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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies (Single Article)
No shortage of coding
initiatives in 2003 OIG Work Plan
November 2002
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Product Description:
Old favorites return, with
changesThe 2003 Work Plan, released last month by
the Office of Inspector General (OIG), includes many projects we’ve seen
before but adds new twists, according to the American Health Information
Management Association’s Sue Prophet Bowman, RHIA, director
of coding and classification.Some previous Work Plan projects
remain, but the OIG expanded on others, says Bowman. For example, this
year’s plan says the agency will be looking at “diagnosis-related
groups [DRGs] that have a history of aberrant coding patterns.”
“It’
