Clarissa George

We know that being more specific in coding can affect and potentially increase reimbursement depending on the type of visit and conditions. Today, however, I would like to focus on another aspect of being more specific—tracking conditions which enables […]

In a recent blog, my colleague Jason Mark examined specificity with Atrial Fibrillation (irregular heartbeat) to see if there are noticeable shifts in the specificity of codes being used under ICD-10. […]

The game of chess made history in 1997 when the IBM computer called Deep Blue beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Deep Blue was not always better than a […]

What percentage of automation is completely correct in a computer-assisted coding (CAC) system? Or, in other words, how many visits does a CAC system get exactly correct? The answer to […]

Have you ever spent time putting together a puzzle only to find out you are missing one or two essential pieces? Few things are more frustrating than an almost masterpiece […]

When I entered my major’s program in college, I decided I could no longer go without a smartphone. Up until that point, I had gotten by with just a regular […]

Have you ever flown over the Midwestern United States? If you have, you know that as you look down from the airplane windows you see a ton of squares with […]

In my last blog post, I talked about Coder Acceptance methods and I introduced the idea of rolled up CAC methods and rolled up manual methods. I also went over […]

Today’s data series blog is about analyzing your computer-assisted coding (CAC) data using the Coder Acceptance Method,  an exciting topic because Coder Acceptance data will give you a lot of […]

Recently, I boarded a Delta Boeing 757 plane. The plane held 180 passengers with a cruising speed of 517 mph. My flight to Portland, Oregon lasted just under two hours, […]