Article Archive for May 2015
Physicians Are Stepping Up
There are rumors more than every once in a while that proclaim that physicians are leaving their calling because of the ICD-10 coding classification implementation, or maybe it is the Affordable Health Care Act forcing …
Advancements in Digital Health
Tractica recently launched its new subscription-based market research and analysis resource – Digital Health Advisory Service – to provide independent and objective strategy insights and actionable market intelligence for organizations engaged in the digital health industry. This interesting …
The Impact on the Small Hospital
Rural hospitals come up short in many situations. Technology challenges with limited budgets and resources, staff training for the upcoming ICD-10 coding classification transition, and now they may be losing the Medicare reimbursement battle. This …
Fraud Behavior Does Not Pay
Yet another news story about alleged fraudulent activity comes to surface. A California man was sentenced to prison for allegedly establishing a “ghost” medical clinic in South Carolina and committing Medicare fraud. This interesting news came …
Where are the doctors?
With less than five months to go until the implementation of the ICD-10 coding classification, everyone is very busy. And that includes the physicians.
Training in ICD-10 is critical for coders and healthcare providers. It is being …
Tightening the Compliance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) works hard to crack down on fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing. A majority of the suspected cases are from ambulance and healthcare providers. Claim abuse seems to be …
The Market Value of Data
The global electronic health record (EHR) market has been valued at $15.56 billion in 2013 and is expected to grow to an estimated value of $23.98 billion in 2020. Bio IT World brought this news to …
Working the System
Incentives are working. Just 9.4 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals had a basic electronic health record (EHR) system in 2008. By 2013, that number had multiplied to 59.4 percent. Between 2011 and 2013, the percentage of hospitals …
New Threat to ICD-10
Just when you thought it was safe, Republican Texas Rep. Ted Poe brought the Cutting Costly Codes Act back to the table. The original version, the Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, has been dormant since the …
Medical Coding Training Required
More and more universities and colleges are adding medical coding curricula to their roster to meet the growing needs that came with the ICD-10 coding classification transition. The latest on that growing is the University …
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