Imagine this: A routine payer audit uncovers $250,000 in penalties – all due to overlooked coding errors and cloned notes. For many U.S. healthcare providers, this scenario is all too real. But with a proactive medical coding audit strategy, it doesn’t have to be. This blog explores how a strategic triad of coding audits, clinical documentation reviews, and
In the wake of COVID, budget crunches, and labor shortages, many hospitals and health systems have been making the smart decision to rethink their service lines. But what many haven’t had the space to consider is the impact on hospital billing, hospital coding, and how their
Medicaid unwinding has been a critical topic around revenue cycle management services for months now, and this is because providers will be directly impacted. Most providers should expect to see serious upheaval in their revenue cycle management services as patients are kicked
The CMS hospital price transparency rule is up and running, and hospital revenue cycle management leaders are expressing their concerns. From challenges acquiring resources to working with medical billing companies for hospital billing services, this piece will update you on recent reactions to the rule, review what it entails, and cover challenges that 2022 has brought in meeting its requirements.
Congress is considering changes that could halt the electronic visit verification (EVV) process, and home health billing companies are paying attention – providers should be too.
