title: Best practices for improving revenue capture through documentation.
abstract: Tips for engaging physicians in efforts to enhance clinical documentation include: Individual physician profiling; Physician education, ranging from simple poster campaigns to hiring a full-time DRG education employee; Timely reinforcement support; Training internal employees to act as "documentation specialists"; Simplifying forms used for coding.
authors.affiliation: The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC, USA. richtere@advisory.com
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shelton
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003211:Concurrent Review; D004282:Documentation / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States