Editorial Policy

Every guide must carry a byline naming the person accountable for it — currently Curtis, RN, Registered Nurse, active multistate compact license, home health case management. The byline links to the author page, where that background is described. No article may be published anonymously, under a pen name, or attributed to a title that does not correspond to a real person.

If anyone besides the named author reviews an article, that review must actually have occurred before the article says so, and the reviewer must be named. We do not claim the involvement of an editor, clinical reviewer, or editorial board that has not in fact reviewed the work.

Drafting tools may assist in organizing material, but they do not publish anything on their own. Before a guide is published or substantively updated, the accountable author must review its factual and product claims and the sources those claims rely on, and remains responsible for the published text.

Our guides describe documentation practice and wording. They are not clinical, legal, billing, or regulatory advice, and they do not replace your own assessment, your clinical judgment, your employer's policies, or the requirements of your payers and regulators.

When a guide relies on an external rule, definition, or standard, it should link to the source so you can read the original rather than our summary. We prefer primary sources — the agency, regulator, or standards body that issued the material — over secondary commentary.

Where a statement reflects field experience rather than a published source, it must be written as experience and not presented as a requirement. We do not cite sources we have not read, and we do not attribute a claim to a source that does not support it.

Each guide shows its original publication date. That date is never changed or refreshed to make an article look newer than it is.

When an article is substantively revised — meaning its content, guidance, or examples change — we record a separate modification date. Typo fixes, formatting, and link repairs do not earn a new modification date. If an article is materially wrong rather than merely dated, we correct it and say what changed.

Clinical wording, findings, and scenarios in our guides must be fictional and clearly labeled as illustrative. Examples must exclude patient details: no real patient, visit, or record may be used, and no protected health information may appear in published content.

This site is published by the maker of MyPrechart, and our guides mention the product we sell. That relationship is stated openly here rather than in a footnote. Any sponsored content or affiliate relationship, if one ever exists, must be clearly disclosed on the page where it appears.

We publish no reviews, testimonials, ratings, or outcome figures that we cannot substantiate, and we make no guarantee that documentation produced with our software will satisfy any payer, regulator, or accreditation requirement.

If you find something inaccurate, out of date, or unclear, tell us and we will review it. Email info@myprechart.co with the article title and the passage in question. Please do not include any patient information in your message.

When we correct a substantive error, we update the article and record a modification date on it. You can also reach us through the support page.