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Dr. Charles Charman provides students a lesson on Goals of Care via the Sound Physician House Model.

Pneumonia miscoding makes it vitally important to follow best practices for documentation with specific information describing the severity of the illness to support the correct DRG.

Instead of attempting to prevent inevitable outcomes, how do physicians integrate patient values into their goals of care?

Healthcare will face a shortage of more than 100,000 physicians by 2032. As this shortage grows APPs will help maximize patient outcomes and efficiency.

While Functional Quadriplegia has been around for quite some time, it is not documented often enough to capture the level of care that is provided in the acute care hospital setting.

Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) is common in patients, yet despite the importance of documentation if clinically valid, it is not frequently documented.

The threats posed to public health when natural disasters loom and eventually hit are serious. Hospitals must be prepared to care for their community’s residents during a natural disaster, but maintaining “business as usual” is equally important to continue patient care.

By strengthening your documentation, you will help prevent denials and ensure that you get credit for the hard work you do every day. Your effort cannot prevent every DRG denial, but your detailed documentation will go a long way in supporting an appeal.

Providing the best quality of care for a patient goes beyond the physical symptoms they display. Evidence is building that greater investment in addressing the social determinants of health may foster better health without accelerating healthcare costs in America.