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For one health system, robotic process automation equates to about 27,000 hours in a month saved, which correlates to around $500,000.
Angela Jordan, senior CDI consultant at TRUSTED i10, says proper medical coding can make all the difference in reimbursement.
The artificial kidneys can be wearable, implanted, bioengineered, developed as a xenotransplant or chimera organ, or created using a different approach.
The fines are the latest effort on OCR's part to enforce HIPAA regulations around protected health information.
A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 1.6 million telehealth encounters occurred via four major vendors from January through March.
A new report from the Center for Health Information and Analysis examines the readmission patterns for patients discharged from Massachusetts acute care hospitals.
Sheri Liebl, executive director of revenue cycle at CentraCare Health, says the healthcare system improved point of service collections by 25% by giving patients options.
Healthcare lawyer Andrew Selesnick said one key will be to establish a stable, user-friendly platform that can make documentation seamless.
This week's top stories include a push for a stronger focus on population health to improve health disparities, while drops in admissions put a financial squeeze on smaller and rural hospitals in particular.
The numbers represent a 2,632% increase compared to the same time period last year.