Components & challenges of plastic surgery billing
Although plastic surgery is generally indentified as a looks-enhancement medical procedure, in many cases it’s done to address genuine health concerns. And often a singular treatment episode may include both: measures to address health concerns (reconstruction) and improve looks (cosmetic). This tangled nature of plastic surgeries often presents a considerable challenge to patients and surgeons as surgeries done purely for cosmetic purposes are not covered under insurance while the ones performed to address genuine health issues are.
This leads to incorrect verification of insurance entitlement often leading to time spent on preparing claims for surgeries that don’t enjoy insurance eligibility or oversight of components of a surgical treatment that come under insurance coverage. Both instances affect the revenues of the plastic surgeon or the clinic of which he/she is a part.
Effective billing and practice management solution are some of the goals of our medical billers and coders in the state of Oregon. To make your practice a successful one, with good collection ratios their must be someone dedicatedly following the billing process, you can depend on our Billers to invest time and expertise on it.
These medical billers stationed in all the major cities like Portland, Salem, Eugene, Gresham and Hillsboro can provide services such as:
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Charge entry
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Accounts receivable management
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Physician credentialing
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Electronic data interface
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CPT, ICD-9 and HCPC coding
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Payment posting
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