by Julie Clements | Posted: Feb 26, 2016 | Medical Coding
The need for medical coding outsourcing is increasingly being felt by all kinds of healthcare practices, because of the new ICD-10 codes that seem to add further complexity to the already tricky coding process. The ICD’s 10th edition features many new codes and...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Posted: Feb 5, 2016 | Medical Coding
Rehabilitation therapy is provided to patients to help them get back to their previous healthy level of musculoskeletal function after experiencing any kind of disruptive event such as an injury, illness or a surgical procedure. Physical therapists use aftercare codes...
by Julie Clements | Posted: Jan 29, 2016 | Specialty Practices
With massive expansion in the number of medical codes, ICD-10 provides chiropractors with more specific codes to report diagnosis more clearly and thereby reduce claim denials. It is estimated that ICD-10 transition affected 200 codes commonly used by chiropractors....
by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: May 27, 2014 | Medical Coding
Now that it is clear that ICD-10 implementation will be delayed by a year, it is important for providers to stay focused and make the best use of the time allowed. One of the first things that healthcare organizations need to do is to analyze and evaluate their...
by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: Apr 25, 2014 | Healthcare News
As per the 2011 ‘Montana Healthcare Workforce Statewide Strategic Plan’ released by the Montana Office of Rural Health, 11 counties had no primary care physicians (PCPs) and another 16 counties had five or fewer PCPs in 2010. We can see no change in this scenario...
