Medical Billing for Orthopedics involves meticulous documentation and coding before, during, and after a patient’s visit. MBC’s specialized orthopedic billing and coding team understands the unique challenges faced by orthopedic practices.
Our experts are committed to evolving alongside billing reforms and technologies to reduce claim rejections and improve efficiency.
- Accurate calculation and documentation ensure smoother billing processes.
- Our team evolves with billing reforms for improved claim acceptance.
For more than a decade our medical billers have been providing outstanding medical billing solutions to providers in Missouri. Currently, we have medical billers catering to practices in Jackson, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Biloxi and Southaven.
Our highly qualified staff of medical billers is experienced in billing and successful collection of your claims. Their in-depth knowledge and expertise allows physicians to concentrate on patient care and market their practice. Some of the services, our billers are specialized in:
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Charge entry and insurance verification
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Accurate entry of CPT and ICD-9 patient coding
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Accurate Payment posting
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Follow up on primary and secondary claims
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Collection of all aged account balances
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Customized month report
Medical billing can be considered to be a complicated service in terms of technicality and ever changing regulations, which make it quite difficult to standardize medical billing processes. To bring about some amount of uniformity in the process of billing and coding, the Coding Standards Committee developed new coding standards which also comprise a pool of designated coding and billing professionals. Our local billers and coders in Missouri have kept been following these changes on a regular basis.
Comprehensive Medical Billing Services in Missouri
MBC billers have been providing outstanding medical billing solutions to providers across Missouri for over two decades. Our experts cater to practices in major cities like Saint Louis and Springfield.
Our highly qualified team of medical billers is experienced in successful claims collection, allowing physicians to focus on patient care and practice growth. Some of our key services include:
- Charge entry and insurance verification
- Accurate CPT and ICD-10 patient coding
- Accurate payment posting
- Follow-up on primary and secondary claims
- Collection of aged account balances
- Customized monthly reports
Missouri Medical Billing Experts Maximizing Your Practice Revenue
Medical billing can be complex due to technicalities and ever-changing regulations. MBC experts in Missouri stay updated on the latest coding standards and regulations, ensuring compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, and all commercial insurance. MBC billers specialize in streamlining paper-based and electronic billing processes, following the latest fee schedules and payment criteria.
MBC coding specialists in Missouri have years of experience to help practices optimize revenue. Outsourcing your billing can improve collections, reduce costs, and boost profitability. Accurate coding, code auditing, and timely insurance follow-ups are important to ensuring higher profitability and steady growth for your clinic. Our billers' expertise with various billing software and medical billing processes ensures your practice thrives.
Effective and streamlined coding
Special attention is given to coding so as to make billing error-free. Orthopedic practices may be required to perform numerous clinical activities: non-surgical orthopedics such as physiotherapy, chiropractic, occupational therapy, podiatry, and kinesiology; surgical orthopedics such as hand surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, total joint reconstruction (arthroplasty), pediatric orthopedics, foot and ankle surgery, spine surgery, musculoskeletal oncology, surgical sports medicine, and orthopedic trauma.
Given the high-cost value of these procedures, it is critical to have them accurately coded so as to avoid being denied or underpaid for coding inaccuracy. Our coders, knowledgeable of the entire coding system, can ensure highest coding accuracy.
Impeccable billing and coding credentials
Our Orthopedic Billing services are driven by specialists who have an impressive repertoire of credentials. 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.
Improving your revenue management cycle through pertinent intervention
Traversing a sequential order patient enrollment, scheduling, insurance verification, insurance authorizations, scheduling and re-scheduling, coding, billing and reconciling of accounts our medical billing process can add value in terms of simplicity in submission and retrieval of documents, pre-audit on coding, real-time report generation, application of suitable modifiers, etc.
Thus, our Medical Billing Services complete with accurate charge-capture, intricate procedure coding, electronic filing of claims, patient billing, multi-tiered appeal process, denial elimination initiatives, and compliance standards is the prescription for simplification of your revenue cycle, appreciable increase in collection rates, more patient inflow and referrals, and increased avenue for medical research and development.
Quite expectedly, Orthopedic Physicians who have chosen to engage our billing specialists have been able to make the crucial value-additions: appreciation in practice revenues and clinical efficiency.