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Common Errors that Result in Poor Healthcare Documentation

The healthcare system is largely based on healthcare documentation or medical transcription which when accurate and complete can bring a lot of efficiency in handling a patient’s history and improving the care provided thereby affecting the overall healthcare system. Healthcare documentation involves the transcription of the physician observations regarding a patient visit which include patient […]

Revenue Cycle Management in the Healthcare Industry

Hospitals, clinics, and small practices provide healthcare industry services that play a critical role in improving health and saving lives. Although providing healthcare is a service, healthcare providers cannot offer their services free of cost. Every healthcare organization has to develop and follow certain processes and uniform procedures to maintain their financial health and survive […]

How Can Medical Billers Avoid Claim Denials?

Medical billing is a critical process in the revenue cycle management of every healthcare providing organization and helps the healthcare provider get its dues in the form of timely claim reimbursements for the services provided. A medical billing denial results in revenue losses for the provider and affects the bottom line negatively. A medical bill […]

The Ever-Growing Responsibilities of Medical Coders

Medical coding professionals have a huge responsibility of transforming the diagnoses, procedures, services and equipment used by medical professionals into universally acceptable medical codes so that they are helpful for both the billing process and facilitate health-related studies. Medical coders have added responsibilities on them apart from this core responsibility due to the technology updates […]

Role of a Healthcare Documentation Specialist in the Medical Industry

With the adoption of electronic health records, a significant transition is taking place in the healthcare industry where the physicians and the healthcare staff themselves are being made to record their services and procedures electronically with the help of technology. However, it should be remembered by all in the healthcare industry that mere deployment of […]

The Importance and Complexity of Medical Coding

The increasing number of health ailments and the numerous medical procedures to diagnose and treat these ailments make the study of health-related issues a really complex thing. Even more complex is the procedure for getting reimbursements for the services provided by the healthcare facilities. Medical coding and billing processes in the healthcare industry help in […]

Clinical Documentation Improvement and its Benefits

The creation of digital records with the details of medical treatment, clinical tests, and medical trials is called clinical documentation which is a core process of every patient encounter. Accurate and timely clinical documentation that reflects the scope of services provided properly helps to represent a patient’s clinical status accurately so that it can be […]