Obstetricians are specialist physicians in pregnancy and postpartum, gynecologists are the one who specializes in the female reproductive system. The health conditions that both these specialties deal with are diverse and diagnosing and treating them definitely involves a lot of detailing along with specificity. OB/GYN billers have to undergo a typical and frustrating medical billing concern, […]
Many Ob-Gyn specialists are facing medical billing and coding difficulties due to the 2014 CPT and Medicare code changes. These changes include a clarification of who should be billing discharge-day management, new codes for image-guided fluid drainage, the addition of inter-professional Internet and telephone consultations, and new codes for fibroid embolization and laparoscopic ablation of […]
Are your coders performing coding operations using incomplete documentation? In order to process insurance claim reimbursement in a speedy manner, coding for diagnosis and treatment procedures is usually done with unfinished documentation. Missing information results in inaccurate coding, causing revenue loss and compliance issues. Providers need to understand that accurate documentation is the basis of […]
Transition to ICD-10 is going to increase work pressure for OB GYN practices. The new coding system will have twice as many obstetrical codes as ICD-9, adding specificity to the characterization of obstetrical conditions. An organized approach will be required for smooth transitioning to ICD-10 from co-ordinating with payers to testing of existing and new […]
OB GYN practices are comprised of gynecologists and obstetricians and this creates room for unusual billing errors. In comparison to typical medical billing, underpayment is more common in OB GYN practices. This is due to the rules that surround multi-procedures. If follow-up is not done for underpayments, practices can lose a lot of revenue Another […]
Some women will wait until they are over 40 years of age to begin thinking about having children. This happens because they become busy with careers and relationships. They seem to forget that the odds of getting pregnant later in life are lower than when they were younger. Women who wait later in life to […]
It must not have come as a surprise to professional billers and coders that the complexities around OBGYN are beginning to take a toll on OBGYN care providers’ finances. Understanding the complexities of OBGYN, any expert will admit, is not easy as there are various rules as well as exceptions together with multiple codes for […]
In various ways, OBGYN is a boon for pregnancy care – as it brings together gynecology and obstetrics which are closely connected and support each other. But the downside of this is that it also leads to diverse complexities, high costs and billing challenges for OB GYN practices causing their bottom line to shrink gradually. […]
OBGYN promises to be a holistic solution to the challenge of pregnancy bringing together obstetricians (specializing in pregnancy) and gynecologists (dealing with reproductive organs), thus ensuring a close coordination and synchrony between the two. But, thanks to this combination, some of the challenges OBGYN poses are unique. Pregnancy is fraught with unforeseeable eventualities and gynecology […]
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