Augusta, Ga.-based billing company Medac is opening its third campus at the end of the month and adding 60 to 70 full-time employees, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
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Healthcare fraud detection relies on complex algorithms to detect outliers in claims data, but ICD-10 may challenge these algorithms and render them less efficient, according to EHR Intelligence.
Two SSM hospitals, St. Mary's Health Center and DePaul Health Center, have been approved for bundled payment pilot programs by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to The St. Louis American.
Many physicians are reluctant to embrace the switchover to ICD-10, but they must still look for ways to make it work, according to Healthcare Finance News.
To be properly reimbursed under a population health-based care system, healthcare providers and coders are going to have to be able to accurately define how sick their population is, according to Health Leaders Media.
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As healthcare providers prepare to implement ICD-10, they can learn from other countries, including Canada, which has already implemented the classification system, according to EHR Intelligence.
Physicians should be able to quickly see electronic health records improve their practices, according to American Medical News.
A new report shows uncertainty about Medicare sustainable growth rate payment cuts has kept physicians from participating in new payment and delivery methods, according to Healthcare Finance News.
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At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, 2012, Kevin McDonald, senior vice president of sales, Revenue Cycle Solutions Division at SourceMedical Solutions, gave a presentation about the benefits of ICD-10 and described seven steps…