From: Following the money: copy-paste of lifestyle counseling documentation and provider billing
Variable | Value |
---|---|
Total encounters, n | 155,168 |
Encounters with patients on insulin, n (%) | 56,253 (36.3) |
Most recent hemoglobin A1C, %† | 8.5 (1.6) |
Hemoglobin A1C imputed, n (%) | 28,791 (18.6) |
Most recent LDL cholesterol, mg/dL† | 96.5 (32.1) |
LDL imputed, n (%) | 72,914 (47.0) |
SBP, mm Hg | 130.3 (17.4) |
DBP, mmHg | 74.3 (10.8) |
BP imputed, n (%) | 14,840 (9.6) |
Most recent BMI, kg/m2* | 32.9 (6.6) |
BMI imputed, n (%) | 15,072 (9.7) |
Acute complaints, n (%) | 52,203 (33.6) |
Total active medications | 8.2 (5.0) |
Medications processed during the encounter | 1.8 (2.5) |
Anti-hyperglycemic medication intensification, n (%) | 20,586 (13.3) |
Note length, 1000s of characters | 2.9 (2.2) |
Lifestyle counseling, n (%) | |
Distinct | 88,970 (57.3) |
Copied | 12,527 (8.1) |
None | 53,671 (34.6) |
Visit category, n (%) | |
Physical | 4,863 (3.1) |
Follow-up | 150, 305 (96.9) |
Documentation of time spent, n (%) | |
Counseling | 3,406 (2.2) |
Coordination of care | 245 (0.2) |
Other | 3361 (2.2) |
None | 148,156 (95.5) |
Billing level, n (%) | |
1 | 4062 (2.6) |
2 | 5151 (3.3) |
3 | 54,304 (35.0) |
4 | 79,258 (51.1) |
5 | 12,393 (8.0) |