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.
Your practice can suffer with changing healthcare conditions and reductions in reimbursements can prevent you from retaining quality staff. At the same time maintaining the level of profitability for your practice can be quite a challenge.
Our Vermont medical billing professionals, with their exceptional expertise in billing and collections services can help you to streamline your daily operations as well as increase your practices’ expansion and find more time to deliver your patients with the highest degree of care. These Billers are present in almost all major cities of Vermont like Burlington, Essex, Rutland, Colchester, and South Burlington.
Our Billers are specialized in providing the following Medical Billing functions:
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Data entry of patient demographic
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Analysis of accounts receivables
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Aggressive follow ups on transmitted claims
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Tailor made practice management reporting
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Speedy eligibility verification
Specialized Medical Billing Services in Vermont
Our specialized medical billing services in Vermont support healthcare providers across Burlington, Essex, Rutland, Colchester, and South Burlington. We help practices navigate changing healthcare conditions and reimbursement challenges while maintaining profitability.
Through comprehensive RCM solutions including demographic management, accounts receivable analysis, and strategic claims follow-up, our expert billing team enables practices to streamline operations while focusing on patient care. MBC coding specialists maintain current certifications and deep understanding of Vermont's diverse payer landscape, ensuring optimal revenue performance during staffing transitions.
Vermont Medical Billing Specialists Enhance Practice Success
Our Vermont medical billing specialists deliver targeted solutions to address modern healthcare billing challenges. Through efficient eligibility verification, proactive claims management, and customized practice reporting, we help practices improve collections by 20%.
Our certified team eliminates the burden of training and maintaining administrative staff while ensuring consistent revenue cycle management. By combining industry expertise with thorough understanding of state regulations, we help Vermont medical practices achieve sustainable growth while meeting federal cost-reduction initiatives. This comprehensive approach enables healthcare providers to maintain strong financial health while 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.
