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By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review The American Medical Association released updates Sept. 1 to its Current Procedural Terminology code set for 2021. Six things to know about the changes: The AMA has made 329 changes to the 2021 CPT code…
By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News Artificial intelligence technologies are being increasingly relied upon in the healthcare domain, particularly when it comes to decision support, precision medicine, and the improvement of the quality of care. Regarding primary care specifically,…
By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review More than two dozen boxes of medical records containing patients’ personal health information were discovered outside of Odessa (Texas) Recycling Center, according to an Aug. 20 KOSA report. The records belonged to Midland-based West Texas…
By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospital CFOs and revenue cycle leaders are dealing with erratic and unpredictable claim volumes, confusion over complex billing requirements and staffing issues, according to a new survey.…
By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News A new report from research firm KLAS found that nearly half of the 19 healthcare executives surveyed say that either telehealth functionality or capacity has been their primary problem to solve during the…
Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News A study published this past week in JAMA Network Open suggests symptom-specific ICD-10 codes don’t always capture COVID-19-related symptoms. An electronic health record review of 2,201 patients who had been tested for COVID-19 found…
Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to shut down. In recent months, financial damage linked to the COVID-19 pandemic has put many hospitals in a fragile financial position…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance Many hospitals in New York and Illinois were understaffed right before the first surge of critically ill COVID-19 patients, while New York City — an international gateway to the U.S. with three major international…
By Hailey Mensik for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: Healthcare added 126,000 jobs in July with notable gains for dentists (+45,000), hospitals (+27,000) and physicians’ offices (+26,000). That’s slower than June’s growth of 358,000 healthcare jobs, and the industry is still about 800,000…
By Andria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ for AJMC Andria Jacobs, RN, MS, CEN, CPHQ, chief operating officer for PCG Software, discusses 3 billing and claims issues facing the health care industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rightfully…