Revenue Cycle Management
Experts weigh in on the debate caused by the AMA's opposition to ICD-10 implementation and the online conversation it sparked.
A panel of ICD-10 experts spoke Friday at a conference co-hosted by the New England Health Information and Management Systems Society and Maine Healthcare Financial Management Association in South Portland, Maine, giving advice about the five 'gotchas' that can wreak havoc on the best-laid plans for implementing the new coding system.
In healthcare, one-size-fits-all doesn't have to be the national model for holding down costs and offering high quality care said speakers at "Building a World-Class System: Better Business, Better Health."
Rates to live in long-term care facilities continue to rise, according to a new market survey of nursing homes, assisted living centers and adult day and home care services.
Nearly half of healthcare providers plan to replace their current revenue cycle management (RCM) system in the next five years, according to a new survey from market researcher KLAS.
Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan spoke recently with Ana Croxton, NextGen Healthcare's vice president of EDI products and services, about its 5010 efforts and what lies ahead on the road to ICD-10 -- including a service that's not yet released but is in the design phase to help users understand ICD-10 codes.
U.S. healthcare prices increased in September 2011, rising 0.2 percent over August prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Analytix On Demand (AOD), a provider of software-as-a-service business intelligence solutions for healthcare, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Integrated Revenue Management, Inc. (IRM), a national healthcare consulting and education company with a focus on revenue cycle management. The newly created company headquartered in Irvine, Calif., will be called CentraMed.
ICD-10 and 5010 implementation will affect medical practices in different ways, but they will have a significant impact said Regina Hayes, business office manager of an orthopedic practice in North Carolina.
Based on conversations with hospital CEOs, healthcare consulting firm Huron Healthcare ranks the top 5 issues keeping healthcare leaders up at night.