I am pretty darn tired of hearing about the move from volume to value. Do you know what that movement really is? It is an uncontrolled scientific experiment, with unsuspecting people as the participants.

The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule for fiscal year (FY) 2020 comes with a great many changes to the ICD-10-CM/PCS classification systems as well as the MS-DRGs.  While the IPPS applies to...

With the implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) fast approaching, now’s the time to prioritize your ICD-10 training, as proper diagnostic coding will become crucial to keeping your skilled nursing facility (SNF) revenue on target.

For quite a long time, Medicare and Medicaid have been included on a Government Accountability Office (GAO) rundown of government programs that are at an expanded danger of misrepresentation, waste, misuse, and bungle. GAO’s investigations of...

Zion Market Research Offers an 8-Year Forecast In 110+ Pages Research Report “Medical Coding Market by Classification System (HCPCS and ICD), by Mode and by End-User: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2018–2025” Between Forecasting Years.

Compliance is a large part of our duties in healthcare. It is especially true for coding. With so many regulations, the audit atmosphere and payment nightmares, quite simply we are a moving target. For those of us in the...