In response to the recent occurrences of vaping related disorders and in consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHOFIC) Network...

Sushovan Guha, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist and physician executive director at Banner Digestive Diseases Institute in Phoenix. He shared his thoughts on the uses of artificial intelligence in gastroenterology with Becker's ASC Review.

At the September meeting of the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee, members discussed ICD-10-CM proposals for codes for identification of specific synthetic opioids and revisions to the sepsis/severe sepsis codes. Other diagnosis code proposals included cytokine release syndrome...

As we talk about preparing for the transition from ICD-10 to ICD-11, it is important to realize the importance of data. Healthcare data is important today for population health, determining risk adjustment factors for Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs)...

The deadline has come and gone for complying with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Discharge Planning Conditions of Participation Final Rule, and yet hospitals find themselves being asked to do the impossible.

Mainstream media reports are already rife with dire predictions for the upcoming flu season, but experts say it’s really too early to tell how severe it will be.

At the beginning of November, CMS finalized changes to its Medicare payment systems for 2020. Here's a rundown of noteworthy changes CMS made:

The RexPay team is excited to announce that November 14 marked the launch of the RexPay app, an all in one solution to help patients to understand, manage, and pay their medical bills. By working alongside healthcare providers to streamline and digitize the billing process, RexPay is the rescue app that patients and their doctors have been waiting for!

Each year on Oct. 1, the new ICD-10 codes become effective. Over the past few years, this has resulted in a few major changes and a few changes that seemed minor but resulted in major payment delays. For 2020, the code set saw 273 new codes and 21 deleted codes. There were a number of changes to ICD-10 notes throughout...