A medical chart is a key component in the maintenance of systematic documentation of a patient’s medical history, diagnosis, treatment and care provided. It includes all the significant clinical data and medical history comprising of a patient’s demographics, vital signs, diagnoses, medications, treatment, various health issues, allergies, immunization dates, radiology images, laboratory reports, progress notes, […]
Challenges in Healthcare Documentation
Healthcare documentation (medical transcription) is one of the most critical processes in the healthcare industry that provides the basis for physician follow-up, decision making of the physicians and the processes of medical coding and medical billing. The medical coding process assigns different codes to the services provided and procedures performed taking the transcription reports as […]
A Walk-through the Revenue Cycle Management In Healthcare Facilities
Revenue cycle management (RCM) is the management of finances, a crucial process that keeps an organization going on a daily basis. If facilities do not focus on their financials they would be scrambling no matter how excellent their patient care would be. In order to have an efficient revenue cycle, it is necessary to understand […]
How to Pass the Coding Credentials?
Medical coding is a specialized field and requires skills that need to be attained with training. Although some medical coding companies offer training and hire those who successfully complete the training, there are companies that hire only people with appropriate credentials from AAPC. But, one of the things observed in many candidates who wish to […]
What Does a Healthcare Documentation Specialist Do?
A healthcare documentation specialist or a medical transcriptionist is a crucial resource for a healthcare facility for, the important task of documenting a patient’s visit is performed by a transcriptionist. A medical transcriptionist listens to the voice recording of a physician and transcribes it into a report in a prescribed format. A transcriptionist may even […]
Prevent Medical Billing Errors to Maintain Healthy Patient-Provider Relationship
A healthcare facility’s growth depends on the healthy patient-provider relationship that is dependent on the quality of services the facility provided to the patients. Healthcare facilities work hard in every department right from the physicians to the support staff to ensure that the patients have a positive experience with the facility and get great patient […]
Do You Have The Skills To Become A Medical Coder?
The healthcare industry is not just filled with doctors and nursing staff. It is much more than that and offers a plethora of job opportunities to those who are enthusiastic to make a difference in the quality of patients’ lives. Medical coding is one such field in the healthcare industry that deals with the maintenance […]
Impact of Healthcare Documentation on Healthcare Practices
Healthcare practices focus on a lot of things like quality patient care, timely reimbursements, maintaining accurate and appropriate health records, etc. However, what most of the facilities forget is that in doing all these things, one group of people plays a crucial role and it is their problems that are not paid much attention. This […]
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 […]