Coding

Codified data is the prerequisite for both health care billing and clinical documentation. Topics here include: ICD-10, the role of the HIM department in I.T. efforts, data formats and standards, participation in payer incentive programs and upholding regulatory requirements.

Conifer Buys Dell’s Health Care Revenue Cycle Business

Joseph Goedert | Nov 09

Revenue cycle management services vendor Conifer Health solutions, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corp., has acquired the revenue cycle management business of Dell Inc.

Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Vendor News

Group Practices

Hospitals

Electronic Data Interchange

Health IT Vendor Roundup: McKesson, Greenway & First Databank

Joseph Goedert | Nov 05

Here’s a round-up of recent announcements from several health information technology vendors:

Decision Support

Health Info Exchange

Systems Integration

Medication Management

Data Repositories

Premier Calls for Quicker Implementation of Unique Device Identifiers

Joseph Goedert | Nov 02

In commenting on the proposed rule to establish a unique device identifier for medical devices, provider alliance Premier Inc. calls for slashing the seven-year implementation timetable.

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Group Practices

Policy & Regulation

Hospitals

AHIMA White Paper Lays Out a Coding Compliance Policy

Joseph Goedert | Oct 31

Provider organizations should update their coding compliance policy at least once annually, and the policy should outline the entire process from point of service to the billing statement or claim form, according to a new white paper from the American Health Information Management Association.

Document Management

EHR

Policy & Regulation

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Group Practices

Hospitals

Clinical Quality Measures for 2014 Posted on CMS Web Site

Joseph Goedert | Oct 26

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has posted the clinical quality measures that eligible professionals and hospitals will be required to report beginning in 2014.

EHR

Data Repositories

Decision Support

Policy & Regulation