Physical therapy services, owing to their inherent nature, have often been found to be elusive while billing for medical reimbursement. Unless medically deemed fit, these services cannot be billed for reimbursement. Consequently, physicians are apprehensive of undertaking certain services that might deprive them of reimbursement for medical services.
How does medical billing and coding support aid in Physical Therapy reimbursement?
Despite the healthcare providers pre-emptive scrutiny in determining eligibility for medical reimbursement, they may not always be successful in segregating ineligible cases due to their preoccupation with focused medical care as well as somewhat uncertain nature of this specialty-specific billing and coding.
Medicalbillersandcoders.com, the largest consortium of medical billers in the US, are known for accurate screening for deciding the eligibility of certain services for reimbursement. Such an efficient screening is indispensible for mitigating adverse impact on revenues from reimbursement. Laying a firm foundation for a comprehensive and efficient billing reimbursement solution, our Physical Therapy billing Specialists establish a well-phased system for an efficient claim submission and realization.
Our medical billing specialists in Maine have been delivering quality and responsive medical billing services to physicians and hospitals for more than 12 years. Though a small state, physicians across Maine are experiencing a shortage of trained Medical Billers and Coders, but the number of billers available with us defies this point.
These Billers are located in major cities of Maine like Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland and Aubum. Billers from these cities manage to cover the entire states’ requirement of specialist physicians and display excellent skills across the following services:
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Patient demographics entry
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Physician and Nurse credentialing
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Charge entry
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Electronic filing of claims
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Payment posting
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Follow up on aging claims
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Appeals and re- submission of corrected claim
Comprehensive Medical Billing Services in Maine
MBC medical billing specialists in Maine have been delivering quality and responsive medical billing services to physicians and hospitals for over a decade. Despite being a small state, Maine faces a shortage of trained Medical Billers and Coders, yet our team has overcome this challenge by providing ample qualified professionals.
Our MBC experts operate in key cities like Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland, and Auburn, covering the entire state’s needs for specialized medical practices. The MBC billers demonstrate expertise across a wide range of services, such as:
- Patient demographics entry
- Physician and nurse credentialing
- Charge entry
- Electronic filing of claims
- Payment posting
- Follow-up on aging claims
- Appeals and re-submission of corrected claims
Top Maine Billing Specialists Enhance Cash Flow & Financial Growth
MBC coding specialists in Maine ensure that your practice remains up to date with any state regulations affecting collections. Their knowledge and attention to detail have helped many practices in Maine improve their revenue cycles and collections. MBC billers in Maine specialize in ensuring compliance with the state's regulations while utilizing years of experience to enhance the financial health of your practice. Letting a specialist handle your medical billing can lead to improved collections significantly, reduce operational costs, and support federal healthcare cost-reduction efforts.
By focusing on accurate coding, code audits, and timely insurance follow-ups, our MBC billers in Maine guarantee higher profitability and steady growth for your clinic. Our proficiency in various billing software and certifications ensures your practice’s seamless operations, giving you more time to focus on patient care.
Value-Added Process to Optimize Reimbursement
Our Physical Therapy Billing and coding solutions include the following process:
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Setting up HIPAA compliant patient privacy reporting on any EMR software of your choice. Coupled with the compliant reporting, EMR system also ensures accurate charge-capture, which is crucial to billing and coding. Compliant EMR system – which runs on latest technology platforms – apart from ensuring operational efficiency, could also earn incentives for adhering to accepted level of compliance.
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Having a compliant patient medical record at their disposal, our billing experts apply appropriate CPT codes for corresponding services. Ingenuity in applying diverse codes: CPT code 97110 for therapeutic procedure on one or more areas to develop strength and endurance, range of motion and flexibility; CPT code 97112 for neuromuscular re-education of movement, balance, coordination, kinesthetic sense, posture, and/or proprioception for sitting and or standing activities; CPT code 97116 for gait training including stair climbing; CPT code 97124 for massage, including stroking, compression, and percussion; CPT code 97140 for manual therapy techniques comprising mobilization/manipulation; CPT code 97150 for therapeutic procedure on group of 2 or more individuals. Application of suitable modifiers: modifier GP for service rendered by a l therapist, and modifier 59 for distinct procedural service. Such an ingenious coding system is precursor to an efficient claim submission devoid of any external audit issues
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Finally, having submitted claims for reimbursement, our billing professionals set up a follow up system for expediting reimbursement of medical bills.
Billing Across Multiple Specialties
Employing a sequential system for claim submission and realization, our billing services have the capability to undertake medical bill submission and claim-realization for diverse specialty-specific Physical Therapy services such as:
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Cardiopulmonary
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Neurological
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Integumentary
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Cryotherapy
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Heat Therapy
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Iontophoresis, electrotherapy and body massaging
Consequent to such best practices in billing management, physicians would be able to efficiently realize their claims with a portfolio of leading private insurance carriers such as United health, Wellpoint, Aetna, Humana, HCSC, Blue Cross Group, and public health insurance schemes such as Medicare and Medicaid.
MBC's unique combination of expertise and experience
Having a competent set of pre-qualification certificated by the American Association of Professional Coders (AAPC); proficient in using advanced medical billing softwares like EHR Software: NextGen Healthcare, Epic, Cerner, AthenaOne, NueMD, TherapyNotes, DrChrono, eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, Athenahealth, Practice Fusion, TherapyNotes etc. and application of latest coding software and expert at applying standard CPT, HCPCS procedure and supply codes, and ICD-CM diagnosis codes – and a proactive outlook to ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010 transition, our Physical Therapy billing experts promise to be an integrated solution for operational efficiency and revenue maximization. Therefore, physicians can be assured of much needed relief from complexities in medical billing.
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