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 ...

Behavioral health providers in 2026 face a wave of coding updates, payer rule changes, and evolving compliance risks, from stricter documentation and telehealth rules to faster prior authorization ...

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 ...

YAKIMA, WA--(Marketwired - Sep 12, 2013) - VitalWare, the leader in business intelligence for ICD-10 and beyond, today announced its new VitalCoder™ technology, a one-stop coding and compliance ...

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 ...

Overview: This session will provide a strategy and detailed examples how to create and implement a coding compliance plan. A plan is not a static document; it is working document that must be reviewed ...

When is the last time your hospital, health system or organization looked at codes and clinical documentation to ensure everything was compliant with law and best practices? If revenue cycle teams are ...