On January 18, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Memorandum to all state survey agency directors addressing erroneous schizophrenia coding and increased transparency of ...

The practice of medicine, as a business, is a challenging model. You have minimal control over your prices, no ability to negotiate with your biggest payers (the governmental ones, that is), and ...

Accurate coding and documentation enable seamless care coordination and continuity for patients. Through comprehensive documentation, primary care providers (PCPs) can capture all relevant patient ...

Throughout my residency and my several years in private practice it became obvious to me that most of my colleagues do their billing and coding primarily out of habit rather than according to the ...

Revenue cycle leaders need coding and billing to be compliant, accurate and fast. What are hospitals to do as the health care staffing crisis extends to coders, and bringing new coders fully up to ...