Clerical documentation burdens for physicians expanded during the past decade in part due to increased regulatory requirements and the corresponding proliferation of EHRs — one 2017 study found ...

To facilitate full and accurate Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding, it is crucial that providers take a disciplined approach to documenting medical encounters in patient records. The AAPC ...

Healthcare coding has fundamentally transformed from volume-driven revenue capture to compliance-first, defensible documentation standards.

Beginning January 1, 2022, all state licensed or certified health care facilities and providers must follow extensive rules for providing a "good faith estimate" of health care charges to uninsured ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nym Health, a leader in translating clinical language into actionable information, today announced that its medical coding technology is powering revenue cycle management ...

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, June 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — As healthcare organizations rapidly adopt AI documentation tools, many providers are discovering that ...

The changes to end-of-life skin wound classification in the most recent Minimum Data Set update are ultimately a positive for long-term care, but regulatory ambiguity and potential legal concerns ...

Here are five key notes: 1. Providers in the state cited a minimal number of claims denials linked to coding errors. 2. Molly Weedn, associate vice president of public affairs for the California ...

The shift to value-based care involves financial incentives for anesthesia practices that could conflict with existing fraud and abuse laws, such as Stark law, according to a Jan. 24 report from law ...