A physician’s most valuable resource is time. Yet today’s reality is sobering: on average, doctors spend over three hours each day on documentation. Most concerning? Much of this labor happens during ...

Artificial intelligence startup Ambience Healthcare on Tuesday announced a new medical coding model that outperforms doctors by 27%. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Ambience ...

As physician practices navigate increasingly challenging times, with reductions in reimbursement, increasing costs and a heightening regulatory environment, developing and deploying best business ...

Physicians at Mid-Atlantic Pain Institute in Newark, Del., have reached a higher calling, says Frank J.E. Falco, MD, a physiatrist and medical director of the five-physician practice. Rather than rely ...

AI medical coding tools use OCR to read physicians’ notes. While ChatGPT can process and generate text, it does not have built-in OCR capabilities. The drawbacks of ChatGPT, however, are that it is ...

Grady Health System's director of physician revenue cycle shares a framework for creating effective physician coding education programs that improve compliance and performance against quality metrics.

Coding of physician office visits can be very confusing – and is ever-changing. Every year, regulations and guidelines change, and it is difficult for providers to keep up. Most groups have coding ...

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 ...

Steve Claypool, MD, is vice president of clinical development and informatics, and Allison Errickson, CPC-H, is director of coding compliance and content, Clinical Solutions Division, for ProVation ...

Sicker Patients or Better Charting? One suggested but unproven explanation for higher E/M coding says that Medicare patients are sicker than they were in 2001, forcing physicians to work harder at ...

Physicians in Connecticut and around the country are sounding the alarm about a new policy by insurers they say could lead to lost revenue and increased administrative burden for providers, but ...