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Why Healthcare Practices Need Claims Management Outsourcing
Claims management basically means submitting and collecting claims for the medical services rendered to a patient. The starting point of the process is the collection of information from the patient...
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Guidelines for Using ‘Separate Procedure’ CPT Codes
The AMA Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) lists a term ‘Separate Procedure’ under surgery guidelines. The term refers to the procedures and services performed as integral components of a total...
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Reimbursement for Ultrasound Guided Pain Management
Healthcare providers in any medical specialty should submit claims with appropriate medical codes and modifiers to receive proper reimbursement for services provided. This holds true for the specialty...
View ArticleDiagnostic Errors Rank High Among the Most Harmful Medical Mistakes
A new study published in the BMJ Quality & Safety Journal by a group of researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found diagnostic errors to be the most common and costly...
View Article2014 CPT Coding Changes for Pain Management
Pain is a very complex phenomenon and pain management physicians have to treat patients of diverse age groups with levels of pain varying from neoplasm-related pain to post-surgical pain. Given these...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety...
Doctors can make mistakes, especially when they’re rushed. A March 2013 study by Dr. Hardeep Singh representing Houston Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety...
View ArticleProtect your Practice’s Bottom Line While Adopting ICD -10
It is true that ICD – 10 transition can improve the healthcare documentation process and benefit physician practices, patients, and the broader healthcare system by providing a better understanding of...
View ArticleMedical Testing Price Comparison by Physicians Can Cut Health Care Costs
It is expected that total health care spending in the United States will reach $4.8 trillion or nearly 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2021. Increasing health care costs are straining...
View ArticleHEDIS Vital for Health Plan Assessment
HEDIS for Accurate Health Plan Comparison HEDIS is a vital set of measures that define the effectiveness of a health plan in America, and is important for prospective health plan members, healthcare...
View ArticleObamacare – Narrowing the Network of Providers Accessible to Enrollees
Most people, especially the sick and the elderly community opt for Obamacare owing to the cost advantages it offers. However, many people looking for coverage will find that they have access only to a...
View Article24% Pay Cut for Medicare Docs in 2014 – How Physicians May Offset It
A recent CNN report has highlighted the 24.4% cut Medicare doctors are going to face in their reimbursements from January 1, 2014. This is much higher than the 2% reduction in 2013. This scheduled cut...
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Lindsey Vonn Misses Sochi Olympics due to Torn ACL and Sprained MCL
American Skier Lindsey Vonn is not participating in the Sochi Olympic Winter Games due to severe knee injury. Vonn is the most recognized name in Alpine skiing as a four-time overall World Cup...
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ICD 10 Implementation Delayed Until 2015
For the last six months, there was a big push for ICD-10. However, the implementation of ICD-10 has now been delayed until October 1, 2015. The news is a big relief for many healthcare providers who...
View Article“Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014″ Comes as a Relief to Physicians
On April 1, 2014, President Barack Obama passed the legislation, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 that enacts a 13-month temporary patch for the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula and...
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UK Doctors Have Developed a ‘Heart Age’ Calculator for CVD Risk Reduction
Experts from 11 UK professional societies (the Joint British Societies or JBS) and charities engaged in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention have developed a new risk calculator named ‘JBS3′, that...
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How Google Glass is Beneficial for the Healthcare Industry
Technological developments have made a huge impact in the healthcare industry in the form of electronic medical records (EMRs), advanced medical billing and coding software and other such improvements....
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Pennsylvania Researchers Found that Primary Care Capacity Exists in Each State
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found providers across the United States are capable of accepting new patients prior to the start of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage expansions. The...
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Study Suggests Need to Reconsider Age of Cervical Cancer Screening
Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2014, about 12,360 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be...
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National Walk for Epilepsy 2015 – An Initiative to Raise Funds for Epilepsy...
Epilepsy (also referred to as “fits”) is a serious neurological disorder in which the central nerve cells in the brain work abnormally causing seizures. According to 2014 statistics, approximately 2.2...
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National STD Awareness Month – An Initiative to Raise Awareness about...
April is observed as National STD (sexually transmitted diseases) Awareness Month in the United States. The annual observance is an opportunity to raise public awareness about the impact of sexually...
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