Nearly three decades after researchers first documented that surgeons are paid more for male-specific procedures than comparable female-specific ones, the gap has barely narrowed, and experts say it ...
BCBS claims that bump coding has become more widespread because hospitals are using AI tools to identify secondary diagnoses. Automated tools can skim a patient’s chart and prompt physicians to ...
A report recently released by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association suggests that hospitals’ use of AI-enabled documentation tools is driving higher healthcare costs through increased coding ...