Nearly a quarter of all U.S. hospitals now outsource some or all coding functions. Ninety percent of hospitals over 150 beds currently outsourcing their CDI processes reported in Q3 to…
In response to a reporter’s question, notorious bank robber Willie Sutton was quoted as saying thieves rob banks “because that’s where the money is”. Today, the money is in a…
Most hospitals gained at least $1.5 million in healthcare revenue after clinical documentation improvement implementation, a Black Book survey found. Nearly 90 percent of hospitals with 150 or more beds…
When CMS switched from ICD-9 to ICD-10 last year, the new diagnosis classification list allowed coders to translate additional elements of doctors’ language to billers’ language. In a sense, ICD-10…
The ICD-10 codes changed for 2017 and include 1,974,311 deleted codes, and 425 revised codes. These went into effect October 1, 2016. Most chiropractors, fortunately, are only affected by about…
As the healthcare industry transitions from fee-for-service to value-based care, health information professionals are on the frontlines of these momentous changes helping clinicians leverage technology to achieve better patient outcomes…
Central Learning's national 2016 ICD-10 coding contest highlighted the converse relationship between coding accuracy and productivity across inpatient, ambulatory and emergency settings. Central Learning is a web-based coding assessment application,…
Vaccine administration is an important element of primary care practice, and a critical contribution to preventive care public health. But as vaccine and overhead costs continue to rise—particularly for private…
A year after the much-hyped switch to the ICD-10 diagnostic coding library, healthcare providers now face pressures to assign codes with the right degree of specificity or risk claim denials.…
Do you bill medical insurance for medically necessary dental procedures performed in your office? If you do, it’s important to understand the changes to the CDT codes for 2017. When…
2015 was a notorious year for cyber attacks in the healthcare industry, with more than 100 million health care records compromised in a single year. So far 2016 looks like…
Since the update from ICD-9 to ICD-10, has your business successfully made the transition to the new coding system, or are you still struggling to keep up? If it’s the…
Addressing these four common medical billing challenges can have a positive impact on the healthcare revenue cycle. Medical billing is the backbone of healthcare revenue cycle management, but many providers…
Last week, the Office of Inspector General, OIG, issued a favorable opinion to a hospice provider seeking to make supplemental payments to skilled nursing facilities. Under the proposed arrangement, the…
Many researchers have investigated the impact EHR use and EHR adoption has on physicians and hospitals, showing that the technology still has both pros and cons. Since the 2009 passage…
Abstract Background A specific Electronic Health Record (EHR) for ophthalmology was introduced in an academic center in Germany. As diagnoses coding corresponding to the International Classification of Diseases Version 10…