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By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential clients, a new University of Guelph study reveals. The findings have reimbursement implications, as…
By Nick Paul Taylor for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: More than two-thirds of healthcare executives think artificial intelligence and other emerging digital technologies will extensively impact their organizations over the next three years. The new Accenture survey suggests executives will…
By Angie Stewart for Becker’s Hospital Review CMS posted changes to the ICD-10-CM codes for fiscal year 2020. Five key points: There were 71,932 ICD-10-CM codes for fiscal year 2019. The update includes 72,184 codes. CMS added 273 codes, deleted 21 codes and made…
Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review As healthcare becomes increasingly corporatized, administrators lean on the good faith of clinicians to get the job done — and they may be leaning too hard, according to an op-ed published in The New…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Healthcare has less gender disparity than other U.S. industries, but still has room for improvement at executive levels. A new McKinsey report found healthcare is one of the best industries for working…
The Journal of AHIMA published an article in the June 2019 issue called “Computer-Assisted Coding Reality Check” by Mary Butler. The article takes a closer look at the impact of Computer Assisted- Coding (CAC) by examining studies, interviewing HIM professionals…
By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review Across the nation’s more than 6,000 hospitals, chief executives made an average annual salary of $242,550, compared to phlebotomists, who made an average of $34,750 per year, according to Business Insider. Here is…
By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review Thirty-two healthcare CEOs made The New York Times and Equilar’s 2018 ranking of highest-paid CEOs in 2018. Of those 32, three executives led some of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital systems: King of…
By Selena Chavis for For the Record An industry collaboration recently proposed codes designed to better support whole-person care. There’s a new buzz phrase taking health care by storm: social determinants of health (SDOH). Linked by researchers to approximately 80%…
By Rebecca Pifer for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Physician burnout costs the healthcare industry between $2.6 billion and $6.3 billion each year, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The researchers calculated a baseline of…