Here are five key notes: 1. Providers in the state cited a minimal number of claims denials linked to coding errors. 2. Molly Weedn, associate vice president of public affairs for the California ...
Beginning January 1, 2022, all state licensed or certified health care facilities and providers must follow extensive rules for providing a "good faith estimate" of health care charges to uninsured ...
Clerical documentation burdens for physicians expanded during the past decade in part due to increased regulatory requirements and the corresponding proliferation of EHRs — one 2017 study found ...
The healthcare industry succeeded in making behavioral healthcare more accessible, argues Machinify's Lisa Pincher. Now, it must build the infrastructure to support that care responsibly. What happens ...
To facilitate full and accurate Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding, it is crucial that providers take a disciplined approach to documenting medical encounters in patient records. The AAPC ...
Healthcare coding has fundamentally transformed from volume-driven revenue capture to compliance-first, defensible documentation standards.
The shift to value-based care involves financial incentives for anesthesia practices that could conflict with existing fraud and abuse laws, such as Stark law, according to a Jan. 24 report from law ...