by Ciox Health | Oct 18, 2019 | Press Release
Forbes Technology Council is an Invitation-Only Community for World-Class CIOs, CTOs, and Technology Executives. ALPHARETTA, Ga. – October 16, 2019 — Sathya Natarajan, Chief Technology Officer, Provider Solutions, Ciox, has been accepted into Forbes Technology...
by Ciox Health | Sep 16, 2019 | Press Release
Health tech leader to help drive ROI for multiple Ardent facilities nationwide ALPHARETTA, Ga. – September 16, 2019 – Ciox, a leading health technology company, today announces an expanded relationship with Ardent Health Services. Nashville-based Ardent and its...
by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CRCR | Sep 11, 2019 | AHIMA, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denial Management, True Clinical Picture
For many years, healthcare organizations operated exclusively under fee-for-service reimbursement models. The more services provided, the more healthcare providers were paid. But the model was allowing costs to spiral out of control and quality to suffer. Value-based...
by Janice Tarlecki, MBA, RHIA, CCS | Sep 5, 2019 | Clinical Revenue Integrity, Coding
On August 2, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. The rule contains many changes to MS-DRGs that will significantly affect the day-to-day...
by Cathleen M. Murray, CTR, CSTR | Aug 29, 2019 | Life Sciences, Trauma Registry
Trauma registries are just one of the many patient registries that collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure. Trauma registries are focused on collecting data that...
by Cathleen M. Murray, CTR, CSTR | Aug 22, 2019 | Life Sciences, Oncology Data Services, Trauma Registry
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines a patient registry as “an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or...
by Scot Nemchik | Aug 15, 2019 | Coding, True Clinical Picture
This blog post is part of our ongoing series discussing the True Clinical Picture. Before we go any further, let’s quickly reflect on what we mean by True Clinical Picture. TRUE CLINICAL PICTURE: A complete and comprehensive record that serves as the source of truth...
by Scot Nemchik | Aug 6, 2019 | Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Coding, Denial Management, True Clinical Picture
For quite some time now CMS has reiterated their plan to perform a comprehensive assessment of current ICD-10-CM complication and comorbidity (CC) and major complication and comorbidity (MCC) designations. This year’s proposed rule, published on April 23, 2019...
by Ciox Health | Jul 25, 2019 | Life Sciences, Press Release
Ciox Scaling Capabilities to Supply Research-Grade Real World Data (RWD) ALPHARETTA, Ga. – July 25, 2019 – Ciox Health, the nation’s leader in clinical data exchange, today announced a $30 million equity investment to enhance its core capability of providing clinical...
by Ciox Health | Jul 11, 2019 | Press Release, Release of Information
Comprehensive ROI Network, Robust Services and Technology Platform: Key Drivers in Continued Market Growth ALPHARETTA, Ga. – July 11, 2019 – Ciox announces today a wave of new agreements inked between the health data technology leader and several leading healthcare...
