Determining a facility’s coding guidelines is the top priority for every coding professional who begins working at a new organization. While most facilities have specific coding guidelines, they’re usually undocumented.…
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Artificial Intelligence is Ready to Transform Financial Operations. Are You?
There’s nothing artificial about artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on healthcare. It’s driving improvements across the clinical care continuum. Now AI is poised to tackle the revenue cycle and charge capture…
IPPS Final Rule Changes for Fiscal Year 2020
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 for acute care hospital discharges became effective on October 1, 2019. The final rule was displayed in…
Questions and Concerns for Coding Professionals in 2020
As HIM and coding professionals prepare for the year ahead, it’s important to recognize the pressing questions, concerns, and challenges facing coders just entering the field, coders pursuing a new…