An existent compliance plan not only detects incorrect coding practices, it may also be considered by some federal agencies when determining whether reasonable efforts were taken to avoid and detect ...

ASCs should incorporate an external audit into their compliance programs. Formal coding audit protocol should define the purpose of the audit, frequency of review and sample size. The difficult part ...

Healthcare organizations are under pressure to automate medical coding without compromising the security of protected health information. Deploying an AI medical coding platform introduces new data ...