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By Paul Cadorette, CPC, COC, CPC-P, COC, CASCC, Director, Training and Education, Coding, and Alison Kuley, CPC, Senior Spine Coder, National Medical Billing Services for Becker’s ASC Review Much like the spine itself, medical coding constitutes the backbone of your revenue cycle. As more spinal procedures are performed on an outpatient basis in ambulatory surgery…
By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review Insurers and health systems across the U.S. have been at odds during the most recent cycle of contract negotiations, and terminated contracts are affecting thousands of patients. As hospitals continue to recover financially from the COVID-19 pandemic and deal with higher supply costs and employee wages, many organizations…
By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review Eight health systems made Fortune‘s 100 Best Companies to Work for list this year. For its list, Fortune surveyed more than 870,000 employees. The survey enabled employees to share confidential quantitative and qualitative feedback about their company’s culture by responding to 60 statements on a five-point scale and answering two open-ended questions. All…
By Bill Siwicki for Healthcare IT News Shawn Sefton, RN, has experienced first-hand the operational, staffing and scheduling challenges that plague the U.S. nurse workforce, having worked as a nurse and in various nurse leader roles for decades. She spent her early career as a frontline ED and perianesthesia nurse in various hospitals. Then she…
By Rachel McArthur for Healthcare IT News The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the global healthcare community to embrace technology to prevent future pandemics. He warned, however, that employing advanced healthcare systems won’t be sustainable if they are not resilient and able to withstand major threats going forward. Speaking at…
Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review The CIO role has shifted; once a leader in tech, CIOs are now a member of the executive team, with increasing responsibility revolving around consumer experience, digitalization, technology, marketing and innovation. Those leaders once labeled as IT implementation and management are stepping out into more strategic positions. Here, four…
By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review Louisiana is the most stressed state in America, and Utah is the least, according to an analysis released March 28 by personal finance website WalletHub. To compile its lists, WalletHub compared states and the District of Columbia across 41 metrics, including average hours worked weekly, personal bankruptcy rate and share…
By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review U.S. physicians who use EHRs spend an average of 1.84 hours a day completing documentation outside work hours, according to research published March 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The researchers analyzed responses to the 2019 National Electronic Health Records survey to learn more about the documentation burden being…
From For the Record Magazine athenahealth, Inc, a provider of network-enabled software and services for medical groups and health systems nationwide, announced research insights that show significant differences in both patient interaction and appointment documentation practices between female and male clinicians. Female clinicians across specialties and clinical roles see fewer patients per week and spend…
By Traci Miller On Monday, March 14, 2022, KLAS Research* resumed their tradition of hosting their annual Best in KLAS Awards Show ahead of the HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition. The 2022 Best in KLAS: Software and Services Report was published on February 8 and this event celebrated the vendors who received this coveted…