Effective Patient Care versus Revenue Cycle Management: Physicians Perform a Balancing Act

Physicians in the U.S., despite ranking high for their medical competence, have never been able to fully realize and optimize their medical bill reimbursements owing to an increasingly complex health insurance system that has been constantly evolving, and characterized by: HIPAA Compliant Medical Reporting Stringent Billing and Coding Regimen Technological Interface for Electronic Billing and […]

Outsourced Medical Billing – the prescription for new practices’ impressive ROI

Given the rapidly expanding patient base, and an insatiable demand for quality medical care, it is not surprising that each passing-by moment is witness to the birth of a new practice. Despite being driven by a larger healthcare vision, new practices – operating in a market-driven environment – are inevitably forced to lend equal significance […]

Avenue for Optimizing Dental Practice Revenue

Unprecedented increase in qualified dental practitioners, technological advancement, and market-driven competition has all contributed to continual decrease in operating margins. The fact that dental practitioners, whose core-concern is to maintain highest standard in dental care, rarely find time or resources to address revenue issues has further compounded the issue. But, there exists unanimous consensus on […]

Level of Preparedness for Smooth Transition to ICD-10

US Federal Government, which has earmarked October 1, 2013 as the deadline, has sought to replace the 30-year-old ICD-9 with the radical ICD-10 – believed to be harbinger of sweeping changes across all facets of healthcare organizations: providers, staff, processes, insurance carriers, and systems and technology. But, given the experience in other countries – UK, […]

Professional Revenue Cycle Management Consultancy Services by Medicalbillersandcoders.com

MBC offers expert consultancy services to healthcare providers across the US for strategic, operational, and revenue cycle management, no matter the size of their organization. Viewing the dynamic changes sweeping through the healthcare industry, we have perceived an urgent requirement of professional support and assistance to healthcare providers to adapt to the latest regulations and […]

Primary care Physicians to be the most affected by the proposed 30% CMS Cuts on Medicare payment for 2012

The physicians’ proposed fee schedule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2012 includes approximately 30% payment reduction in Medicare payments. If the proposed Medicare cuts become a reality, it may result in the primary care physicians, both government employed as well as private physicians, withdrawing from Medicare, as it is […]

Latest Coding Resources and Products Available Online, for a Fee

Coding is a very crucial step in a clinic’s revenue cycle process and coders need to keep themselves updated with changing industry regulations and norms to remain competitive. But the question is how? The latest online coding resources offered by the American Medical Association have come as a blessing for the coders by providing electronic […]

ICD-10 Implementation: An update for physicians and coders

The transition to ICD-10 is much more than a mere increase in codes and field sizes. The descriptions of diagnosis codes in ICD-10 may be very different to what coders are used to seeing and using in ICD-9. Therefore, the complexity in transition is significant and shouldn’t be avoided by medical coders. An easier and […]

Synchronizing ePrescribing, PQRS, and EHR Criteria

There can be many issues with a conventional paper prescription issued by a doctor. To begin with, most chemists find it difficult to understand illegible handwriting on the prescription, leading to disbursement of wrong drugs or dosages. Secondly, patients may need to return to the doctor for changes in the prescription, such as, extending it, […]

The Top 5 States for Physicians to Practice Medicine

The best states in the US for practicing medicine can be determined by taking a holistic view of the state of health care in that particular area and comparing it with other places. Some states are surprisingly physician-friendly while some may not be very suitable for physicians in certain specialties. The ranking can be based […]