Coding for lumbar spinal fusion procedures in ASCs or outpatient centers is much different than coding for spinal fusion in the inpatient setting, according to the American Academy of Professional ...
Outpatient coders achieved higher average accuracy scores for the second consecutive year in Central Learning’s nationwide ICD-10 coding contest. Contest participants coded a total of 4,471 medical ...
As patient care continues to move from inpatient to outpatient settings, hospitals are mobilizing for change. The March 2016 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report to the Congress: Medicare ...
Some of these codes will be available for use as early as July 1. Over the last few months CMS has been releasing procedure codes for your revenue cycle teams, both for inpatients and outpatients. For ...
Annual analysis points to an urgent need to redefine revenue integrity as proactive protection, while strengthening coding integrity and denial prevention measures. WELLESLEY, MA / ACCESS Newswire / ...
Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...
The average amounts of a hospital’s denied inpatient and outpatient claims have increased by 12% and 14%, respectively, with greater denial volumes also accompanying an uptick in payer’s audits, ...