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Intensive Coding by Medicare Advantage Plans Gleaned an Extra $33 Billion in 2021

Intensive coding by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans raised enrollees' risk scores and may have allowed companies to pocket tens of billions of dollars more than if traditional Medicare had covered the ...
Business Wire

Modernizing Medicine’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) Systems Prepared for 2021 E/M Coding Changes

BOCA RATON, Fla--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading healthcare technology vendor Modernizing Medicine® today announced that the company’s electronic health records (EHR) systems, EMA and gGastro EHR, are ready ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Differential Coding Inflated Medicare Advantage Payments by $33 Billion in 2021, Study Finds

Differential coding in MA plans results in higher risk scores and increased payments compared to TM, with significant insurer variation. UnitedHealth Group's risk scores were significantly higher than ...
The New York Times

A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code. That’s Good News for Humans.

A new technology called Codex generates programs in 12 coding languages and even translates between them. But it is not a threat to professional programmers. Tom Smith, a veteran programmer, shows how ...