The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is set of norms employed by most of the healthcare plans in the US for measuring performance in relation to service and care. HEDIS was created by the NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) and is...
Timely and proper reimbursement is crucial to the survival of your practice. If you are doing your medical coding on your own, it’s likely that one of the reasons for your falling revenues is undercoding. It could be the fear of regulatory agency audits and the...
Cardiologists like other physicians need to be aware of the periodic changes and modifications introduced in the medical coding scenario to steer clear of coding errors and receive the due reimbursement. Many procedural codes may get deleted or modified. All medical...
The main objective of observation is to allow the physician to decide whether to admit the patient in the hospital or send the patient home. Even if the patient is made to lie in an inpatient bed, observation is an outpatient status. Issues with regard to observation...
HEDIS, the most widely reported set of performance measures in the healthcare industry, is used by health plans, medical groups, federal and state governments. The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) data is responsible for evaluating the...
