Month: September 2018

MIPS Reporting Strategy to Avoid a Penalty

Developing a 2018 MIPS Reporting Strategy to Avoid a Penalty

Loading up MIPS reporting on one of three performance categories can help eligible clinicians prevent a negative payment adjustment in 2020, the AMA found. Eligible clinicians can avoid a financial penalty under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2020 by focusing their reporting on one of three performance categories: Quality, Improvement Activities, or Promoting […]
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Health information management

Hurricane Florence: Lessons Learned for HIM Professionals

Hurricane Florence, described as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane, was headed for the southern North Carolina coast. In a written statement to RACmonitor, Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas Healthcare System, said that its teams “remain focused on the safety of our employees, the coordination of resources across affected healthcare facilities, and most importantly, our commitment […]
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CPT Code Set

AMA Releases 2019 CPT Code Set

There were many code revisions with guidelines, descriptions and instructional note changes.    There six new codes in the Evaluation and Management (E&M) section in CPT. Guidelines were revised for Interprofessional Telephone/Internet/Electronic Health Record Consultations. New codes 99451 and 99152 were added to report assessment and management services.  The codes are based on medical consultative […]
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AI revenue cycle

Do more with less –– How AI revenue cycle workflows can generate big savings

From reducing time in the operating room to eliminating hours physicians spend on paperwork , artificial intelligence innovations have allowed hospitals to boost productivity. Modern hospital executives face a number of financial challenges, as an increasing portion of Americans are going without insurance or enrolling in high deductible health plans. Under these circumstances, patients are […]
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