Heather directs and oversees all aspects of her assigned projects ensuring compliance with registry standards and specifications. She ensures the goals and objectives of each project are met through oversight of her data abstraction teams. Prior to joining Registry Partners, Heather served as a cancer registrar for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. She has also served as…
CMS Publishes Final Rule for Outpatient Core Measure Reporting Requirements in CY2019
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Final Rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) in November 2018. For the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program, CMS has finalized removal of these measures: The following web-based measures are being removed beginning with January 1, 2019 encounters: OP-30: Colonoscopy Interval for Patients with a History of Adenomatous Polyps The following measures are being removed…
Client Spotlight: Doctors Hospital of Augusta, Georgia – Designated as an Accredited Bariatric Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons
Registry Partners is pleased to announce one of our clients, Doctors Hospital, in Augusta, Georgia has received designation as an Accredited Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center through the American College of Surgeons. Doctors’ is part of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) available through the American College of Surgeons. Registry Partners has assisted Doctors Hospital with collecting and submitting bariatric…
Recap – Indiana Cancer Registrars Association 40th Annual Fall Conference
The Indiana Cancer Registrars Association held their annual fall conference on November 8th and 9th in Indianapolis at the Primo South Conference Center. Cancer Registrars were awarded 11.5 continuing education credits for attending, including 8.5 category A credits. The theme of this year’s conference was “Honoring the Past & Embracing the Future” to celebrate the conference’s 40th anniversary. The ICRA board and the Historian put together…