With Parks’ REVENUE CYCLE FOR HEALTHCARE, you can learn about advanced topics in healthcare revenue cycle management and investigate current issues affecting the reimbursements that healthcare organizations receive. The different roles that HIM professionals play outside of the traditional HIM department are introduced to you in this book. You research risk adjustment programs and case mix as indicators of hospital performance. Important subjects like clinical documentation integrity, physician inquiries, the revenue cycle’s use of predictive analytics, claims audits, denials and appeals, and pay-for-performance are also covered. Every piece of content is in line with the competencies of the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). As you get ready for the workforce, enrichment activities and case studies provide you with a firsthand understanding of real-world experiences. You can also use MindTap’s digital resources to support your
About the Author
Linda J. Parks is associate professor emeritus at Dakota State University. She holds a master’s degree in HIIM from St. Scholastica and has RHIT and CCS credentials. Before teaching at Dakota State University, she was HIT program director at Darton College and a faculty member at the College of St. Mary and Macon State College. Professor Parks has previous experience with inpatient settings as RHIT in the patient care unit. She also has experience in utilization review and quality audits in teaching hospitals and has served as a coding supervisor and coder in a community hospital. In outpatient setting, she has also served as an office manager for an internal medicine practice. Professor Parks briefly held the credentials of CTR, working part-time in Cancer Registry. She has been an active member of AHIMA, SDHIMA, GHIMA, HIMSS and SDHIMSS. She also serves as a Cengage Faculty Partner.
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