Claims data, which form the foundation of risk adjustment in payment for health care services, may reflect efforts to capture more—or more severe—clinical conditions rather than true changes in health ...

A federal training series on the assessment and coding of Section GG of the Minimum Data Set has been updated, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday. The online, on-demand ...

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 ...

Purdue University runs on data. It’s the force that enables decision-making, guides assessment and evaluation, and provides the basis for continuous improvement. And a huge chunk of it is collected, ...

A coding error in software used by doctors has led to confidential data of around 150,000 NHS patients being shared without their permission. These patients had ...