In September 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its audit of Tulare Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in California. In ...

Coding accuracy isn’t just about reimbursements: How compliance programs promote a quality, culture and positive brand image Without medical coders, the healthcare system would come to a halt.

Healthcare reform and technological advances constantly add new tasks for ambulatory surgery center billers and coders and make compliance a challenge. George Kaplinksi is the vice president of ...

Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing for ...

BALTIMORE -- Electronic health records make it easier than ever to create detailed patient files even for long or complex encounters but the technology has a dark side: EHR upcoding. The Centers for ...

Practical challenges for applying MISRA and AUTOSAR coding requirements. The importance of the right development and tooling approaches. The key ideas behind MISRA Compliance, where the same thought ...

The City’s Code Compliance Division is hosting its second “Code Academy” on May 29 to talk with residents about what its inspectors are responsible for and what they aren’t, and to explain the ...