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06,
2017
Value-based care is quickly becoming the new norm throughout the healthcare industry. The push to transition to a more patient-oriented approach has been a rocky one so far though. Not only does the exact meaning of value-based care seem elusive, [...]
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27
01,
2017
Quality integrations in healthcare are few and far between. The need for interoperability is glaring, yet hospitals and vendors seem to brush integrations off as an afterthought. Why then, is something that provides concrete value (and improves [...]
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21
10,
2016
Today we are discussing the financial foundation of an office-based provider. For clarity, we define an office-based provider as performing non-emergency, elective-based services. With office-based providers, we consistently see 2 overlooked [...]
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29
09,
2016
Unspecified ICD-10 Codes: What the End of the Grace Period Means
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by
Daniel Guinn |
September 29, 2016
The grace period is over as of October 1, 2016. What does this mean for providers? Well, CMS is not exactly clear in their 11-page document explaining the changes. Here’s what is clear: Code as accurately as possible for care you have provided. It’s [...]
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22
08,
2016
We advise all doctors to have a “strong billing contingent.” Here’s what that means: They know how to find missing patient information. They know how to determine charge codes based on medicaldocumentation. They know how to work denials. In this [...]
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23
06,
2016
Browse the homepage of any tech reporting website and you will learn that private tech companies are headline junkies. This should be no surprise given the sky high valuations of 2015, record-high seed funding, and Series A/B/C rounds mimicking IPO [...]
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