In the face of today’s uncertain healthcare financial environment brought on by the effects of the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA Public Law 111-5) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and the House and Senate’s versions of the Affordable Healthcare Act for America, how can your healthcare organization deal with the shortage of certified medical coders needed for billing and audit functions?
Tags: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Evaluation and Management (E&M) Requirements, HIPAA, Medical Coding, Affordable Care Act
No one could have predicted the magnitude of the recent devastation wreaked by Hurricane Sandy across the eastern part of our nation. CNN reports that "at least 81 people in the United States and two in Canada have died as a result of Sandy, raising the storm's overall death toll to 150. It earlier claimed 67 lives in the Caribbean. But the struggle toward normalcy ramped up Thursday, as authorities in nine states tallied worked to restore basic services like public transit and electricity. About 4.9 million customers across the eastern United States were still in the dark early Thursday, down from the nearly 8 million who lost power shortly after the storm hit".
Tags: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Medical Coding, Accounts Receivable (A/R)
