CURE Newsletter Archives: 2002
     
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2002: Nov/Dec

Chargemasters: CDM Focus Takes Charge
  Principles of Coding — Injury and Poisoning
  Coding Expert — Personal Library at Your Fingertips
  Benefits of a Coding Audit
  Coding Audits An Integral Component of HIM Operations
   

2002: Sep/Oct

ICD-9-CM Changes — CMS Adds 146 ICD-9-CM Codes for 2003
  Principles of Coding — Circulatory System
  Coding Expert — Step-by-Step Example: APC Classifier Easily Identifies Errors
  CMS Publishes Final Rule for 2003 HIPPS
  2003 OPPS Proposed Rule — How Will It Impact Your Hospital's Bottom Line?
 

Book ReportDRG Expert 2003

 

HOPPS 2003 — Proposed Rule Now Out

   

2002: Jul/Aug

ICD-9-CM changes for 2003 — Aftercare, Heart Failure, OB/GYN Conditions
  Principles of Coding — Conditions Arising in the Perinatal Period (ICD-9-CM)
  Coding Expert — Step-by-Step Example: Identifying Errors Before a Claim is Generated
  CMS Publishes Proposed Changes to 2003 HIPPS
 

Book ReportCrossing the Quality Chasm

 

Integrating Hospital Information System — With Coding Software Triples Coding Rate

   

2002: May/Jun

CMS Implements New APC for Observation
  Principles of Coding — Genitourinary System (ICD-9-CM)
 

Outpatient Services — Services and procedures you can and should claim

 

Book ReportFabled Service: Ordinary Acts, Extraordinary Outcomes

 

Feature — Deadline For Electronic Transaction Standards Approaching

  Coding Expert — Advanced Clinical Edits (ACE)
  Compliance Corner — Understanding Excluded Practices
   

2002: Mar/Apr

Advance Beneficiary Notices

  Principles of Coding — Nervous System and Sense Organs
  Feature — Important 2002 Program Memorandums
 

Book ReportImplementing Six Sigma

  Feature — Improving Physician Documentation
  Coding Expert — Keywords Notebook
  Compliance Corner — HIPAA Snapshot
   

2002: Jan/Feb

CMS Updates and Delays APCs
  Principles of Coding — Neoplasms (ICD-9-CM)
 

Book ReportThe Power of Six Sigma

 

Feature — Texas Hospital Uses Residents When Short On Coders

  Coding Expert — Crosswalking ICD-9-CM to CPT-4
  Inpatient Rehab Facility PPS — Part II
  Compliance Corner
The Cost of Noncompliance
HIPAA Compliance To Do List
   
 
 
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