Tag: computer-assisted coding

The Use of AI in Medical Billing and Coding

The healthcare sector is in urgent requirement of an AI solution that can process a massive amount of data without compromising the speed and accuracy of billing. Medical billing and coding is a critical component of healthcare. The medical billing outsourcing market alone is estimated to reach $16.9 billion by 2021. The coding and billing […]
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Top Challenges, Opportunities of Medical Coding and Billing

By April of last year, seemingly every news station in American was featuring the heroic efforts of physicians, nurses, and other clinicians fighting COVID-19. These providers transformed healthcare, implementing telehealth and virtual care, standing up new wards in hotels, sports arenas, and schools, and finding new ways to stretch precious supplies. But behind those transformations […]
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3 Ways to Improve Medical Coding Quality for Accurate Reimbursement

Leveraging technology, auditing for compliance, and providing robust education are key ways providers can improve medical coding quality. While some have said medical coding sits quietly in the middle of the healthcare revenue cycle, it is a key step that, when done inadequately, can impact each part of the revenue cycle after it. Medical coding quality is […]
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This is How AI Can Manage Your Medical Billing Process

With the assistance of AI medical billers and coders can work efficiently and accurately, flagging down most of the human errors and mistakes. Recent studies show that the error rates in medical billing are reportedly pretty high. According to studies conducted by the American Medical Association and Nerdwallet, the error rates are 7.1 percent and […]
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Rewriting of Medical Coding Automation Using Artificial Intelligence

The importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Coding is often understated and also overstating the same is quite difficult.. to get in-depth with how AI is actually bringing changes in MCA, we must get to the basics of what Medical Billing and Coding really are. Medical Coding Medical coding, if we talk about it […]
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AHIMA Coding Productivity Study and Preparing for ICD-11

Planning is underway now for ICD-11. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has been getting involved in the development of ICD-11 through its participation in the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) activities, as well as providing members with high-level overviews of what to expect with the new classification system. ICD-11 has yet to be approved […]
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