BC Advantage Magazine, the highly acclaimed CEU-approved national online healthcare publication, featured an article “National Handwashing Awareness Week - Make Hand Hygiene a Habit” by Outsource Strategies International (OSI), a Managed Outsource Solutions service....
Providers can use the new HCPCS code - S8032 recently released by CMS for medical billing purposes when reporting low-dose CT for lung cancer screening. Lung cancer is considered the second most...
Implementation of electronic health records is considered a practical solution that will help streamline processes in healthcare settings, while also ensuring enhanced patient care and support....
With the full implementation of the Affordable care Act (ACA), the demand for healthcare services are expected to increase at a rapid pace. The expansion of the Medicaid program along with the...
The first report of The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the famous 'To Err is Human' published in 1999 revealed that around 7000 deaths occur annually from medication errors alone. In 2006, another...
According to a survey conducted last year by MedData Group, many physicians are dissatisfied with their electronic health record system (EHR). Up to 85% of the physicians said that their EHR...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health benefit plans that started on or after September 23, 2010 to provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening tests. For those plans that started before...
With new regulations, increased administrative burdens, technology changes, and new reimbursement models, physician practices face myriad challenges. As diagnosis codes become more specific with ICD...
Mitral regurgitation (MR), also known as mitral insufficiency or mitral incompetence is a disorder in which the heart valve that separates the upper and lower chambers on the left side of the heart...
The decisions of oncologists often hold the key to successful or failed cancer treatment. This is particularly true with the deadly pancreatic cancer that has claimed the lives of illustrious people...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has introduced several new financial incentives and penalties in order to optimize the overall healthcare system performance. Policy makers are constantly searching for...
