Risk adjustment involves billing diagnosis information that is properly supported in the medical record. It estimates the expected annual cost of care and aligns payments to the complexity of a patient’s conditions. Because payments rise with diagnosis severity, an...
“Listen, Linda!” We’ve all seen, laughed at and maybe even quoted the viral video of the little boy trying to debate his side of a disagreement with his mother. And while that clip is a source of Internet amusement, the need to listen, or rather, the...
