by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: Jan 4, 2018 | Industry News, Resources
Emergency medicine has changed rapidly and significantly over the years. Today, the emergency departments (EDs) are diagnosis and treatment hubs for emergency as well as non-critical patients. As the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) notes, much of the...
by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: Dec 29, 2017 | Infographics, Resources
The term encephalopathy broadly refers to brain disease, damage, or malfunction. The primary symptom that is recorded in the medical record is altered mental status. Medical coding companies may have come across the diagnosis of this condition quite often. There are...
by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: Dec 21, 2017 | Industry News, Resources
Urinalysis is the analysis of urine for the diagnosis and monitoring of several medical conditions such as urinary tract infections, bleeding in the urinary system, or kidney or liver disease as well as diabetes, some diseases of the blood, and bladder stone. Medical...
by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: Dec 14, 2017 | Industry News, Resources
Starting January 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved payment for services provided to patients with behavioral health disorders who are participating in psychiatric collaborative care programs or are receiving behavioral health...
by Outsource Strategies International | Posted: Dec 7, 2017 | Industry News, Resources
Mental health and/or substance use disorders (SUD) affect millions of Americans. According to a 2016 U-M Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center report, nearly 1 in 5 Americans live with a behavioral health condition in a given year. However, there is a workforce...