Oncology billing and coding is highly specialized due to the complex and long-duration treatment procedures involved in cancer care. As patients undergo various tests, pre- and post-procedural visits, and multiple stages of treatment, ensuring proper documentation and payment tracking at every stage is critical for timely reimbursements.
Oncology billing requires navigating through intricate processes, making it essential for healthcare providers to rely on administrative support to manage the reimbursement cycle effectively.
- Tracking copayments, deductibles, and fee schedules.
- Regular code audit checks to ensure the use of appropriate codes.
- Generating custom reports to analyze cash flow and manage accounts receivable.
MBC’s Medical Billing Specialist Provide Value Added Services:
With a vast experience in medical billing and coding, our Georgia medical billers accommodate physician’s individual needs and provide value-added services. They have more than 10 years of medical billing experience and have provided back-office operations like billing and collections to physicians in major cities like Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah and Athens and also are updated with the ever-changing rules and regulations in billing. They have proven their expertise in billing functions like:
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Electronic and paper claims submission
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Follow up on denied claims
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Usage of CPT, ICD-9 and HCPCS codes
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Tailor made monthly financial report
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Accounts receivables management
Comprehensive Medical Billing Services in Georgia
Medical Billers and Coders (MBC) provides expert medical billing services in Georgia, ensuring efficient revenue cycle management for healthcare providers in cities like Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, and Athens. MBC has over 25 years of experience and our skilled medical billers and coders specialize in handling complex billing scenarios, significantly reducing denied claims and improving cash flow.
- Electronic and paper claims submission
- Comprehensive accounts receivable management
- Follow-up on denied claims to recover revenue
- Accurate usage of CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS codes
- Customized monthly financial reports
Our Medical Billing Specialists from Georgia can Enhance Your Practice Financially
Our Medical coding specialists are aligned with Georgia’s state regulations and federal guidelines, ensuring compliance and optimal revenue collection. We have a commitment to accuracy and provide detailed code audits, consistent insurance follow-ups, and the ability to increase collections significantly.
Our expertise in various billing software ensures smooth integration into your practice, while our HIPAA-compliant processes safeguard patient data. We navigate the complexities of healthcare billing, including rejected claims and past-due accounts. Our professionals enable physicians to focus on patient care while achieving higher profitability and steady growth.
Oncology entails complex and long drawn out treatment procedures in the process of providing preventive and curative cancer care. As the patients go through the innumerable tests and pre- and post-procedural visits, they need authorizations and rigorous follow-up with the physician. Consequently, the billing and coding process is quite complicated as the documentation and tracking of payments at each stage clinical service is critical for getting reimbursement on time. In order to focus on their patients’ healthcare, the doctors have to fall back on administrative support to manage their reimbursement process.
This is where our oncology billing and coding specialists can support health care providers. Our billers and coders are certified, tech-savvy, experienced, and have a track record of providing error-free and denial-free billing and coding services nationwide. These billing experts consistently upgrade and adapt their professional knowledge in order to provide a pro-active approach and optimum skill set to ensure a healthy revenue return for your practice.
Because of their impressive credentials, our billers and coders have been the preferred choice of individual physicians, clinics, multispecialty groups, hospitals, and diagnostic centers across the nation. Here is quick glance of our affiliates’ credentials:
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Certification from The American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC)
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Familiar with medical billing softwares like EHR Software: NextGen Healthcare, Epic, Cerner, AthenaOne, NueMD, TherapyNotes, DrChrono, eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, Athenahealth, Practice Fusion, TherapyNotes etc.
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Trained on coding software.
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Being able to apply standard CPT, HCPCS procedure and supply codes, and ICD-CM diagnosis coding as per CMS guidelines
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Successful track-record of processing medical bills with leading commercial carriers such as United health, WellPoint, Aetna, Humana, HCSC, Blue Cross Group, etc.
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Ability to negotiate successfully with Medicare and state-specific Medicaid policies.
Applying qualitative credentials to diverse services
Our billers and coders handle diverse billing and coding services to optimize revenue generation and patient influx for physicians while relieving them to focus on research and development.
Extent of oncology services billed and coded by our experts
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Billing and coding of clinical services, wherein the prime focus is on billing and coding of certain systemic treatments such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiotherapy to treat patients with both curative and palliative aims appropriately
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Billing and coding of diagnosis and treatment procedures for cancers of the female reproductive system
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Billing and coding of services involving diagnosis and treatment procedures for cancers of the blood and lymphatic system
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Billing and coding of radiation services such as ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) computed axial tomography, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose or treat cancers
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Billing and coding of surgical services
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Billing and coding of histopathology services comprising biopsy procedures for determining type and stage of cancer
Value delivery to physicians
The physicians who conscientiously chose to outsourced their oncology billing and coding services have been able to reap advantages of our proactive billing management cycle, which has yielded radical benefits such as:
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Simplification of revenue cycle
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Appreciable increase in collection rates
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More patient inflow and referrals
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Increased avenue for research and development by physicians