Medical coding is a complex yet essential part of any health care facility. The impact of inaccurate coding can directly impact revenue cycles, compliance and patient care. Fortunately, errors can be ...

When it comes to medical billing, healthcare providers always have an option either to operate an in-house department to take care of the billing procedures or simply outsource it to a third party.

In a Huffington Post article, Tom Lowery, an entrepreneur, writer and corporate training specialist, lays out eight reasons outsourcing medical billing services can help a healthcare organization. 1.

Blending the process of medical coding between domestic and offshore resources may be your answer to cheaper, faster, better coding. Just like many business services, outsourcing coding overseas is ...

A survey of 650 hospital leaders by Black Book Rankings has found that 47% expect to outsource their coding efforts by Oct. 1, 2015, the deadline for switching from ICD-9 to ICD-10. 19% are already ...

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Practices have a variety of options when it comes to coding. Diagnostic Imaging published an article highlighting the benefits of coding in-house versus outsourcing coding. 1. Accountable Care Options ...

Will SOA take away a lot of outsourcers' business? Or will its impact be negligible? As service oriented architecture has risen to the top of many enterprise to-do lists, there's been a lot of ...

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is eliminating 30 medical coder positions and will outsource some of these services to T-System, a Dallas-based company that provides emergency room documentation, ...

New London ― Lawrence + Memorial and Westerly hospitals will outsource medical coding services in a cost-cutting move that will affect some two dozen employees. Yale New Haven Health, which owns the ...

Physicians are in short supply. They are costly. Is the APP the answer to the CMO's workforce and budget challenges? ... In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, ...