Computer Assisted Professional Coding is Helping St. Joseph’s Be More Resilient
Healthcare IT Today February 21, 2024
The team at St. Joseph’s Health in NJ implemented computer assisted professional coding (CAPC) to streamline their revenue cycle management processes. The resulting improvements are helping the organization be more resilient in these challenging times.
Dr. Beth Kushner, Chief Medical Information Officer at St. Joseph’s, recently sat down with Healthcare IT Today to discuss the revenue cycle management (RCM) improvements her team has made.
Efficient RCM Processes are Critical
Dr. Kushner has a passion for RCM. She strongly believes that having efficient RCM processes are critical in these tight economic times or as she calls it “a time of price compression”.
What Dr. Kushner is referring to is the margin pressure that healthcare organizations are facing due to increased labor...