Barbara Hinkle-Azzara


Barbara's latest writings
Enhancing Your Clinical Documentation Improvement Program with Meta’s Electronic Physician Query

The Clinical Documentation Improvement Program In response to recent regulatory changes-particularly those impacting the coding process, such as Medicare Severity-DRGs and Present on Admission (POA) requirements-many hospitals have found it imperative to initiate a clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program. The principal intent of the CDI program... (posted by Barbara 2 years 119 days ago.)
Ten Reasons To Adopt An Electronic Query Process

Many clinical documentation improvement programs remain true to the paper query. Who could envision the death day of the "purple sheet" or "pink sheet," as some facilities call their query form? But with the federal government promising an intense infusion of funds for health information technology, that day could be on its way. Need more convincing to consider using an electronic query in your CDI... (posted by Barbara 3 years 7 days ago.)