In fact before concurrent coding, reviews took over three months to complete, thereby delaying rebills and consequently reimbursements. Another important finding is that the recodes requiring ...

It’s a classic Catch-22. Hospital coding specialists must rely only on doctor’s notes to determine if a medical condition was present at the time a Medicare patient is admitted to the hospital. But it ...

Perhaps no process has as great an impact on a hospital’s revenue cycle as procedure documentation and coding. When done accurately and efficiently, it can accelerate the billing cycle, reduce ...

With the ICD-10 transition now behind them, leaders at Mission Health System in Asheville, NC, have their sights set on the future of clinical documentation. Western North Carolina's only ...

Perhaps no process has as great an impact on a hospital’s revenue cycle as procedure documentation and coding. When done accurately and efficiently, it can accelerate the billing cycle, reduce ...