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e4health Team Member Spotlight: David Steinhage
David was nominated multiple times for our WEGROW awards. Here's what his Teammates had to say: Nominated For Our People Make The Difference "David is a fount of coding knowledge, dare I say a savant, and he is willing to share what he knows to help out teammates. His...
CDI Tips & Friendly Reminders: Pathological Fractures
Pathological FracturesDefinition: A bone fracture that occurs without adequate trauma, caused by an underlying disease.Diagnostic CriteriaIdentified in Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging such as X-Ray, CT, MRI, or bone scans. There are various underlying causes for...
CDI Case Study: e4health CDI Solutions Yield Significant Financial and Quality Improvements
When a 125-bed acute care medical center located in the heart of Eastern Long Island, New York, needed assistance taking their Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Department to the next level, they turned to e4health.
CDI Tips & Friendly Reminders: Respiratory Failure
Respiratory FailureDefinition: Syndrome where the respiratory systems fail in either or both the gas exchange function or oxygenation and carbon dioxide elimination. Recognized as either hypoxemic or hypercapnic.Coding Considerations:Review the circumstances of...
Master Patient Index (MPI) Cleanup – The Solution to Duplicate Medical Records
Accurately manage and clean up duplicate medical records with eMPI Cleanup to avoid errors, misdiagnoses, or even data security breaches. Maintaining high data integrity ensures safe and effective care.
Coding Tips: New Code for Resistant Hypertension
New Code for Resistant Hypertension (Valid for October 1, 2023 discharges)I1A.0 Resistant hypertension May be documented as: Apparent treatment resistant hypertension, Treatment resistant hypertension, True resistant hypertension. The ICD-10-CM Tabular instruction...
e4health Supports 75 Children Through Their Second Annual Holiday Drive
Making A DifferenceFor this year's annual e4health Holiday Drive, e4health partnered with the Foster Families Assistance Network to provide gifts for children in need. Last year's successful initiative to buy gifts for 50 children through the Salvation Army started a...
e4health’s 2023 WEGROW Award Winners
What is a WEGROW Award? Great question! Each year, we honor and reward our Team members who reflect and embrace two important qualities we recognize jointly: High performance and accomplishment in supporting our customers and Team Consistent representation of our...
Coding Tips: Complication Comorbidity Update
Complication Comorbidity UpdateSocial Determinants of Health (SDOH) codes Z59.00, Homelessness unspecified, Z59.01, Sheltered homelessness and Z59.02, Unsheltered homelessness will be considered CC’s (complication/comorbidity) beginning with October 1, 2023...
CDI Tips & Friendly Reminders: Hypertensive Crisis
Hypertensive CrisisDefinition: HTN: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 130mm Hg or more and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of more than 80mm Hg HTN Crisis: Generic term to describe hypertensive urgency or hypertensive emergency, typically seen with elevated blood...
Decoding V28 Transition: Key Takeaways from Journal of AHIMA
Medicare Advantage is on the brink of a significant restructuring as it transitions from V24 to V28 of the hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) risk adjustment model. In a recent Journal of AHIMA article, I partnered with Jeanie Heck, BBA, CCS, Education...
Enroll in e4health’s 2024 Risk Adjustment Webinar Series for FREE CEUs
The first part of the series, “Medicare Advantage HCC Model Changes From v24 to v28” is a deep dive into the upcoming HCC model changes. This webinar is approved for 1.0 AHIMA and AAPC CEU. The following six parts of the series are designed to provide additional...