medical coding
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MedCity Influencers, Artificial Intelligence
What Every Health System CFO Needs to Know Before Using AI for Medical Coding
With few workers entering a field dominated by older Gen X-ers and Baby Boomers, there’s a growing gap in skilled medical coders — people who read notes from doctors and apply appropriate codes for billing and reimbursement purposes. So many are turning to AI.
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Mass General Brigham-Born Revenue Cycle Company Snags $55M
CodaMetrix, an AI platform for hospital revenue cycle management, recently closed a $55 million Series A funding round. The company, which was launched out of Mass General Brigham in 2019, is focused on simplifying the complicated process of translating patient records into codes for billing and clinical research.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Physicians, Heal Thy Billing Systems
Practices don’t need to lose out on uncollected payments from insurers. Here are steps you can take to better manage coding, tracking, communications and rise above byzantine insurance practices.
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What will the next generation of medical coding look like?
A transformation is underway in medical coding as automation permeates revenue cycle management, raising questions such as: How will automation affect how medical coders work? How advanced is coding automation currently? What kind of skill sets will be needed for these new types of coding?
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How will medical coding evolve in the next 20 years in revenue cycle management?
The webinar, Coding for the Future: Lessons Learned, Emerging Technologies & Future Opportunities, scheduled for October 19 from 1-2 pm ET and sponsored by Nym Health, will explore how medical coding has evolved and the skills that will be necessary to prepare the next generation of medical coders. Register today!
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MedCity Influencers, Consumer / Employer
The price is not right
Last year’s price transparency laws were an important step for the industry, but there is still much work to do. The only way we can ensure a better functioning healthcare system is to create clear pricing. We need to base that pricing on consistently-defined and well-communicated healthcare service units.
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Vendor AmeriVeri says its ‘prepayment’ tool can prevent inaccurate coding
Without this error correction, the Indiana company said, even patient medical records might be inaccurate.
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3M may sell health IT business, or it may not
3M said Thursday that it is “exploring strategic alternatives” for its health information systems division.
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AMA gets on board with ICD-10 after CMS eases rules
The American Medical Association has publicly expressed support for newly announced flexibility in enforcement of ICD-10 rules.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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Health IT, Hospitals, MedCity Influencers
Where doctors should be in the onward march of ICD-10
There is much fear and concern among doctors and other healthcare workers surrounding the implementation […]
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Planning your transition to ICD-10? Here’s a timeline to help get you started
While vendors of medical billing software might be well on their way to being ready […]
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Is a charting error a federal crime?
As cardiovascular surgeon John Natale, M.D., sits in federal prison, the Seventh Circuit Court of […]