Coding experts agree that ASCs should conduct regular audits of their coding processes to ensure the ASC is not upcoding, a possible fraud issue, or downcoding, leading to a loss of owed reimbursement ...

Accurate coding is essential for timely payment. Daria Semanyshyn of Advanced Medical Practice Management recommends ASCs spot-check their coding regularly. “If your center doesn’t have anyone else ...

Medical coding audits are complex, time-consuming, and costly processes that historically have required significant investment of manual resources to complete, but, more recently, advances in ...

Fortis Medical Billing is our recommended provider for medical billing audits. Nowadays, performing coding audits has become a necessity for medical establishments. These organizations are often ...

When it comes to coding, the name of the game is accuracy. Code less than warranted and you lose out on reimbursement you can't afford to forgo. Code too high and risk scrutiny from the Office of ...

Medical coding and billing is a fairly complex process and requires that those working in the medical office to have extensive training to ensure proper billing of the insurance company. Often ...

GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, a provider of revenue cycle management and health information management solutions, launched a new version of its coding audit software offering, iCode Assurance. Here are ...

Atlanta-based Streamline Health Solutions, a provider of technology-enabled services and analytics supporting revenue cycle functions for healthcare organizations, will introduce its Looking Glass ...

A federal watchdog said Tuesday it has begun auditing nursing homes’ use of the Patient Driven Payment Model to drive skilled nursing reimbursement, and the first targeted facility is blasting the ...

Clinical coding is a process by which descriptions of diseases, injuries or procedures are assigned a numeric or alphanumeric designation. Coding provides a mechanism for standardizing the recording ...