Improve Healthcare Revenue Cycle

Simple Steps to Improve your Revenue Cycle

If you look at your patient’s problem holistically, why would you not do so with your revenue cycle problems too?  Similar to the human body, where different organs work...
Understanding Revenue Cycle Management

Understanding Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue cycle is defined by the Healthcare Financial Management Association as “All administrative and clinical functions that contribute to the capture, management, and coll...
Medical Billing and Medical Coding

Difference between Medical Coding and Billing

Often mistakenly assumed to be the same, medical billing and medical coding are two very distinctly separate jobs.  Although there are many similarities between the two and s...
Health Information Technology

Hospitals increase budgets for Health Technology

When Dr. Robert Schultz started his presentation to the Board of Directors of the hospital, he was not too confident on the outcome.  After all, as his Chief Financial Office...
Population Health Management

Why is Population Health Management Important?

Population health management (PHM) is moving forward at a very rapid pace, due to the shift in healthcare priorities and related business models coupled with the ever increas...
Choosing the right EHR

Choosing the right EHR

Technology is a two way sword – adopting the correct technology will reap you good rewards and high profits; however, choosing the wrong technology will bring down your effic...
Increasing Medical Coder

Tips on Increasing Medical Coder Productivity

 

Common Coding Errors

Common Medical Coding Errors

‘To Err is Human…’ is not a phrase one wants to hear in the professional context.  However, there is no denying that people tend to make mistakes – the following are a few co...
Hilarious ICD 10 Codes

Humor in Health

 

revenue cycle management

Technology to the Rescue of Your Revenue Cycle

The Healthcare Industry has always been on top of the game when it comes to technological advancements and usage.  Computers, ECG machines, even artificial intelligence ...