According to report published by Grand View Research, Rising importance of evidence-based medicine, pharmacoeconomic risk benefit analysis of different drugs and medical devices, and insurance settlements are major factors driving the growth of U.S. Medical Coding Market.

A small family practice created a large improvement in diabetes control by focusing on workflow efficiency teamwork and technology. In less than a year, the two-physician office posted a one-third decrease—from 31 percent to 20.5 percent—in its patients with...

There has been much discussion about healthcare expenses in recent months. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is focusing on value-based purchasing (VBP), and payors are focused on reducing costs through...

ICD-10 coding should be high-priority on everyone’s list this year as we await the rollout of the Patient-Driven Payment Model. I do not think it can be stressed enough that diagnoses are driving reimbursement. 

The shift to value-based care has driven public and private payers to redesign reimbursement models that stress accountability for care quality and healthcare costs. As the fee-for-service environment fades away, alternative payment models like bundled payments are helping to define the future of revenue cycle management.

On a recent onsite, one of the clinical documentation integrity specialists (CDISs) asked me my opinion on how assiduous a clinical documentation integrity (CDI) professional should be to get a query answered. My response may surprise some of you.