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Basics of a Population Health Strategy
Broadly defined as the health outcome of specific groups of people, population health management is making significant strides due to […]

Benefits of Population Health Management
Although one of the often used terms in the healthcare industry; population health management is also one of the least […]

Key differences between Population Health and Public Health
Population health and public health are amongst the most popular buzzwords in the healthcare delivery sector today. Although both the […]

New England Journal of Medicine: 22% of Surprise Medical Bills occur in ER Visits
Have you ever experienced a situation when you have been made to pay a bill twice for the same product? […]

MACRA – APM vs. MIPS
The latest in a series of steps taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to incentivize care […]

10 Common HCC Coding Mistakes
In response to the demand for improving the capture of chronic illness diagnoses for reimbursements, the Center for Medicare and […]

Risk Adjustment and HCC Documentation Basics
With healthcare reform and system changes underway, accurate medical documentation and coding is critical to the financial health of your […]

Things You Need to Know about the MACRA Final Rule
Representing a departure from the volume based, fee-for-service model, MACRA replaces the SGR (sustainable growth rate) formula to control Medicare […]

10 Tips on Physician Credentialing
Your credentialing process needs to start well in advance if you are planning to start your own practice or bring […]

Are You Monitoring These Key Revenue Cycle Metrics?
Revenue cycle management throws up tons of data for tracking. However, not everything requires regular tracking and measuring. While it […]

JAMA: Integrated Care Improves Patient Outcomes & Reduces Costs
A worldwide trend in healthcare reforms and new organizational arrangements, integrated care (also known as comprehensive care, transmural care, co-ordinated […]

Pre-planning In Patient Care Can Save Your Practice Money
Physicians educate and train themselves to practice medicine and impart health care to the populace. However, a large part of […]