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Should Medical Billing and Coding be Outsourced?
Should medical billing and coding be outsourced? This is a very relevant question in the contemporary scenario. Most of the physicians may find it difficult to decide whether to outsource their medical...
View ArticleHow Secure and Confidential Is Medical Billing and Coding
Medical billing and coding are vital processes in a medical practice, and often busy physicians struggle to find the time to do these. Being highly complex, medical coding and billing demands minute...
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Increase Reimbursements by Outsourcing Medical Billing and Coding
Medical billing and coding have an important role to play in ensuring that physicians get paid what’s due to them. The more efficient these services, the faster the reimbursements. The more often your...
View ArticleRomney’s Medicare Plan Greatly Different from President Obama’s
Their widely different policies are sure to attract significant attention in both the Congressional and Presidential campaigns Both President Obama and Mitt Romney are concerned about the distressing...
View ArticleErrors Continue to Exist in Medical Bills | Medical Billing
According to a University of Minnesota Professor of Health Finance and Insurance, a maximum of 40 percent of claims between hospitals and doctors (or other providers) and insurance companies (or other...
View ArticleMaking the Decision to Outsource Medical Billing and Coding Tasks
One of the main arguments in support of in-house billing is that the physician has better control over the process. However, this is far from true if the practice is a busy one and the physician has...
View ArticleFinal Rule on Second Phase of EHR Funding Program Issued
The final conditions that hospitals and other healthcare providers must satisfy in order to receive incentives under Stage 2 of the federal EHR incentive program were issued on 23rd August. As per a...
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Seven Important Things a Medical Biller Should Follow to Increase the Revenue
Medical billing and coding is extremely challenging in today’s world because of frequent changes in rules and regulations, guidelines and payer policies. AAPC member Ellen Risotti-Hinkle says, “There...
View ArticleCoding for Screening and Treatment of Obesity
Medicare now pays for obesity screening and behavioral therapy as part of its coverage for preventive services. It is estimated that approximately 72 million American adults, which include at least one...
View ArticleNew Medicaid Report Reveals That Physicians Will Be Paid More in the Year 2013
With the effects of the economic recession wearing off and US states slowly picking up the reins of progress once again, a welcome Medicaid trend has been reported. Many states are boosting payment...
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Implementing ICD-10-CM and Its Advantages
There are many changes happening in the field of healthcare and one of the most significant is ICD-10-CM implementation. ICD-10-CM, the 10th revision for the International Classification of Diseases...
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Efficient Coding and Billing Can Keep RAC Audit Fears At Bay
There are a lot of myths and misconceptions among healthcare service providers about the functioning of the RAC (Recovery Audit Contractors). The RAC system was created to help CMS (Centers for...
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How to Prepare for the Transition to ICD-10-CM
The U.S. healthcare industry will move to a new coding system, ICD-10-CM, on October 1, 2014. The scope and complexity of this transition are very different from the transitioning to ICD-9-CM which was...
View ArticleRectifying Claim Denials arising from New Medical Codes
Claim denials happen if your medical coding is not done properly and there are coding errors. New medical codes are released by the American Medical Association (AMA) every year and the chances of...
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Medical Coding – Stick to the Rules
Error-free medical coding is necessary for to prevent denials and ensure timely and proper reimbursement. To get your codes right, rely on the coding guidelines that can be found in the CPT code book...
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Emerging Trends in Medical Billing and Coding
Outsourcing medical billing and coding has become a popular practice among healthcare practices, hospitals, and other facilities. An efficient medical billing company can help its clients eliminate the...
View ArticleHow to Bill Observation Codes
The main objective of observation is to allow the physician to decide whether to admit the patient in the hospital or send the patient home. Even if the patient is made to lie in an inpatient bed,...
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Insurance Contracts and Its Implications in Insurance Verifications
If there is something that doctors and healthcare professionals cannot quite manage, it is going through detailed documentation. They have important tasks at hand, providing life saving care to...
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Getting to Know the Provisions under ERISA
What is ERISA? ERISA is something your practice needs to know about. ERISA, or Employee Retirement Income Security Act, is a 1974-enacted Federal Law conceived to protect the pension plan of an...
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How do Dentists Who do Dental Insurance Billing Bill to Medical Insurances
Many dental services can be billed to medical plans. Dental insurance billing becomes much easier if you know exactly which services these are. For instance, there is no uncertainty when it comes to...
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