October is the month for pink ribbons, the symbol of breast cancer awareness. Pink is the color because 99% of all breast cancer cases occur in women. With breast cancer, vigilance is a MUST! Monthly self-exams (recommended to begin at age 20) Yearly mammograms for women age 50-54, and every 2 years for women ages 55 and older (unless high risk factors exist) If there is…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Final Rules in August. For the Hospital IQR Program, the following chart based measures remain for CY2020 discharges: SEP-1: Early Management Bundle, Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Inpatient Web-Based Measure: Elective Delivery (Also known as PC-01) CMS continues to expand adoption of…
On September 12 & 13, 2019, Registry Partners had the privilege of participating as a vendor sponsor at the Louisiana Cancer Registrars Association (LCRA) Annual Education Conference hosted at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Lafayette, Louisiana. This two-day event provided a variety of presentations and great networking opportunities. The conference was kicked off by a meet and greet exercise led by Jessica Despino, RHIA, CTR. She…
Registry Partners enjoyed attending the Minnesota & Wisconsin Regional Cancer Registrar’s Meeting held in Bloomington, MN – September 12th and 13th. The conference was focused on various changes in the cancer registry world. Louanne Currence covered several topics such as: AJCC Chapter 1 Review Pharynx Hematopoietic Melanoma Open question panel to answer questions from CTRs Paula Lindgren also delivered a presentation called “Cancer Data: It makes…
