I got whiff yesterday of Trusts encouraging medics to code UTI as urosepsis, RTI as pneumonia and ACS and NSTEMI for gaming better income?
@legalaware Oh God...still gaming going on? Is it just for income? How would this affect people's care Shibs?
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@C7RKY@legalaware it wouldn't as coding is retrospective. If improved income Trust has more money to invest in care delivery -
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@legalaware@C7RKY True, doesn't apply in Scotland so largely statistical? Point is it's far removed from the bedside. England should scrap
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