Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tools such as natural language processing (NLP) have been integrated into a wide range of applications, including risk adjustment coding tools, for greater ...

Your ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes drive awareness of patient risk level for payers and practices under the Hierarchical Condition Category model, ultimately affecting payment. What is hierarchical ...

Accurate HCC coding is critical for patient risk adjustment, as it directly impacts reimbursement models and financial sustainability in value-based care. However, studies indicate that as many as ...

Accurate coding drives accurate risk adjustment, which will increasingly affect your bottom line. Most physicians are aware of new models of payment, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), ...

Risk adjustment requires constant attention to ensure accurate coding, timely regulatory compliance, and streamlined communications across the payer-provider continuum. Increasingly rigorous oversight ...

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 ...

Faced with new government regulations, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations should be utilizing technology to increase the accuracy of their coding, mitigate their risk, and ensure appropriate care ...

In recent years, federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans, and how they are adjusted for enrollee health status, have come under increased scrutiny. Medicare Advantage plans receive a capitated ...

While technical in nature, risk adjustment is crucial to the future of health care transformation... If reforms to risk adjustment are to succeed, all of us concerned with the future of our health ...