Healthcare coding has fundamentally transformed from volume-driven revenue capture to compliance-first, defensible documentation standards.

Practical challenges for applying MISRA and AUTOSAR coding requirements. The importance of the right development and tooling approaches. The key ideas behind MISRA Compliance, where the same thought ...

A CMS-developed ICD-10-CM course, available through CITI Program's training platform, helps non-coders improve ...

BALTIMORE -- Electronic health records make it easier than ever to create detailed patient files even for long or complex encounters but the technology has a dark side: EHR upcoding. The Centers for ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...

In September 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its audit of Tulare Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in California. In ...

Coding accuracy isn’t just about reimbursements: How compliance programs promote a quality, culture and positive brand image Without medical coders, the healthcare system would come to a halt.

Healthcare reform and technological advances constantly add new tasks for ambulatory surgery center billers and coders and make compliance a challenge. George Kaplinksi is the vice president of ...