Advocates estimate New York state could be overpaying $1 billion for health care amid an increasing disparity in hospital costs depending where a person receives treatment. Some lawmakers are working to find out by just how much.
Close to half of healthcare finance professionals say in a survey that their organizations are experiencing a severe shortage of revenue cycle management (RCM) talent — and many are exploring automation as a way to keep RCM operations working properly.
In a study group of untreated COVID-19 patients, more than one-third experienced a return of symptoms after at least two consecutive days of being symptom-free.
Thanks to popular media, the public may think that physicians and nurses who specialize in emergency medicine are the only providers who work in the emergency department. But the latest Medicare Part B data for emergency department E/M visits (99281-99285) reveals that members of any specialty can and do provide emergency department services.
Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the second leading cause of death worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This condition occurs when blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted, causing brain cells to die. The two main causes of stroke are a blocked or burst artery.
