The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts medical billing and coding employment will grow 8 percent through 2032 — a higher-than-average figure across industries. This fact alone makes ...
Startup Diagnoss has developed an artificial intelligence-based coding assistant to help automate the painstaking process of medical coding and billing. The Diagnoss AI medical coding engine acts as a ...
In a Q&A, Joann Ferguson, the health system's VP of revenue cycle, explains how the technology saves time and money and improves revenue cycle and clinical processes. Among the many uses for AI ...
Noncompliant coding is a more significant risk to the revenue cycle than providers may realize, accounting for $36 billion in annual lost revenue, denials, and fines. In 2019 alone, the CMS and the ...
The CDC and CMS have issued updated ICD-10-CM guidelines effective April 1, 2026, reinforcing accurate documentation and collaboration between providers and coders. The revisions, approved by the ...
Coding experts agree that ASCs should conduct regular audits of their coding processes to ensure the ASC is not upcoding, a possible fraud issue, or downcoding, leading to a loss of owed reimbursement ...