CMS’ latest payment system changes and the implications for 2019 and beyond made waves on day one of the 2018 Revenue Integrity Symposium in Litchfield Park, Arizona. Attendees at the back-to-back general sessions on October 16 had the opportunity to ask revenue integrity experts questions about...Read More »
It is common knowledge that Clinical Documentation Improvement and HIM coding are integral to healthcare revenue integrity and accurate classification of the severity of illness of a given patient population.
Many providers, however, fail to realize the powerful impact of CDI and HIM on...Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released the 2019 CPT Manual with 335 code changes, primarily adding care coordination services, central nervous system assessments, skin biopsies, and fine needle aspirations.Read More »