Going by the recent statistical result 208 million visits to family physicians each year the relevance of family medicine to the U.S. health care system had never been more pronounced. Family Physicians delivering a range of acute, chronic and preventive medical care services have a patient base unmatched by any other medical specialty. Family Medicine enormous reach entails judicious billing and coding for optimum reimbursement of medical bills, absence of which will adversely impact physicians revenues and medical efficiency, and the healthcare system at large.
Fortunately, Family Physicians can fall back on qualified and experienced billers and coders – certified by AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders), well versed in ICD-9, CPT and HCPCS coding based on CMS and AMA guidelines, and HIPAA privacy compliance– to mitigate such an adverse scenario. Our billers and coders, who fit the bill, have been favorites of a majority of leading Family Physicians, clinics, diagnostic centers, and hospitals.
Did you know?
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Family Practitioners using consultation CPT Codes 90241 to 99248, will be accepted by commercial payers but not be accepted by Medicare; hence Family Practitioners engaging Medicare Patients should be aware of this fact to avoid denials.
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Family Practitioners providing an office visit take a decision of surgery on the same day; need to use modifier 57 for the decision of surgery in order to be reimbursed.
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E&M Modifiers 24, 25 and 57 if used accurately provide 100% reimbursement- to Family Practitioners providing any additional service to patients along with an office visit. Hence Family Practitioners can benefit with maximum reimbursements; by making optimal use of these modifiers.
With over 10 years of medical billing experience, our billers are providing billing and revenue collection services for physicians and practices in Louisiana. Physicians across New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette and Lake Charles are experiencing the seamless medical billing process of these billers.
They take care of your billing tasks and provide you with highest quality of Account Receivables management services. With the use of technology as well as bringing in years of experience of cash recovery these billers have almost always shown a growth of 20% growth.
With this pool of skilled medical billers, you will be able to focus on healthcare and still be able to see better collections regularly. Our medical billing services include:
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Insurance verification
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Electronic claims processing
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Patient billing and collections
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Appeals on unpaid services
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Coding with CPT and ICD-9
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Account receivables management
Comprehensive Medical Billing Services in Louisiana
MBC has over two and half decades of medical billing experience in Louisiana. MBC billers have been providing top-tier billing and revenue collection services to physicians and practices across Louisiana. Several practices in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, and Lake Charles trust our MBC experts for seamless billing processes that ensure consistent revenue growth.
The MBC team combines cutting-edge technology with extensive experience to help you maximize cash recovery. MBC Louisiana billers are highly skilled and specialize in a wide range of services, including:
- Insurance verification
- Electronic claims processing
- Patient billing and collections
- Appeals on unpaid services
- CPT and ICD-9 coding
- Accounts receivables management
Louisiana Medical Coding Specialists Improve Cash Flows & Maximize Practice Revenue
Our team understands that physicians require efficient, hassle-free billing. By reducing out-of-pocket expenses for patients and prioritizing their needs, our MBC billers help boost better patient relationships while improving your practice's bottom line.
We specialize in Louisiana state regulations and our billers apply years of expertise to help your practice navigate billing challenges and ensure compliance. By entrusting your medical billing to a specialist, you can improve collections significantly, reduce operational costs, and support federal efforts to rescue healthcare costs.
Through accurate coding, code audits, and timely insurance follow-ups, our MBC billing specialists guarantee higher profitability and long-term growth for your clinic. Our proficiency with various billing software further streamlines your operations, allowing you to focus on delivering quality patient care.
Ideally Phasing Family Medicine Medical Reimbursement Cycle
Traversing the comprehensive procedures involved in billing and coding, our Family Medicine reimbursement experts have been known for their ideal phasing of reimbursement process into:
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Primary Phase
Patient enrolling, insurance verification and authorization are carried out.
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Secondary Phase
Billing Family Physicians’ diverse services are translated into honest bills using advanced 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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Tertiary Phase
Family Medicine billing and coding experts translate aptly billed diverse services – acute, chronic and preventive medical care services; diagnosis and treatment of internal illness, preventive care, including routine checkups, health-risk assessments, immunization and screening tests; personalized counseling on maintaining a healthy lifestyle; treatment of chronic illness, often in coordination with other subspecialists; and prenatal care services – into complying codes (as per AMA and CMS guidelines)for error-free, denial-free, and optimum reimbursement of Family Physicians’ Medical bills.
There has also been diligent application of suitable modifiers to mitigate undesirable return of claimsform insurance carriers. Consequently, there has been a successful track-record of processing Family Medicine bills with the leading private insurance carriers such as Unitedhealth, Wellpoint, Aetna, Humana, HCSC, Blue Cross Group, and Government sponsored Medicare and Medicaid as well.
MBC Objective
With the sole objective of achieving maximum end-to-end Family Medicine services claim reimbursement, our Family Medicine Coding and Billing Specialists set themselves high standards in professional efficiency. Having to meet the Family Medicine Practitioners’ expectancy level amidst stringent coding and billing system, our professionals continually upgrade their competence to match ‘best practices in medical coding and billing’ for Family Medicine services.
Family Medicine physicians who opted for outsourcing their medical billing with our efficient billing and coding services, have stood to gain in terms of revenues, patient influx and referrals, and benchmarking their medical efficiency.