Most programs last four to 12 months. Medical billers and coders manage information in hospitals and other medical facilities. Medical coders assign codes to patients’ diagnoses and treatments.
The practice of private hospitals organising medical camps to get more inpatients has come into focus with the death of four patients in Ahmedabad following angioplasty which was deemed unnecessary.
Established in November 2020, the CMS program allows hospitals to deliver care for acute medical illness to patients in their own homes in lieu of a traditional hospital admission. "Imagine ...