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4 Charge Capture Process Approaches & Reasons for Inaccuracies

Proper charge capture processes are essential to compliance regulations. An outdated, non-existent, or poorly thought-out charge capture workflow can be devastating to a hospital and

April 5, 2022 No Comments

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The OIG Focus on Clinical Coding

The last 12-18 months has brought the healthcare industry many audit reports from the Office of Inspective General (OIG). These reports are always an important

November 18, 2021 No Comments

2022 OIG Work Plan: Balancing a focus on overall compliance and the public health emergency

What another crazy year, huh?! In 2021, the OIG continued to publish its work plan with monthly updates including OIG audits and evaluations for the

October 7, 2021 No Comments

Medicare and Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractors… Continue Their Efforts

Protecting the Medicare Trust Fund is an important priority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),

June 3, 2021 No Comments

The OIG Workplan and Building Your Own Coding Compliance Program

Each year the Office of Inspector General (OIG) publishes their annual work plan for healthcare, which is a highly anticipated publication. The OIG Work Plan

March 4, 2021 No Comments

HCC Coding Audits . . . A Must!

The words “Hierarchical Condition Categories” or HCCs can conquer up some anxiety for HIM Coding, and Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) professionals, even for Revenue Cycle

February 11, 2021 No Comments

Coding Audits in the time of COVID: How Audits are Poorly Effecting Healthcare

COVID-19 Related Coding Audits

November 27, 2020 No Comments

5 Tips for Effective Post-Audit Education

5 Tips to Provide Effective Post-Audit Education You’ve identified high-risk areas based on previous audits or the OIG Work Plan. Or perhaps you decided to

November 13, 2020 No Comments

2021 OIG Work Plan: An Overview and Auditing Priorities

This article will provide some key points on how you can incorporate the current Office of Inspector General (OIG) items and future items into your

October 15, 2020 No Comments

Top Coding Issues Found During Audits

A compliance task that each facility should perform to support the Health Information Management (HIM) department is performing coding audits. Coding audits are performed to

June 11, 2020 No Comments

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MRA is the premier provider of Medical Coding, Auditing, and Cancer Registry Solutions in the United States.

At MRA, we treat every record like the patient it represents and we're proud to help our clients better serve their communities.

It’s more important than ever to have a robust coding and compliance auditing program to identify issues.

Our cancer registry services help you collect, organize and manage the data necessary to improve the quality of care.

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Caitlin Wham

CCS, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer

Why Choose Us

MRA is the premier provider of Medical Coding, Auditing, and Cancer Registry Solutions in the United States.

At MRA, we treat every record like the patient it represents and we're proud to help our clients better serve their communities.

It’s more important than ever to have a robust coding and compliance auditing program to identify issues.

Our cancer registry services help you collect, organize and manage the data necessary to improve the quality of care.

MRA is the premier provider of medical coding, auditing, and Cancer Registry Solutions in the United States - Explore our education series.

Meet the team

Charlie Saponaro

Terry Conway

Christy Matheson, RHIA, CCS

Suzanne Neve, RHIA, CTR

Our talented and experienced team delivers amazing results

Events

blog authors

Gloryanne Bryant

RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCDS, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer

Heather Chartier

MS, RHIA, CCA

Becky Buegel

RHIA, CDIP, CHP

Caitlin Wham

CCS, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer

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