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>From: CDI Talk
>Sent: Jun 7, 2011 12:40 PM
>To: glennkrauss@earthlink.net
>Subject: Re: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
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>We use navigant software and it does track the negatives. We were trained to
>have the chart be coded accurately and reflect accurately, so the negative
>variances are what they are. I personally have them every month.
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From: CDI Talk
>To: sears.kelley@yahoo.com
>Sent: Tue, June 7, 2011 11:11:04 AM
>Subject: RE: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
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>Renee I mean the cases which we clarify for a lower wt drg
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>Tracy M Peyton RN, CCDS
>Case Management
>Bradford Regional Medical Center
>Upper Allegany Health Systems
>116 Interstate Parkway
>Bradford, PA 16701
>814-558-0406
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>From: CDI Talk [cdi_talk@hcprotalk.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:55 AM
>To: Peyton, Tracy
>Subject: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
>
>I am really glad to see that people are tracking their negatives, and more
>importantly, are willing to go out there and "take money away" in the pursuit of
>an accurate chart. Yes, JATA software does measure negative dollars, but it will
>subtract from positives, which incentivizes the CDS not to ask, and makes a
>mockery of the first word in their software title, Compliant.
________________________________
From: CDI Talk
To: sears.kelley@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, June 7, 2011 1:49:41 PM
Subject: Re: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
Nice discussion here, just wanted to throw out for discussion does anybody track
the amount of monies taken back by the RAC, CERT or MAC based upon their
interpretation of the diagnoses in the record or perhaps a CC or MCC obtained
through the query process that maybe is only documented once in the record or is
intepreted to be of little clinical significance.
-----Original Message-----
>From: CDI Talk
>Sent: Jun 7, 2011 12:40 PM
>To: glennkrauss@earthlink.net
>Subject: Re: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
>
>
>We use navigant software and it does track the negatives. We were trained to
>have the chart be coded accurately and reflect accurately, so the negative
>variances are what they are. I personally have them every month.
>
>
>
>
>
________________________________
From: CDI Talk
>To: sears.kelley@yahoo.com
>Sent: Tue, June 7, 2011 11:11:04 AM
>Subject: RE: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
>
>Renee I mean the cases which we clarify for a lower wt drg
>
>Tracy M Peyton RN, CCDS
>Case Management
>Bradford Regional Medical Center
>Upper Allegany Health Systems
>116 Interstate Parkway
>Bradford, PA 16701
>814-558-0406
>
>
>
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: CDI Talk [cdi_talk@hcprotalk.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:55 AM
>To: Peyton, Tracy
>Subject: Re:[cdi_talk] Tracking Revenue losses
>
>I am really glad to see that people are tracking their negatives, and more
>importantly, are willing to go out there and "take money away" in the pursuit of
>an accurate chart. Yes, JATA software does measure negative dollars, but it will
>subtract from positives, which incentivizes the CDS not to ask, and makes a
>mockery of the first word in their software title, Compliant.
Comments
I also now review all death charts and try to work with palliative care to help with their documentation.
What we find is NOT that people are dying due to poor care, but rather that the mortality rate would be justified if there was accurate documentation.