Clinical Documentation and Coding Top Revenue Cycle Vulnerability

Published: Fri, 02/15/19

Hospital leaders are concerned that their organization’s clinical documentation and coding processes are vulnerable to errors that could result in lost or decreased revenue, according to a recent survey.

CMS Eliminates Reporting of Functional Limitation Codes

Many therapy providers, at hospital outpatient departments and private-practice clinics alike, were reluctant to stop submitting functional limitation reporting codes and impairment modifiers until they could see the...

AHIMA Coding Productivity Study and Preparing for ICD-11

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has been getting involved in the development of ICD-11 through its participation in the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) activities, as well as providing...

Outbreak of Yellow Fever Reported

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which is in Washington D.C., is reminding travelers to get vaccinated if you are planning a trip to areas in which yellow fever is present. Which countries are affected by yellow fever? In the Americas, the countries are...

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

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...