Diagnosis Documentation and Coding: The Key to Reimbursement and Capitation (Hfma Healthcare Financial Management Series)

Diagnosis: Documentation and Coding illustrates the importance of data capture and will teach you accurate techniques for doing so. You'll also learn the basics for combining data with in-office demographic information to give the provider a strong position to negotiate managed care contracts.

Diagnosis: Documentation and Coding will lead to the successful implementation of managed care by providing the basics of using diagnostic structuring for:

How to frame diagnosis and its basis for accurate da`ta capture

How to use software programs to generate accurate in-office data

How to minimize coding errors and ensure accurate data collection for CPT coding

How to improve your accounting department to prepare your office for accurate utilization prediction

How to use clinical variation and outcome studies successfully in a managed care environment. END