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AI & Digital Twins: The Future of Disease Detection & Treatment

HIT Consultant

In healthcare, the technology provides a pathway for doctors to improve outcomes and save lives. In healthcare, this presents a multitude of benefits, including the ability to proactively intervene to prevent a patient’s health from declining.

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Why Avoiding Costly Coding Mistakes Is More Critical Than Ever

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Hilton Hudson, MD, FACS, and CEO of HPC International In May 2022, a California doctor was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for his involvement in a $12 million Medicare fraud scheme. Minimize Denials and Appeals: Preventing denials through proper documentation and coding reduces the need for appeals, saving time and resources.

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Efficiently Sustainable: How Hospitals Can Create Operational Sustainability

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Connie Moser, Chief Executive Officer, Navenio If any sector requires process improvement, it’s healthcare. It highlights how increased workloads are not stemming from resource inadequacies alone but from process and operational inefficiencies. How can nursing technology drive sustainable improvements?

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Rise of Retail Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers

HIT Consultant

Over the years, rural doctors who historically performed house calls have been replaced with regional physician groups and community hospitals that are owned and managed by large health systems with multiple locations. Adam Rarick-Varner, Sr.

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Biggest Challenges Behavioral Health Clinicians Will Face in 2021

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A doctor can also educate patients using telehealth. Info blocking denies access to electronic health information to a doctor, health care provider or the patient themselves. Using health IT to prevent EHI from completely traveling between health information technology systems or contribute to health IT fraud.

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Why It’s Time for Healthcare Organizations to Start Treating Patients Like Consumers

HIT Consultant

Pent-up patient demand for non-emergency, preventative services–everything from cancer screenings to mental health support to birth control to smoking cessation–would eventually draw patients back into the healthcare system. If they have phone and internet access, they can conveniently access care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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CO 27 Denial Code: An Ultimate Guide

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Establishing a robust verification process, improving communication with patients, and maintaining up-to-date insurance records can all help protect your revenue cycle. Building trust and maintaining regular communication will help prevent surprises, such as a terminated policy.