I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of Regulatory and Payer Solutions Megan Carr to talk about her new role as the leader of our payer […]

Clayton Christensen was a management professor at Harvard Business School and one of the founders of the “Jobs to Be Done” theory. Christensen theorized that companies err when trying to […]

The September ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting held via Zoom Sept. 13 and 14 had a lopsided agenda—only four topics for proposed changes to the ICD-10-PCS procedure classification […]

As health care technology and clinical documentation requirements become more complex, health systems must find ways to enable physicians to maintain a high level of quality in their documentation, while […]

Digital mask  I saw a fascinating new research study published this week. The theme of the research is how to protect patient’s facial images and video in the context of […]

Can health plan value be distilled down to a single score? Would it reveal anything meaningful and if so, how could that information be used? While working for Texas Medicaid, […]

Graduating with two Bachelor of Science degrees (biology and medical technology), the sciences ruled my younger world. My term schedules had only the minimum number of humanities electives for the […]

In this week’s blog, I tackled three stories that cover a range of topics: An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that predicts labor risk in pregnancy, how to manage risk in […]

I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of revenue cycle solutions Jason Burke to talk about how technology could help with health care staffing shortages, better […]

The moment you waited for is finally here: You have been hired as a medical coder! You might be having moments of pure joy mixed with some anxiety. It is […]

At my yearly physical exam, my doctor and I talked about work, skiing next season and of course COVID-19. The chit chat always helps me get ready with my medical […]

Leaders of all health care organizations consistently have one thing at the top of their minds: health workforce retention and burnout. A recent McKinsey report warns that by 2025 the […]