2020

6 revenue cycle tips for ASCs

By Rachel Popa for Becker’s ASC Review Six key revenue cycle from ASC experts: 1. Find causes of denials. Surgery centers can improve claims denial management by adopting proactive strategies, including identifying the root causes of denials, according to Mnet Health, a financial technology firm specializing in healthcare. Root causes may include flawed internal processes…

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Top 5 revenue cycle management stories of 2019

By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Physician specialties that generate the most revenue for hospitals and Medicare payment rules were among the healthcare revenue cycle management topics that piqued the interest of readers this year. Here are the five most popular revenue cycle management stories published by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2019: 1. These…

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AMA releases online checklist for E/M services transition

By Nathan Eddy for Healthcare IT News The American Medical Association issued a checklist for the transition to fundamental changes in evaluation and management (E/M) services, a medical coding process in support of medical billing which practicing healthcare providers must use to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid programs or private insurance. The checklist provides a…

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The Future Of Work Now—Medical Coding With AI

Tom Davenport for Forbes Thomas H. Davenport and Steven Miller The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous classification code was difficult even in simpler times. Now, however, hospitals and health insurance companies…

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