by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions, Brad Allen MBA, RHIA, Senior HIM consultant | Jan 7, 2021 | Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Coding, Denials Management, Providers
A clean slate. A fresh start. A new beginning. Whatever phrase you use, it’s that time of the year when everyone makes resolutions to eat better, be better, and live better. Similarly, for healthcare organizations, it’s a time to recalibrate and reset—to pivot and...
by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions, Brad Allen MBA, RHIA, Senior HIM consultant | Dec 14, 2020 | Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denials Management, True Clinical Picture
Winston Churchill once said, ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste.’ It’s the idea that even in the most challenging of times, there are lessons to learn and perhaps even opportunities to seize. COVID-19 is truly a crisis of monumental proportions. The statistics are...
by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions, Brad Allen MBA, RHIA, Senior HIM consultant | Dec 3, 2020 | Denials Management
It’s an unfortunate reality: Today’s healthcare organizations don’t have the same financial reserves they did a year ago. Patient volumes plummeted in the wake of COVID-19, and now hospitals are faced with mounting denials and audits as payers ramp up documentation...
by Brad Allen MBA, RHIA, Senior HIM consultant, Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions | Sep 24, 2020 | Denials Management
All roads will lead to denials in 2021—unless you have a clinically-integrated revenue cycle During any disaster, organizations go into survival mode. It’s about saving lives and keeping people safe. That’s exactly what we saw with COVID-19. In the first few months of...
by Scot Nemchik, VP of Coding Education | Sep 18, 2020 | Clinical Revenue Integrity, Coding
Right about two weeks from now, we’ll be heading into our sixth year of ICD-10 in the US! Hard to believe. They say that kids grow up fast, and it turns out the same can be said for code sets. Thankfully though, we don’t need to concern ourselves with adolescent code...
by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions | Jul 21, 2020 | Clinical Documentation Integrity, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denials Management, Providers, True Clinical Picture
As COVID-19 continues to take center stage for many healthcare and revenue cycle professionals, the daily task of rework related to denials continues to burden daily work processes as well as impact the financial viability of healthcare organizations across the...
