ICD-10 to Include Code for ‘Dr. Oz Says,’ Automatic Trigger for Level 5 Visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The ICD-10 has recently added a last minute section to include codes for an epidemic that has been creeping into US...
IT Departments Upgrade EHRs with 28.8K Dial-Up Modems
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The information technology (IT) departments of hospitals nationwide made a New Year's resolution to hinder the efforts of practicing health care...
‘Peer-to-Peer Review’ Renamed ‘Enemy-to-Enemy Review’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a revision of terminology that better reflects the non-chummy reality of insurance denials and the appeals that follow, the phrase...
Breaking: Rare Black Marker Spotted in Proximity of Patient White Board
ATLANTA, GA - Calling it nothing short of "miraculous," hospitalist Art Beck reported the rarest of sightings today when he spotted a black marker...
Hospitalist Dictation at Home Goes Tragically Wrong
ST. PAUL, MN - Dr. Dave Krieger was running late last Tuesday when, in retrospect, he made a terrible mistake: he decided to dictate his...
Wow, Hospitalist Appreciating the Hell Outta Everyone in Today’s Progress Note
DURHAM, NC - In a particularly thankful mood today, hospitalist Poonam Trivedi has really gone all out, appreciating the hell out of everyone today in her progress...
CDC Mandates Life Preservers to Avoid Drowning in Paperwork
ATLANTA, GA - The result of an alarming increase in paperwork-associated deaths by drowning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially...
ICD-11 to Feature Only Three Codes: Sick, Well, or Dead
ATLANTA, GA - As the nation’s hospitals and clinics panic over implementation of the ridiculously unintuitive and immensely complicated ICD-10, a stealth council of...
League of Pediatricians Lobbying For New ICD-10 Codes: ‘Probably a Virus’ & ‘First-Time Mother’
In light of the new ICD-10 roll out, the League of Pediatricians has come forth with a mission statement set to dispel the requirement...