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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 […]

Ways EHRs Can Impact Clinical Judgment

Healthcare facilities can have access to real-time and patient-centered electronic health records (EHRs), thanks to the information technology that makes the patient information available to the authorized users instantly and securely. Although it is true that electronic health records have a tremendous impact on the workflow and quality of care provided, there are some complicated […]