The Revenue Cycle Blog

What is Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in Healthcare

Discover how Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) revolutionizes healthcare data management, enhancing patient care, data integrity, and financial outcomes. Unleash the potential of CDI to optimize your healthcare organization's data and drive better outcomes.

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Behavioral and Mental Health - Best Practices Guidelines

Effective billing and coding practices are essential for optimizing reimbursements in behavioral and mental health services. Proper documentation, accurate coding, and adherence to specific coding guidelines, including those for prolonged services, are key factors for success.

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Understanding the Importance of Secondary DX Codes in DRG-Based Reimbursement

DRG-based reimbursement (Diagnosis-Related Group), plays a pivotal role in determining the payment healthcare facilities receive for treating Medicare patients. While the primary diagnosis code identifies the main reason for hospitalization, the significance of secondary DX codes in the DRG-based reimbursement process cannot be overstated.

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Florida's Amendment to Electronic Health Records Exchange Act

The Florida Legislature recently amended the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act to prohibit certain healthcare providers utilizing certified electronic health record technologies from storing qualified electronic health records outside of the United States, its territories, or Canada.

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Best Practices to improve the performance of ABA Therapy Clinics

ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapy billing refers to the process of submitting insurance claims for reimbursement of ABA therapy services provided to clients. ABA therapy billing is a complex process that requires a high level of attention to detail and a deep understanding of insurance and reimbursement policies.

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Improve your Practice's performance with Revenue cycle KPIs

With headwinds of cost increases, reducing reimbursement rates, and declining patient visits, Physician practices must refocus on operational efficiencies to achieve profits sustainably. Revenue cycle KPIs are essential in measuring your Practice's performance and guide on improving.

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The offshore – onshore relay race – The case for collaboration in revenue cycle outsourcing programs

The offshore-onshore relay race refers to the collaboration between the onshore operations of your medical billing company or in-house RCM team and offshore providers of revenue cycle services across processes such as medical billing, medical coding, patient access, accounts receivable, and denial management.

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Credentialing for hospital-based physicians - Revenue Cycle implications and best practices

An efficient and effective physician credentialing process can help ensure compliance, quality of care, and financial stability while supporting the overall success of the revenue cycle in the healthcare organization.

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Revenue Cycle Trends 2023

For hospitals, healthcare systems, and even mid to large physician practices, 2022 was the worst financial year in decades. Healthcare providers already reeling under the impact of the long period of adversity due to COVID-19 were further impacted by inflationary impact and increasing cost of healthcare supplies. Protecting the revenue and doing more with fewer resources are the central themes on the minds of RCM leaders. The impact of the great resignation has left them short of both administrative and clinical workforce.

2023 promises to be a super-charged year with an increasing pace of consolidation, innovation, and adoption of new ways of doing work. We discuss some of the trends impacting healthcare and the revenue cycle.

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Strategies to help Hospitals navigate through the “Perfect Storm”

The rising costs of caring, economic uncertainty, the impact of the great resignation, the consequent labor shortages, and the multi-year delay in investing in technology and processes to re-engineer the financial process have created a perfect storm. Worsening the condition is the demand for medical care slowly shifting from hospitals to ambulatory care settings.

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