by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions, Brad Allen MBA, RHIA, Senior HIM consultant | Sep 24, 2020 | Denial 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 | AHIMA, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denial Management, 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...
by Geoff New, MBA, RHIA, CHFP, CRCR, FHFMA, FAHIMA, VP of Provider Solutions | May 18, 2020 | Clinical Revenue Integrity, Denial Management, True Clinical Picture
The farthest thing from the minds of HIM professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic is the aftermath that will be experienced in the days, weeks, months, and perhaps years ahead. Today, HIM professionals are doing what they do best – bringing order to chaos by...
by Lisa Broskey, MHA, RHIA, Audit Manager Privacy & Compliance | May 14, 2020 | Release of Information, Security & Compliance
It goes without saying that social distancing has changed everything, both in our personal and work lives. When we are doing as much as we can remotely – including going to the doctor – health information management (HIM) leaders need to quickly find ways to ensure...
by Elizabeth Delahoussaye RHIA, CHPS, VP & Chief Privacy Officer | May 6, 2020 | Release of Information, Security & Compliance
As we start to see states across the U.S. begin to lift COVID-19 shelter-in-place or self-quarantine directives, our focus will naturally shift to so many unknowns. What is our new normal? What will our organizations look like? How will our teams and staff be...
