Telemedicine Is Medicine, Tele-ICU Is ICU, Tele-Healthcare Is Healthcare

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2019 Critical Care Congress he...

If You Build It, They Will Come: Optimizing ICU Bed Utilization

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2019 Critical Care Congress he...

Plenary Session: A View From the Edge: Creating a Culture of Caring

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2019 Critical Care Congress he...

Crosstalk 08 - Anesthesiology Section

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is an anesthesiology crosstalk from the 2019 Critical Car...

The Global Surgical Package: What It Really Means for Critical Care in 2021

This article was first published in the Fall 2021 issue of Critical Connections. Trauma surgeons, intensivists, and critical care physicians should keep up to date with the rules for the global surgical package and what it means for the provision of critical care services.

Surgery and Critical Care Coding

This article was first published in the Fall 2020 issue of Critical Connections. Critical care and follow-on care policies vary among insurers and Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). Providers should follow the guidance of the insurer or MAC.

Pay Attention When Coding Critical Care

This article was first published in the Summer 2021 issue of Critical Connections . It is important to review your documentation periodically to ensure compliance with correct coding procedures, documentation, and medical necessity support for the service provided.

New Coding and Documentation Guidance: What You Need to Know in 2021 for Proper Reimbursement

This article was first published in the Spring 2021 issue of Critical Connections. Many physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) who manage critical care patients do so in post-acute care clinics or in the office setting.

APPs in the Critical Care Workforce: Past, Present, and Future

This article was first published in the Spring 2021 issue of Critical Connections. The utilization of advanced practice providers (APP) in the workforce has continued to grow, particularly over the past year, during which hospitals saw unprecedented surges of critically ill pa...

How Is Social Media Changing the Way Healthcare Providers Communicate?

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the Society of Critical Care Medic...

What the VIRUS COVID-19 Registry Can Teach About the Future of EHRs

This article was first published in the Winter 2021 issue of Critical Connections . Chaos—That is the word that comes to mind when Smith Heavner, BSN, MS, RN, PCCN, thinks about electronic health records (EHRs).

Critical Care Societies Collaborative Joint Session: Addressing Burnout in ICU Clinicians: Strategies for Prevention from a National Summit

This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress on Burnout in ICU Clinicians: Strategies for Prevention from a National Summit.

Women in Critical Care

This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress on women in critical care.

SCCM Discovery Network Trials: An Update

This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress provides an update on SCCM's Discovery Network Trials.

Pediatric Critical Care Collaborative Study Groups: State of the Union

This is a presentation from the 47th Critical Care Congress on Pediatric Critical Care Collaborative Study Groups.

Critical Care Documentation and Billing Update: COVID-19 Pandemic

This article was originally published in the Summer 2020 Issue of  Critical Connections .

Advanced Practitioners and Critical Care for Medicare Patients

This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Connections . The article covers the requirements for coding and billing for Medicare patients. 

What to Do When a Payer Audits Your Documentation

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections . Medicare and private payers continue to focus on audits to recover improper payments. You need to be prepared for the possibility of an audit.

Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course: Adult Introduction

This is the introduction presentation from the 2017 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course: Adult (MCCRC).

Building a Case for Tele-Critical Care to Improve Quality

This article was originally published in the August 2019 issue of Critical Connections . Telemedicine in critical care has been intensely watched and widely debated in the literature.