MedCity News June 30, 2023
Javed Aslam

With few workers entering a field dominated by older Gen X-ers and Baby Boomers, there’s a growing gap in skilled medical coders — people who read notes from doctors and apply appropriate codes for billing and reimbursement purposes. So many are turning to AI.

Healthcare organization CFOs are facing a perfect storm of challenges around medical coding.

With few workers entering a field dominated by older Gen X-ers and Baby Boomers, there’s a growing gap in skilled medical coders — people who read notes from doctors and apply appropriate codes for billing and reimbursement purposes. Understaffed medical coding teams are struggling to keep up with demand. And physicians — who should be treating patients, not coding — are also feeling...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Health System / Hospital, HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), Provider, Technology
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