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Ernie de los Santos, chief information officer for eduTrax, has written extensively on RAC issues in the RAC Monitor and the Medical Coding Journal. Here he talks about his ongoing efforts to figure out all the riddles of RAC posts…
On Oct. 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural coding system) will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code, increasing the number of codes from around 13,600 under ICD-9 to around 69,000 under ICD-10. Here are four predictions from…
In a trend that could be playing out in the rest of the country, Oregon health insurers saw their profits rise in 2010 even as they covered fewer people, according to a report by the Oregon Insurance Division.
Fourteen Quorum Health Resources hospital clients will receive checks totaling close to $4.5 million in March, according to a QHR news release.
The American Health Information Management Association has updated its Planning and Preparation Checklist for the transition to ICD-10, according to an AHIMA report.
Physician practices must start preparing now for the implementation of ICD-10 codes, according to an article published in the March edition of Physicians Practice Options.
The unprecedented shortage of critical drugs used by ambulatory surgery centers has severely impacted an ASC's ability to provide services, according to Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm…
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics expect to end the year with a $65 million profit, according to a Press-Citizen news report.
In a new survey, 40 percent of healthcare compliance professionals said their budgets are increasing in 2011, partly due to stepped-up activity by recovery audit contractors as well as more regulatory oversight to come, according to a release by Compliance…
Anthem Blue Cross has become the second major California insurer to alter plans for rate hikes following discussions with State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, according to a release by Commissioner Jones.