Clinical documentation integrity teams have long relied on retrospective queries to close gaps in physician documentation. But as payers accelerate AI-driven claims review and increasingly deny diagnoses added to the chart after the clinical moment, that approach is becoming a…
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Hongfang Liu, PhD, has been named the inaugural chief translational AI and informatics officer of UT Dell Medical Center, a soon-to-be-built academic medical center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Liu will also be the first chair of the newly established Department…
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An American physician who has tested positive for Ebola is among seven Americans being transported out of the Democratic Republic of Congo amid an outbreak involving a strain with no approved treatments or vaccines. Here is what to know: 1.…
Jon Alford became CFO of Seattle-based UW Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at the University of Washington, also in Seattle, in March, but has not wasted time settling into his new role. With challenges like legislative changes, payer…
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Lakes Regional Healthcare will implement an Epic EHR system May 30. The new platform will allow healthcare teams to more efficiently review medications, allergies, test results and care plans while helping reduce duplicate services and delays in communication, according to…
A hospital system that is part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is requesting The Leapfrog Group reimburse nearly $10.5 million in legal fees connected to a 2025 lawsuit that questioned the methodology of Leapfrog’s hospital safety grades. In March, a federal…