Becker's Healthcare November 16, 2021
Medical coding requirements have grown increasingly complex. As a result, specific words can have both significant legal and financial ramifications. By using artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies, ASCs can improve their postoperative documentation.
During a recent session in The Business & Operations of ASCs conference hosted by Becker’s ASC Review, Lucian Newman III, MD, chief medical information officer of Nuance Communications, and Tanya Fengel, MSN, RN, manager of compliance and education of the Center for Health ASC, discussed current documentation challenges for ASCs and how AI and machine learning can help ensure standardized language, completeness and accuracy, more accurate reimbursement and greater efficiency.
Four key insights:
1. ASCs face constrained cash flow, resource limitations, and burnout challenges, with poor...
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