Sep 1st, 2017
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Healthcare policy, payment, and regulations are changing rapidly, and you are expected to keep up with these changes. For greater success and less stress, anticipate and prepare for developing challenges. Here are some tips to help you have a successful coding career: Stay up to date with new mandates and regulatory changes. It can mean ...
Aug 31st, 2017
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A staggering 20 trillion gallons of rain have fallen on the Houston area since Hurricane Harvey made landfall less than a week ago. The storm has taken at least 31 lives and destroyed an estimated 30,000 – 40,000 homes in the region. Over 32,000 people are in shelters across the state. The devastation is breaking ...
Jul 10th, 2017
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AAPC’s national conference brings us together. This year’s AAPC HEALTHCON national conference proved to be everything it was promised to be — a venue to learn and teach, a forum for discussion, and place to make and renew friendships. Very little of what happened there will be left in the desert oasis (despite what Las ...
Sep 1st, 2015
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Members immigrate to the United States and hurdle over career barriers in the healthcare industry. If you think medical coding is hard, try learning it when English isn’t your first language. Medical terminology is difficult, anatomy and pathophysiology are confusing, and doctors’ notes can be challenging to decipher — throw into the mix all of ...