Are You Ready for Quality-Based Payment?

This report discusses how the quality based performance payment trend has impacted the documentation and coding process.

Choosing the Right Strategy for Point-of-Service Collections

There are several key considerations for choosing point-of-service collections technology.

Section 3: Navigating the Regulatory Maze

Providers are devoting scarce resources to complying with ICD-10, HIPAA, Stark, and numerous other regulations and enforcement efforts.
 

Strategies for Linking Revenue Cycle and Supply Chain

A strong partnership between revenue cycle operations and supply chain management is essential to protecting revenue integrity.

Achieving Revenue Integrity in Hospitals and Health Systems

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 Clinical Documentation Advantage: Protecting the Revenue Cycle Under ICD-10

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.

Strategies for ICD-10 Implementation

Staying the course for ICD-10 preparations is critical for hospitals and health systems

Coding Q&A

Recent Q&As address present-on-admission indicators, coding for multiple conditions/problems, and more.

Approaching ICD-10 Strategically

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.

AMA Creates New CPT Codes for H1N1 Immunizations

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. 

ICD-10 Implementation: Where Do You Begin?

The Oct. 1, 2013, implementation date for ICD-10 seems like a long time away, but much must be accomplished before then.

Preparing for ICD-10 in Times of Economic Uncertainty

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.

Operating Room Per-Minute Charge Analysis

This exhibit shows how FF Thompson Hospital applied a new per minute charge system to its surgical services.

Resources Related to ICD-10

What are the General Equivalence Mappings, and Why Were They Developed?

Learn more about general equivalence mappings for ICD-10.

ICD-10: Obligations and Opportunities

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.

Clinical Documentation Improvement: Focus on Quality

Hospital clinical documentation improvement programs should move from a focus on payment to a focus on quality and outcomes.

History and Trajectory of Classifying Disease

This article discusses the history of the disease classification system, leading to the development of the ICD-10 code set.

Measuring the True Return of Your Hospital's Revenue Cycle

Calculating the yield of revenue cycle initiatives can help hospitals better determine the value of these initiatives-and where to focus hospital resources.

Does Your Organization Have a Central Processing Office?

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.

Memorial Hermann's Implementation Schedule for OR Supply Chain Automation

Implementation Schedule for OR Supply Chain Automation at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System  

Automating the OR Supply Chain 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.

ICD-10: From Assessment to Remediation to Strategic Opportunity

This case study about Geisinger Health System’s ICD-10 implementation offers lessons to organizations that are just beginning to implement ICD-10 .

Computer-Assisted Coding and Clinical Documentation: First Things First

Learn why some organizations are considering computer-assisted coding and documentation in the move toward ICD-10—and best practices for implementing these systems.

Is Your Clinical Documentation Improvement Program Compliant?

Failing to follow documentation guidelines could pose legal headaches for hospitals. Learn four strategies for improving the accuracy of documentation while remaining compliant.