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What you don’t know (or audit) might hurt your quality scores

Quality metrics are complex, and it takes deep knowledge to understand their intricacies. Audrey Howard, RHIA, and Susan Belley, RHIA, CPHQ, describe commonly overlooked documentation elements that can affect quality metrics and outline how to incorporate these elements into an audit workflow.

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