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Expert analysis and practical guidance on medical coding, compliance, and revenue cycle optimization from the CCS team.
Recurring denials are more useful when hospitals separate documentation, coding, charge-capture, edit, payer-policy, and CDM causes and assign the right owner.
Expert source: Sharie Broecker, RHIT, CCS, Director of Coding and Auditing Services at CCS.
A lower coding rate can be offset by low accuracy, turnover, retraining, rework, denials, and internal oversight. Evaluate the full operating cost before selecting support.
Expert source: Sharie Broecker, RHIT, CCS, Director of Coding and Auditing Services at CCS.
A coding audit education plan turns findings into focused education, clear ownership, and measurable follow-up. Use this five-step process to address root causes and reduce recurring risk.
Expert source: Sharie Broecker, RHIT, CCS, Director of Coding and Auditing Services at CCS.
A practical framework for coding quality measures that reveal accuracy, consistency, education needs, and operational risk beyond productivity.
Expert source: Sharie Broecker, RHIT, CCS, Director of Coding and Auditing Services at CCS.
Coding shortages become a revenue-cycle risk when accuracy, unbilled accounts, denials, and continuity are affected. Here is how hospitals can plan flexible support before a gap becomes a crisis.
Expert source: Sharie Broecker, RHIT, CCS, Director of Coding and Auditing Services at CCS. Edited and approved by Jeff Janov.
A three-phase framework for turning chargemaster review findings into completed, validated operational changes.
Expert source: Shannon Uhrmacher, CRCR, CPC, CPB, Director of Chargemaster Services at CCS.
A practical assessment of the ownership, escalation, and feedback needed for a reliable hospital coding query process.
Expert source: Sharie Broecker, RHIT, CCS, Director of Coding and Auditing Services at CCS.
A chargemaster can continue processing charges while outdated codes, pricing gaps, missed charge capture, and inconsistent department practices quietly increase risk.
Expert source: Shannon Uhrmacher, CRCR, CPC, CPB, Director of Chargemaster Services at CCS.
Deferred chargemaster reviews create compliance exposure, denial risk, and missed revenue. Here is when to review the CDM and what a structured process should include.
CCS subject matter experts explain how hospitals can keep chargemasters current, compliant, and revenue-ready.
The lowest hourly rate can hide denial risk, rework, turnover, and staff burden. These seven questions help hospitals evaluate coding partners on the outcomes that matter.
CCS subject matter experts on evaluating coding partners beyond the lowest hourly rate.
