The US healthcare industry is constantly at a state of reform, especially so from the time ICD-10 has been on the cards, i.e. from the year 2012. The original deadline was set for October, 01, 2013; however, it has been…
Generating revenue is a basic need for businesses to run smoothly. This stands especially true of running successful healthcare facilities. However, the noble cause of treating patients is put to financial risk by the constantly changing healthcare reforms. The main…
Seventy-nine percent of the nearly 300 healthcare organizations responding to a KPMG survey reported a successful transition to the new ICD-10 coding system since the switch was implemented on October 1. EHR Intelligence reports that, despite mixed feelings about the…
It was only about 10 minutes into the game when I fell on the soccer pitch this summer and tore a ligament in my knee. My subsequent trip to the hospital garnered me a specific diagnostic code that went to…
“If you’re bringing in a certain amount of revenue, you can’t have expenses that exceed that revenue. It’s seems very basic but people don’t look at it that way.” Money may be the root of all evil, but it is…
