Abridge announced today the next extension of its clinician intelligence platform: a pre-bill review capability designed specifically for clinical documentation integrity (CDI), coding, and revenue ...
The success of price transparency initiatives requires that prices be defined using a common payment methodology. In this article, we explore how coding schemas and pricing approaches varied in five ...
Diagnosis-based payment systems can create incentives to upcode patients to a higher level of severity to increase payment. In some instances, upcoding can be a form of fraud if providers code ...
A new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has shown that hospitals have increasingly billed inpatient stays at the highest severity level, causing concern about Medicare spending ...
In the complicated world of hospital billing, there’s a fine line between maximizing reimbursement and gaming the system. A new study shows a troubling trend as hospitals increasingly code for “sicker ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shockwave Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWAV), a pioneer in the development and commercialization of transformational technologies for the treatment of ...
Artificial intelligence enabled researchers to accurately predict claims reimbursement based on diagnosis-related group (DRG) shortly after inpatient admission, according to a study published in npj ...
Hospitals decide how much to bill Medicare for your care based on your diagnostic-related group (DRG). They then charge Medicare based on your DRG tier instead of separately for each of your medical ...