Registry Spotlight: NCDR – PVI

This month’s registry spotlight is on National Cardiovascular Data Registry – Peripheral Vascular Intervention (NCDR – PVI). Registry Partners’ Cardiac Service Line assists facilities and institutions nationwide with their NCDR-PVI data collection efforts. We serve as a complete outsource solution or can augment the facility’s current data collection team to ensure high quality, timely, and accurate data collection and submission.   Read on to learn more about…

Posted on Jun. 29, 2020 in Spotlight

Why Target Healthcare?

“Why would hackers go after data in healthcare? What’s the point of it?” The above question comes up routinely in healthcare security training. Healthcare workers understand and appreciate the need for cyber security training, and also appreciate it’s required. Inquisitive by nature, these staffs want to understand the correlations and connect the dots that don’t seem to join on the surface. Certainly, it’s easy to see…

Posted on Jun. 26, 2020 in Security

CTR Coding Break – Bladder Site

  The Registry Partners June 2020 CTR Coding Break discusses grade clinical and grade pathological for the bladder site. The presentation reviews the clinical and pathological timeframe, grade notes, priority order, and reviews common questions. A TURBT, transurethral resection of a bladder tumor qualifies for clinical grade only. A cystectomy or partial cystectomy must be performed to qualify for grade pathological. Grade Pathological Note 2 instructs…

Posted on Jun. 24, 2020 in Oncology Coding Break

Results from our Cancer Registrar Poll

Throughout last week on our Facebook page, we conducted a poll for Cancer Registrars with 2 new questions each day, Monday-Friday. At the end of each day, we randomly selected a winner to receive a $10 Starbucks gift card, and if you answered all 5 days of questions you were entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card. Our winners throughout the week were, Shawna V,…

Posted on Jun. 22, 2020 in From Our Perspective