More data is pointing to concerns of skyrocketing healthcare costs in the upcoming years. Steeper medical utilization is one cause for concern, according to several sources. Meanwhile, HR 1 is radically reshaping Medicaid, and the expiration of ACA enhanced subsidies…
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Utilization review teams face a constant squeeze: manual EHR searches for clinical documentation slow admission and appeal processes, introduce errors and raise denial risk — all while revenue hangs in the balance. Stormont Vail Health confronted these inefficiencies directly. By…
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- Chad Yeager, RN, MSN, VP of Quality and Population Health, Stormont Vail Health
- Brianna Brown, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CCDS, Director of Clinical Performance, Stormont Vail Health
- Sri V. Suravarapu, MD, MPH, CPE, CHCQM-PHYADV, Medical Director of Utilization Review / Clinical Appeals, Stormont Vail Health
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