As rural hospital closures continue to increase (136 have occurred between 2010 and 2021), health information management (HIM) and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) professionals have key roles in ensuring revenue integrity and optimization essential to sound operations and access.
Even so, small facilities, especially those operating independently, simply do not have the resources that larger chains have to negotiate favorable payer contracts and to implement processes, technologies, and training essential to withstanding payer denials.
In addressing these crucially important issues, Talk Ten Tuesdays, the live Internet radio program produced by ICD10monitor, will begin a new series that will address rigorous revenue integrity solutions that can be developed in a rural environment, while offering tips in creating win-win scenarios with medical/provider staffs.
Join expert coder James S. Kennedy, MD – a native of East Tennessee, which has its own share of rural hospitals – as he offers experience, guidance, and hope essential to success.
The live broadcast will also feature these other segments: