When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...

In September 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its audit of Tulare Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in California. In ...

This article provides an overview list of the steps to be taken to implement a compliance plan for an ASC. As a center adopts the Plan and takes the first steps toward implementing the Plan, there are ...

As physician practices navigate increasingly challenging times, with reductions in reimbursement, increasing costs and a heightening regulatory environment, developing and deploying best business ...

Coding of physician office visits can be very confusing – and is ever-changing. Every year, regulations and guidelines change, and it is difficult for providers to keep up. Most groups have coding ...

Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing for ...

Practical challenges for applying MISRA and AUTOSAR coding requirements. The importance of the right development and tooling approaches. The key ideas behind MISRA Compliance, where the same thought ...