Observation Committee – Member Articles
Federal Officials Seeking to Mitigate Maternity Deserts
January 22, 2024 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
News Highlights for SDoH to Start off 2024!
January 8, 2024 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Maternity Deserts: The Growing Concern of America’s Maternal Care
December 4, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Understanding the U.S. Playbook to Address the Social Determinants of Health
November 27, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
The Health Benefits of Gratitude
November 20, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Why Understanding the ABN is Essential for Providers and Medicare Beneficiaries
November 17, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
SDoH Z Codes: How it Took a Village to Cleared the Confusion
November 6, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Concerns that AI May Be Perpetuating Discrimination
October 30, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Ethical Considerations When Sending a Patient to a Low-Rated Post-Acute
October 23, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
The Inpatient-Only List & The Role Utilization Review Can Play
October 16, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Is a Lack of Cultural Competency Closing the Doors on Access to Care for Those Most in Need?
October 2, 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Who Owns Initial Patient Assessment: Gaining Better Understanding of Case Management Documentation
September 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
CMS Releases New Source for Collecting Z Codes
September 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
How Can Case Management Provide Support for Coding?
August 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
It’s Official: CMS Recognizes Homelessness as a CC
August 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Why it’s Time to Retire the Term Non-compliant
August 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Are Hospitals Over-consulting Physical Therapy?
June 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Strategies for Creating a Valuable Utilization Review Committee
May 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Knowing When and How to Fight the Good Fight
March 2023 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Making Meaning out of Avoidable Days: Part II
December 2022 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Making Meaning out of Avoidable Days: Part I
December 2022 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Acute MI – Another Evolution in Terminology
November 2022| Russell Firman MD, FACEP
Why Has the Hospital Turned into Long-Term Care?
October 2022 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
How to Integrate a SDoH Coding and Quality Question
October 2022 | Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
Key Considerations in Developing an Observation Unit
June 2022 | Bartho Caponi, MD, FACP, FHM
Why Don’t Medicare Advantage Plans Follow the 2 MN Rule
November 2021 | Russ Firman
Building an Internal Electronic Process for Medicare Short-Stay Admission Reviews
October 2021 | Anuja Mohla, DO
Observation Unit Pandemic Operation 2020, A National Survey by the ACPA
January 2021 | Anthony Joseph, MD; Amit Wadhwa, MD, FAAEM; Anuja Mohla, DO; Bartho Caponi, MD, FACP, FHM; Robert Tano, MD; Russell Firman, MD, FACEP, CHCQM, FABQAURP–PHYSADV; Steven Meyerson, MD; Bernard H. Ravitz, MD
What is Your Real Observation Rate? What Should It Be?
March 2020 | Steven Meyerson, MD
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