Unbalanced Equilibrium: US States Facing Shortage of Medical Coders in Spite of High Supply

As if hospital shortages of nurses and pharmacists were not enough, the shortage of medical coders has risen to high levels in some areas in the US and physicians need to act fast least they lose millions of dollars in unbilled charges. American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has reported a nationwide shortage of certified […]

Billers and Coders to Gear up for ICD- 10 – Despite Physician Community Pushing the Deadline

ICD-10’s implementation on October 1, 2013, according to AAPC – will alter everything from the way health care providers document services to the way codes are selected, reported, and reimbursed, however it will be coders who will play a vital role to achieving success in ICD-10 implementation. AAPC’s vice president of ICD-10 education stated that […]

Medical Billing Professional’s Career Prospects Brighten

Growth in Employment of medical record and health information technicians is expected to accelerate much faster than the average field according to the United States Bureau of Labor. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported health information technicians are one of the 10 fastest-growing allied health occupations, being a challenging interesting career where you are compensated […]

Hospital Billing and the Ghost of Imminent Medicare-cut Impact

Hospital billing serves the role of invoicing for the medical services delivered by hospitals or healthcare organizations, both for in-patient and out-patient care. Hospitals, which hitherto could evade the backlash of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) fix, face an imminent 27.4% reduction to their Medicare fees starting this January unless the Federal Government decides otherwise. […]

Is Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model Viable?

“Given the situation, although the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model of medical care seems a safer option, yet the initial clinical & operational realignments and adhering to CMS compliance measures may seem a bit exhausting for physicians. But, sooner or later, ACO can become mandatory requiring radical realignments amongst practitioners. Therefore, rather being forced into […]

The Changing Landscape of Healthcare Reimbursement in 2012

“As the projection for 2012 forecasts an unprecedented increase in patient population, physicians will have a hard time balancing their time resources between quality medical care and adhering to imposing compliance regimen promulgated by the Federal Healthcare Reforms. Therefore, it becomes crucial that practitioners seek strategic alliance with medical billing advisories that can ease their […]

Increased usage of Mobile Devices by Physicians while accessing medical records

Smartphones and other mobile devices have made it easier for physicians to perform some of their duties from any remote location and have also pushed many physicians to test the plausibility of these technologies being used in the healthcare industry. CompTIA, an information technology association, survey reported that 56% of physicians are using smartphones, and […]

Physician Credentialing: Worth Getting Right to Get Paid

Physician Credentialing Physician credentialing is the process of organizing and verifying the professional records that qualify a doctor to practice medicine. As physicians, despite your reputation for benchmarked medical services, you could be losing out when it comes to realizing medical bills reimbursed fully by respective health insurance carriers. And when you start to analyze […]

Meaningful Use’ Compliant EHR Technology Implementation – Specialists’ Perspective

“While specialist practitioners, such as Radiologists, Psychiatrists, Chiropractors, Urologists, etc. can claim exemptions and exclusion of certain objectives set out in the Meaningful Use Clause by CMS, they are not treated preferentially as far as documenting clinical processes using approved and compliant EHR software is concerned: their responsibility for reporting clinical data using Certified EHR […]

Driving Physicians’ Practices towards Accelerated EMR Implementation

“Notwithstanding the incentive bait for ‘Meaningful Use’, and penalty threat for ‘Non-compliance’, there has an encouraging statistics about migration from manual to digital form of healthcare practice management. But, considering the quantum of target to be reached to meet Macro EMR/EHR objectives, we are miles away from the originally conceived vision of idealizing healthcare management […]