Recovery of fees for nutrition services was substantial in both areas; billing as RD providing nutrition consultation in a Hospital based clinic using a medical ICD-9 code for malnutrition resulted in 50% better recovery of fees than from patients billed for a psychiatric diagnosis involving ...
In this study, we simulate an anesthesiology pre-operative assessment clinic to quantify the impact of patient information deficiency and to assist in the development of a patient-centered surgical home to mitigate this problem through better system-wide coordination....