KUSA – The now-former surgical technician who is accused of switching syringes at Swedish Hospital has left Colorado, according to 9NEWS sources. Rocky Allen, 28, has been registered to practice as a surgical technologist in Colorado since 2015. This comes after roughly 2,900 people who had surgery at the hospital over the past five months […]
How to boost medical coding productivity
The medical coder productivity loss during Canada’s transition to ICD-10-CA is almost legendary. A 40 percent drop in productivity is enough to scare any medical practice from enthusiastic ICD-10 planning. Computer assisted coding (CAC) is pitched as a way to boost medical coder productivity before the ICD-10 transition can slow things down. The hope is […]
Women Are Better Coders Than Men
Researchers from the computer science departments at California Polytechnic State University and North Carolina State University gathered data from nearly 1.4 million GitHub users, and the results are in: Women are better at writing code. In a paper on gender bias, the researchers noted that on the program-sharing platform, women’s suggested code changes, aka “pull […]
Top paying States for Medical coder
The minimum annual wage for Medical coder in USA is $23,340 and maximum annual wage is $59,160. Average wage for this occupation is $35,900 in United States. The figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistic show District of Columbia in the top 5 states of highest compensation levels, but keep in mind salaries are variable […]
FTC Supports Easing Dental Hygienist Restrictions, Increasing Access to Underserved
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) released a statement on January 29 in support of a Georgia state bill that would further relax supervision requirements for dental hygienists. The proposed bill would expand the safety-net settings where Georgia dental hygienists may work without the direct supervision of a dentist and provide that dental hygienists […]