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…
According to the World Health Organization, being transgender is a mental illness. But that could soon change, as the WHO prepares a new edition of the International Classification of Diseases…
More than 500 healthcare practices have been selected to participate in a new pilot program designed to prevent heart attacks and strokes in Medicare patients, the Centers for Medicare &…
Reimbursement for evaluation and management (EM) services is often the most challenging for primary care physicians and their billing staff. The most common EM codes are based on location, patient…
This week at a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, providers heard some comforting statements from Senate leaders and a key official from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.…
Top officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have reiterated the need for a National Evaluation System for Health Technology (NEST) program that integrates data from clinical registries,…
As coders grow and mature in their knowledge of and experience with ICD-10, it's critical hospital administrators recognize best practices and pinpoint coding deficiencies for continued improvement. H.I.M. ON CALL…