As a Chiropractor, you must focus extensively on new advancements in your specialty domain and methods of improving patient care. But like most chiropractors, if you are also a clinic owner or individual medical practitioner, much of your time must also be getting delegated to the financial performance of your practice. Studies have revealed that […]
Medical Billing and Coding Services in USA
Claims Denials
Strengthen Denial Management to Increase Revenue with a Billing Company
A denied claim can be quite frustrating for practices as well as medical billers. If the payer refuses to pay due to minor errors in coding or technicality, practices again have to go through the daunting process of claim re-submission. It costs money to manage the average denial so, even if you manage to collect […]
Does Your Practice Have the Medical Billing Expertise to Handle Rising Claim Denials?
Due to lack of billing expertise, many providers don’t get paid for the services offered. They fail to understand that every single denied claim can prove critical to the financial health of their practice. What medical billing services expertise is required for your practice? Denied claims are an increasing challenge that can be tackled with […]
Payment Posting and Denial Tracking the Most Time Consuming Parts of the Medical Billing Process
Denial tracking and payment posting are time consuming yet fundamental features of the revenue cycle management (RCM). Successful implementation of these processes can have a major impact on efficiency, patient satisfaction and financial performance of your medical practice. Therefore, there is a strong need to automate and streamline the procedure of payment posting and denial […]
Don’t Let Insurance Denials Eat Up Your Revenue Learn the Process of Appeal
In case of claim denials, every medical practice goes through the time-consuming procedure of dealing with a health insurer. Claim denials create a cash flow problem for practices due to which it becomes essential for providers to minimize delays and denials. Simplifying the appeal process: Physicians should appeal a denied claim even if it is […]
Reduce Claim Denials with A Streamlined Medical Billing Process
Medical billing helps reduce claim denials thus minimising losses that arise due to late payments and manual errors. Since medical billing is a complex procedure; adhering to stringent rules and procedures and also keeping up to date with the current regulations is mandatory. It also means educating your staff and keeping check of the ongoing […]
How Can A Billing Specialist Help Avoid Claim Denials?
Number of claims denied in the healthcare industry is a mystery. Claims are getting denied due to various reasons, and moreover the graph is showing an upward movement. It has been observed that most denials are in excess of 20%. As per a recent survey in Georgia, the table below depicts percentage of denials by […]
Improve Denial Management At Your Medical Practice By Switching To A Billing Service!
Medical claims denials have become a norm rather than an exception given that insurance payers’ computer software is geared to find the slightest anomaly and use it as a base for rejection. Simple statistics show that only 70% of claims are paid on first submission. Of the remaining, medical practitioners never bother to resubmit in […]
Denial Management – Integral to Physicians’ Conquering Reimbursement Challenges While Medical Billing
Denials are responsible for major erosion of practice revenues, and, despite the best efforts, denials continue to assume monstrous proportions. The situation has grown so alarming that: Medical practices fail to collect 25% of the money they are owed $125 billion is left in the bag as unpaid claims Only 70% of claims are paid […]
ICD-10 codes and its Impact on Denial Management
The transition from ICD-9 codes to ICD-10 codes presents a huge challenge for medical billers and also affects health care delivery system and physicians’ revenues. The staggering number of additional codes makes the learning process complex. Moreover, the scope for error increases which is exacerbated by a harder denial management process. Insurers have a distinct […]