Centralia College continues to expand career training opportunities with the launch of a new medical billing and coding program, the college announced in a news release this week. This is the ...

Medical coding requires a deep understanding of medical terminology and procedures, as well as the ability to make judgment calls when necessary. Human coders are better equipped to handle these tasks ...

Central Learning, a web-based coding assessment and education app in Center Valley, Pa., found average inpatient coder accuracy is 61 percent. Central Learning’s finding stems from its 2nd annual ...

Send a note to Doug Wintemute, Kara Coleman Fields and our other editors. We read every email. By submitting this form, you agree to allow us to collect, store, and potentially publish your provided ...

In the complicated world of hospital billing, there’s a fine line between maximizing reimbursement and gaming the system. A new study shows a troubling trend as hospitals increasingly code for “sicker ...

Clinical coding is the task of transforming medical information in a patient’s health records into structured codes so that they can be used for statistical analysis. This is a cognitive and ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ingenix, a leading provider of health information, technology and consulting services, and A-Life Hospital, a wholly owned subsidiary of A-Life Medical, today ...

Significant volumes of research rely on secondary care diagnostic coding to identify comorbidities however little is known about its accuracy at a population level or if this influences subsequent ...