Posts Tagged ‘medical coding audits’
The Synergy of Medical Auditing: A Win-Win for Patients and Providers
While most providers are hesitant to complete regular medical coding audits, it’s important to remember that they ensure accuracy and efficiency are maintained throughout the patient-provider relationship.
Read MoreHow to Empower a Medical Coding Team During an Audit
There are myriad benefits to performing regular medical coding compliance audits. In order to have a successful audit process, coders must feel like their voices are heard. We’ve compiled these strategies to help empower the coding team during the next audit.
Read MoreHealthcare Coding Audits Checklist: Prepare for a Successful Audit
Regular healthcare coding audits are necessary to run a compliant, successful healthcare organization. While the reason for the audit may differ, the overall checklist for conducting a successful audit remains relatively the same.
Read MoreHow Trending Reports Benefit Inpatient Medical Coding Compliance Audits
Anticipating coding quality strengths and weaknesses is a great benefit trending reports offer when it comes to coding compliance audits. A coding team can remain accurate and competitive by taking advantage of the benefits trending analysis has to offer.
Read MoreTop 5 Do’s and Don’ts of Medical Coder Performance Evaluations: How to Empower with Coding Compliance Audits
Bolstered with the right data, medical coder performance evaluations can be an empowering tool for your organization’s coding team. Performance reviews that have been fueled by research from coding compliance audits will only help coders improve and increase engagement with the organization.
Read MoreUndercoding in Healthcare: How to Identify & Prevent Missed Revenue with These Insights
Undercoding in healthcare is the action leaving out codes that reflect all the services and procedures performed. Not only does undercoding lead to lower revenue, but it also skews the healthcare provider’s claims data.
Read MoreIn medical mergers, due diligence is essential
Firms must be deliberate and careful, especially when consider a merger or acquisition. Medical Due Diligence audits can help.
Read MoreWhen Practices Merge, ProFee Coding Guidelines are Key
With many healthcare firms pushing toward consolidation, integrated ProFee coding guidelines are key to team success.
Read MoreMaking the Data Work for You: How to Turn Medical Coding Audits into Actionable Insights
Coding audit data can be extremely beneficial to the success of a healthcare organization – however, oftentimes, the vast amounts of data being collected can suffocate the organization, especially those that don’t know how to cultivate value and act on the insights received from the audit process.
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