Revenue cycle management performance has never been more important. And recent advances in technology, particularly artificial intelligence, offer much potential for healthcare's administrative ...

Healthcare organization CFOs are facing a perfect storm of challenges around medical coding. With few workers entering a field dominated by older Gen X-ers and Baby Boomers, there’s a growing gap in ...

The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous ...

Doctors and hospitals will have a higher bar to clear when submitting insurance claims, starting today. Federal law requires them to begin tracking patient care and submitting insurance claims using ...

NIOSH has developed a Web site with downloadable software to assist researchers, policy makers, employers, and others who may need to use the Bureau of Labor Statistics' hierarchical coding system to ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...