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Level of Service

When admitting a patient to the hospital from a clinic visit be sure to select the “Admit from office to hospital” button under “Level of Service”.                

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Clinical News – April 2019

DISCHARGE DAY MANAGEMENT CODES Discharge codes are time based.  The billing provider must document his/her total time along with discharge management services personally performed. Only the time spent by the billing provider on the day of discharge is billable time Includes as appropriate: Final examination Discussion of the hospital stay …

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Clinical News – March 2019

Pediatric Specialty Care Now Available in South County Washington University pediatric specialists are now providing outpatient care to patients in the Jefferson County and South St. Louis County areas. The following specialties are available at the new multispecialty center: Allergy/Pulmonary Cardiology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Infectious Diseases – coming soon Nephrology Neurology …

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Clinical News – September 2018

Our newest location in Shiloh, IL is open.  Current pediatric providers at this location are listed below.  Echos and PFTs will be available. Mary Fournier MD, Adolescent Christina Kwong MD, Allergy Pulmonary Brooke Polk MD, Allergy Pulmonary Ginnie Arbarbanell MD, Cardiology Caroline Lee MD, Cardiology Ellen Kim MD, Endocrinology Kevin …

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Emergency services now provided at Northwest HealthCare

As of July 1, pediatricians with Washington University Physicians and St. Louis Children’s Hospital will provide coverage in Christian Hospital’s Northwest HealthCare Emergency Department, located at 1220 Graham Rd., in Florissant, Mo. Kimberly Quayle, MD, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine will serve as medical director of the pediatric hospitalist service …

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EPIC – June 2018

On Saturday, June 3rd, Pediatric Ambulatory clinics saw 15 patients.  Providers and staff did a great job.  Patients were registered, roomed, treated and clinic notes were closed. The Pulmonary Function Lab  and Heart Station were up and running. While we encountered a few issues, there was  nothing that that could …

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Washington University Physicians in Illinois, Inc. to provide pediatric and neonatology services at Memorial

As of April 1, pediatricians with Washington University Physicians in Illinois and St. Louis Children’s Hospital will provide coverage in Memorial’s two Emergency Departments as well as in the newborn nursery which are located in Belleville and Shiloh, Illinois. In addition, Washington University neonatologists will provide care at the Family …

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Clinical News May 2018

EPIC on the WAY We are approaching the final weeks of preparation for Epic. A few key points you need to keep in mind as you get ready for go-live. Epic will not be available to end users until ALL training is complete. This includes classroom training and personalization labs. …

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Clinical News – April 2018

By now you should be attending or scheduled for all of your EPIC classroom training and/or e-learning modules.   Please Note that you will not have EPIC access on June 2nd unless ALL of your required training is complete. There is no way to get  around this, so it is essential …

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EPIC Update

EPIC go-live is on target for June 2, 2018. Shortly after the transition to EPIC, AllScripts will be read only. That means that all tasks, notes and charges for any services prior to June 2nd must be promptly completed. The deadline to complete all work in Allscripts is June 15th. …