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Virtual and live networking events are planned for ANI and throughout the year.
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MAP App is a web-based application that helps organizations improve revenue cycle performance based on industry-standard metrics called MAP Keys.
Find suppliers and products in this comprehensive vendor directory for healthcare finance professionals.
Financial, clinical, and administrative leaders identify key strategies to drive healthcare value.
Improve your revenue cycle performance through standard metrics, peer comparison, and successful practices.
New HFMA research shows value-driving practices for specific hospital types.
This report discusses how the quality based performance payment trend has impacted the documentation and coding process.
There are several key considerations for choosing point-of-service collections technology.
Providers are devoting scarce resources to complying with ICD-10, HIPAA, Stark, and numerous other regulations and enforcement efforts.
A strong partnership between revenue cycle operations and supply chain management is essential to protecting revenue integrity.
The Bellevue Hospital launched an initiative to improve days in accounts receivable, reduce denials, and improve charge capture—and enhanced revenue by more than $1 million.
The best strategy for providers to build a solid foundation for effective ICD-10 coding, and thereby protect the revenue cycle, is to establish a clinical documentation improvement program.
Staying the course for ICD-10 preparations is critical for hospitals and health systems
Recent Q&As address present-on-admission indicators, coding for multiple conditions/problems, and more.
The final ruling for the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS (diagnosis and intervention coding) and the related electronic transactions standards (Version 5010) was released by CMS in January 2009.
The American Medical Association has expedited the publication of a new code specific to vaccine administration and revised existing code 90663 to include the H1N1 vaccine.
The Oct. 1, 2013, implementation date for ICD-10 seems like a long time away, but much must be accomplished before then.
These economic times will require organizations to do some careful financial planning to have dollars available for the transition to ICD-10, should it involve major costs for considerations such as systems and training.
This exhibit shows how FF Thompson Hospital applied a new per minute charge system to its surgical services.
Learn more about general equivalence mappings for ICD-10.
Although implementing ICD-10 is an obligation, it is also a crucial step in advancing the architecture and language unifying efforts to improve population health.
Hospital clinical documentation improvement programs should move from a focus on payment to a focus on quality and outcomes.
This article discusses the history of the disease classification system, leading to the development of the ICD-10 code set.
Calculating the yield of revenue cycle initiatives can help hospitals better determine the value of these initiatives-and where to focus hospital resources.
A central processing office improves revenue cycle performance of hospital-owned physician practices by giving accountability for results, at each step, to the person with best access to patients.
Implementation Schedule for OR Supply Chain Automation at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
Implementing point-of-use automation for the operating room supply chain not only generated additional net revenue but also yielded operational efficiencies.
This case study about Geisinger Health System’s ICD-10 implementation offers lessons to organizations that are just beginning to implement ICD-10 .
Learn why some organizations are considering computer-assisted coding and documentation in the move toward ICD-10—and best practices for implementing these systems.
Failing to follow documentation guidelines could pose legal headaches for hospitals. Learn four strategies for improving the accuracy of documentation while remaining compliant.
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