Tag: medical-coding

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain in Medicare: Technologies to Watch in 2019

Expect more mass production of audits. Looking forward to the remainder of 2019, we will see a number of exciting information technologies (IT) that will reshape healthcare and Medicare. These include artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud, DNA sequencing, in silico testing of new molecular entities (NMEs), and distributed ledger systems, also known as “blockchain.” We also will […]
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Surprise Medical Bills are Not Uncommon

Surprise Medical Bills are Not Uncommon

The high cost of medical care is giving some Americans sticker shock. Annual health care spending in the U.S. is estimated to be $3.5 trillion. Hospital costs make up almost a third of that total. And a portion of those costs come as a big surprise. Whether intentional or due to careless mistakes, “surprise” medical charges are […]
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Facing The Revenue Cycle’s Biggest Challenges

Facing The Revenue Cycle’s Biggest Challenges In 2019

Hospital revenue cycle departments have gained greater visibility in recent years as a significant driver of revenue streams. Yet many of these departments continue to face serious challenges in several areas, including workforce, interoperability, and EHR optimization. Taking revenue cycle management to the next level by harnessing technology and data analytics can help hospitals and […]
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Allzone Management Services is a Silver Sponsor at the 2019 Healthpac User’s Meeting in Savannah, GA.

Allzone Management Services is a Silver Sponsor at the 2019 Healthpac User’s Meeting in Savannah, GA.

Healthpac has announced that Allzone Management Services, Inc., an industry leader in Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solutions, will be one of the Silver Sponsors for the Healthpac 2019 Annual User’s Meeting. Allzone Management Services, Inc., is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at the Healthpac 2019 Annual User’s Meeting from February 07th […]
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CMS Advanced Practitioner Professional Billing

Understanding CMS Advanced Practitioner Professional Billing

Many providers are still struggling with the non-physician practitioner (NPP) billing rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Most facilities are now referring to NPPs as Advanced Practitioner Professionals or APPs. I get questions all the time about APP billing, and during audits many times it is found that the rules just […]
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Revenue Cycle Resolutions

Revenue Cycle Resolutions

It’s a new year! While your organization’s initiatives may not have changed when the ball dropped, you can be sure that your employees are feeling a burst of motivation as they start 2019, an eagerness to tackle the tough to-dos and an energy to learn, grow, and achieve. Perhaps you’re feeling it too! Let’s capitalize […]
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Provider Billing Policies Hit Families Hardest

Beyond Benefit Design, Provider Billing Policies Hit Families Hardest

  What happens when record increases in health insurance premiums and deductibles put too much stress on patients’ pocketbooks? They delay needed care out of fear they’ll be unable to shoulder an unexpected medical expense for themselves or their families. Now more than ever, patients worry about their ability to cover out-of-pocket healthcare costs, a […]
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How Analytics Can Help Boost the Success of EHR

How Analytics Can Help Boost the Success of EHR Go-Lives

At HIMSS19, John Rekart, chief of quality management and informatics at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will show how homegrown analytics enabled a 25 percent post-implementation reduction in sentinel events. New electronic health record rollouts are infamously fraught with risk. At best, a they can cause workflow disruption, confusion among clinical staff and […]
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How Blockchain Could Make an Impact In Healthcare

HIT Think: How Blockchain Could Make an Impact In Healthcare

Blockchain, like other young and disruptive technologies, offers wide opportunities to impact healthcare, an industry that is primed for disruption. Despite being the largest sector of the U.S. economy, healthcare is plagued by slow systems, wasteful financing, and resource utilization and operational inefficiencies. To address these issues, innovative solutions like blockchain can alter the arithmetic […]
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