Posts from May, 2011

Spotlight on Med/Surg

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Rich Parsons, Vice President / Principal

Director of Management and Operations Consulting

While it can be argued, we believe that the Medical Surgical (Med/Surg) units are the most important department in an acute care hospital. They house the majority of patients, are the most operationally intensive, and generally provide the most revenue. It is on the Med/Surg units that inpatients generally form their patient satisfaction opinions, which gives a hospital its reputation for quality care. (more…)

Tags: acute care hospitals
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ICD-10-CM/PCS – How Important is this Anyway?

Friday, May 13th, 2011

With all the changes to electronic records the question posed is “How important is ICD-10-CM anyway?”

The short answer to the question is…VERY IMPORTANT. The change to ICD-10-CM will influence processes throughout the health care system including payers, providers, vendors, clearinghouses, third party administrators, independent laboratories, employers, and researchers. The result of this change will probably have an effect on cash flow during the transition period but more so if facilities have not fully updated internal processes. (more…)

Tags: clinical modification, International Classification of Disease
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HFS Staff serve at Glide Memorial

Friday, May 6th, 2011

As part of ongoing efforts to help in their community, HFS staff scheduled to assist in serving dinner at Glide Memorial Methodist Church in the Tenderloin on Tuesday the May 3.

Glide has offered free meals for over 40 years to all at their location at 330 Ellis Street, serving an average of 3,000 meals daily, 365 days per year. They rely on volunteers from the community to assist them in serving trays of food and cleaning up as people line up to get a seat in the basement dining hall.

If you would like to volunteer your time, please visit their website at www.glide.org

Tags: community efforts, san francisco church
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$87,000,000 in Reimbursement Goes to Southern California Hospitals

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) & Consultants Team Up to Deliver $87,000,000 in Reimbursement to Southern California Hospitals

HASC and HFS teamed up again this year on the 2010 Wage Index Improvement Project (WIIP). Voluntary participation in the WIIP was requested from hospitals in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. HFS conducted a review of the filed wage index information and assisted participating hospitals to improve the accuracy of their reported average hourly wage information (AHW). (more…)

Tags: public use file, WIIP
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Kathy McCaffrey

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

A beloved member of the Oakland staff died tragically in an accident on April 2nd. Kathy will be deeply missed. A scholarship fund has been established in her memory. Contributions may be made to AHIMA Foundation,

Kathy McCaffrey Merit Student Scholarship Fund,

233 N. Michigan Avenue, 21st Floor,

Chicago, IL 60601.

Please contact LaVonne LaMoureaux at LaVonne@CaliforniaHIA.org.

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