Physician groups, hospitals and coding support companies have been gearing up to address the many changes required to meet the challenges of the upcoming conversion to ICD-10-CM/PCS. A recent poll of ...

Coding experts agree that ASCs should conduct regular audits of their coding processes to ensure the ASC is not upcoding, a possible fraud issue, or downcoding, leading to a loss of owed reimbursement ...

There is no doubt that the U.S. healthcare system will transition to ICD-10. Whether it happens in 2011, as proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or at a later date, it is ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...

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