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Why Become a Certified Billing & Coding Specialist? (CBCS)

NHA Now

Valued Team Members Certified Billing and Coding Specialists (CBCS) are valued team members within a healthcare business ecosystem. A CBCS may have direct interaction with patients and family members, as seen in many Billing roles. Exam Preparation Becoming a Certified Billing and Coding Specialist requires dedication and focus.

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Despite Greater Digital Health Engagement, Americans Have Worse Health and Financial Outcomes Than Other Nations’ Health Citizens

Health Populi

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. The Americans’ comfort with these tests approach nearly one-half of people across the different test types.

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Personalizing Health Means Personalizing Health Insurance for Patient-Members – Learning from HealthEdge

Health Populi

We can see health consumers’ shifting priorities for satisfaction-boosting changing from 2019 to 2023 based on HealthEdge’s previous research. That latter health consumer demand wasn’t even on the top-5 radar among consumers in the 2019 study (and more on the importance of that in the Hot Points, below).

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COVID Coding Updates Every CBCS Should Know

NHA Now

How can you stay current with the rapidly evolving medical billing codes related to COVID-19? For encounters for COVID-19 testing, including preoperative testing, code as exposure to COVID-19 (guideline I.C.1.g.1.e). Pneumonia due to coronavirus disease 2019 These codes are in addition to previously added code, U07.1

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Stacey Garnett

Minority Nurse

In 2019, she mentored a student struggling to pass her exam to become an LPN. After working with Garnett to master the material and conquer her testing anxiety, she passed the test and currently works as an LPN in hospice. She understands that high-quality care begins with a personal commitment to perseverance in adversity.

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Where Are Health Care’s Value Meals?

The Healthcare Blog

Whether it is food from the grocery or at a restaurant, the bill can be eye-opening compared to a few years ago. The Wall Street Journal reports that prices of food eaten away from home rose 30% since 2019, according to labor Department statistics, and that prices for a Big Mac increased 21% over the same period.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.