One idea to fix health care billing steals a tactic from major league baseball

Published: Mon, 02/11/19

In most markets, when a buyer and a seller can't settle on a price, they walk away. Medicine is different.

Doctors and insurance companies often sort out who owes what only after a patient has been treated, especially...

Physicians and the Opioid Crisis

It is well-known to the medical community and to the general public that the opioid epidemic has taken too many lives. The causes are myriad (I outlined these in a KevinMD.com article in 2016, the second most-read article of the year on that site, shared over 97,000 times)

Polar Vortex Hastens Need for ICD-10 Cold Codes

The weather has been rough for the people living in the Midwest and Northeast. The reported temperatures have been as low as -60 with the wind chill factor applied.

ICD-10-CM used to document diagnoses but also affects payment

Although International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) took effect on Oct. 1, 2015, there still are many gaps in the understanding and use of the code set.

Cardiac Arrest in the ED: What to Document and Code

There are approximately 350,000-400,000 cases of cardiac arrest arising outside of the hospital setting per year, and not all of these patients make it to the emergency department. The incidence in any given hospital...