HealthLeaders Media December 28, 2023
Artificial intelligence is here to stay and going further.
Artificial intelligence has moved from a buzzword to an established presence in revenue cycle technology. Revenue cycle and finance leaders alike are looking to AI to streamline processes and automate tasks, which will allow them to use staff more efficiently as the sector-wide staffing shortage persists.
HealthLeaders previously spoke to Joann Ferguson, vice president of revenue cycle for Detroit-based Henry Ford Health on how they’re using AI to help with coding.
“First, it automatically codes the simplest procedures, taking that work off our coders’ plates,” she explained. “By ‘simplest,’ we mean the procedure notes that match closely or exactly with how the ICD codes themselves are written.”
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