Outsource Dermatology Medical Billing – Increase Collection by 20%
Dermatology revenue cycle management is more than just dermatology medical billing. It is a service that manages the processes that impact your bottom line from first patient contact to paid account...
View ArticleImprove cash flow by outsourcing billing in Optometry
Is your optometry practice getting your money’s worth with your in-house billers? Choosing the best medical billing service is a daunting task – Someone that you can trust with your process claims. If...
View ArticleReduce Overhead Expenses: Outsource ENT Billing & Coding Services
Your growing, brand new, hustling otolaryngology practice is often wrestling with the idea of focusing more on patient care; ENT billing and coding, and looking for ways about how to flourish your...
View ArticleWhat Are The Differences – an Interventional Cardiologist and Invasive,...
A healthy heart is essential to lead a healthy and happy lifestyle. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with your heart, and sometimes the symptoms that something is wrong are not always...
View ArticleWound Care Billing Guidelines 2019
Not only is wound coding and documentation is a daunting task, but also attracts intense inspection from auditors, with severe financial penalties for mistakes. And it’s only gotten more challenging...
View ArticleHow to manage Incoming Calls at Your Medical Practice?
Many practices complain about the volume of incoming telephone calls and how much time their employees spend handling them. Why is the office getting so many calls? It is the only way patients can make...
View ArticleImpact of High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) on Medical Practices
High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) have become increasingly popular since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 authorized portable, tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs) designed to be...
View ArticlePrior Authorization and It’s Impact on Practice Collection
Prior authorization is a check run by some insurance companies or third-party payers before they will agree to cover certain prescribed medications or medical procedures. There are a number of reasons...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Common Medical Billing Compliance Pitfalls?
There are several major issues facing compliance officers today, such as HIPAA, Stark Law, and Anti-kickback Statute issues, as well as many billing compliance issues. Billing issues continue to appear...
View ArticleAcquaint Yourself with 9 New HCPCS Modifiers
A modifier is a two-digit numeric or alphanumeric character reported with a HCPCS code, when appropriate. Modifiers are designed to give Medicare and commercial payers additional information needed to...
View ArticleEVALUATING YOUR AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION MEDICAL BILLING PROCEDURE
Ambulance medical billing has been under the lens of Medicare for a very long time due to the fabrication of medical charges and unreasonable billing rates for the patients during an emergency. In...
View ArticleHow Medical Billers and Coders (MBC) changing the face of General Surgery...
General Surgery, in the midst of forte explicit medical procedures, has not lost its sheen, and general specialists keep on being the particular decision for various surgeries. Doing negligible...
View ArticleTop 5 Outpatient reimbursement questions for Wound Care
Do outpatient reimbursement challenges frustrate you a lot? Medicare reimbursement regulations that are currently impacting wound care practices. Wound care professionals still have to follow the...
View ArticleTop 7 Challenges with Wound Care Medical Coding
Medical necessity denials traditionally focus on high-dollar MS-DRGs, such as those for hip and knee replacements; other MS-DRGs may also soon become targets. We have identified some of the challenges...
View Article2019 NCCI update impact on medical billing and coding
NCCI – National Correct Coding Initiative promotes the correct coding methodologies. Furthermore, it controls inappropriate coding leading to wrong payments in Part B claims. The CMS annually updates...
View ArticleImproved Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Guidelines
ICD-10-CM implementation brought several significant changes to the OCG (Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting) with regard to Chapter 9 (Diseases of the Circulatory System) I.C.9.e Acute...
View ArticleGastroenterology CPT and HCPCS Code Upgrades 2019
On September 5, 2018, the American Medical Association (AMA) released the 2019 CPT Code Set in an official press release. The main theme surrounding new codes, revised codes, and deleted codes is to...
View ArticleAMA Releases 335 CPT Changes For 2019
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced the release of the 2019 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set on 5th Sept 2018. There are 335 code changes in the new CPT edition reflecting the...
View ArticleIdentify Coding Pitfalls to Avoid Common Claim Errors
Coding errors accounted for 8.7 percent of improper payments made by Medicare in 2018, which cost over $2.75 billion. To avoid costly denials and potential payback demands, it’s essential to review...
View ArticleTop 5 Compliance Issues for Ambulance Biller
Ambulance service billing involves a host of unique compliance challenges. The ambulance industry has seen a significant number of false claim cases, fraud investigations, Medicare audit activity, and...
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