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AHA Report

AHA Report on Increasing Access to Care in Rural Communities

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. As Harris peered into his infant baby’s crib, […]

integrated care

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 […]

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Patients Top Complaint: Customer Service

Identifying keywords from about 35,000 Google+ reviews of physicians that were most commonly associated with the rating levels given, a […]

Flexibilities to end October 1st

ICD-10 Flexibilities to end October 1st

After ICD-10 went live on October 1, 2015; CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) allowed a one year grace […]

False Claim Act And The Healthcare Industry

False Claim Act And The Healthcare Industry

Starting August 1, 2016, the penalties under the False Claims Act (FCA) along with the Anti-Kickback Act, The Program Fraud […]

HHS Survey One third Clinicians

HIMSS: One-third Clinicians still use manual Claims Denial Management

Claim submission and denial management are critical components to the revenue cycle of healthcare facilities. As regulations are getting more […]

HHS Bill

HHS ‘A Bill You Can Understand’ Challenge

Most patients and their families find it very difficult to understand their medical billing documents.  Currently, there are no established […]

ICD-10- CM Code

ICD-10-CM Code (M62.84) for Sarcopenia Announced

Effective October 01, 2016, the code M62.84 will be used by the healthcare community for sarcopenia, thus recognizing it as […]

Florida Hospital Gains $72.5 Million due to Clinical Documentation

Florida Hospital Gains $72.5 Million Courtesy its Clinical Documentation Improvement Program

Once an informal process that received significant attention at just a few hospitals; Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) is now the […]

E-Prescribing Of Controlled Substances Mandatory In Maine

E-Prescribing Of Controlled Substances Now Mandatory In Maine

Drug addiction – a problem that most governments across the world are fighting to control, has not only become a […]

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