As health care organizations move to value-based payment, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) face a unique set of coding and reimbursement challenges. In this roundtable… Read More »Industry Perspectives: Tackling Coding Challenges at FQHCs
As we reflect on the transformation into spring, with large parts of the country still confronted by temperatures in the mid-30s at night and days… Read More »Making the Leap to New Sepsis Criteria
Claim rejections and claim denials create considerable financial burden for US hospitals and health systems. Despite new revenue cycle technology, managing these denials remains a… Read More »Audit Alley: A New Line of Defense for Inpatient Claims
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Experts say boosting documentation takes hospitalwide cooperation. With recovery audit contractors cleared to resume limited medical record requests and ICD-10 once again on the horizon,… Read More »Navigate the CDI Divide
Sepsis data are talking, but should the health care industry be listening? Big Data has become a big commodity in the health care industry. The… Read More »What Sepsis Numbers Do and Don’t Tell Us