Healthcare is perhaps one of those few professions which are exception to the general rule of eight hour-a-day duty – professionals are required to stretch beyond their usual duty hours, and may even have to be on a 24×7 vigil. As a result work-related fatigue has been more common, which is undesirable from clinical point […]
Medical Billing and Coding Services in USA
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Physicians to Manage Revenues amidst the Impending 26.5% Medicare Cut with a Medical Billing Service
Ever since Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) began overshooting budgeted Medicare spend, physicians have been under the constant threat of Medicare cut. While Congress’ intervention has delayed the inevitable thus far, it may be a little tougher this time – Centre for Medicare Services (CMS) has already indicated that its fee schedule for 2013 is designed […]
Correlation between Practice Revenue and Operational Documentation
Documentation holds special significance in clinical care – care coordination, easy reference, clinical research, and clinical certification are all made possible by well-documented clinical encounters. But documentation got a new dimension when fee-for-service was first replaced by Medicare-supported reimbursements. And, with the gradual inclusion of private players in health insurance, the significant of documentation is […]
Financial Stability from Collaborative Partnership with Billing Companies
Business acumen is something that is generally lacking amongst health care professionals, particularly doctors or physicians. Physicians are primarily driven by clinical excellence, which they believe it to be pivotal to their existence, growth, and credibility amongst the patient community. True, clinical excellence continues to be a decisive factor even today. But, in a free […]
Recognizing Value in Healthcare Reforms with the Help of a Billing Service
U.S. health care industry is characterized by multiple stakeholders – patients, care providers, and payers. The Federal Government, being the custodian of this priority sector, has had to keep each of these stakeholders in good humor. But, during the recent, there have been a multitude of reforms which have sought “quality medical care at an […]
How Medical Billing Consortiums Are Superior to Medical Billing Companies
The origin of medical billing practices in the U.S. can be traced back to the 1960s when Medicare was introduced as a parallel to cash-based medical services. Since then, insurance-backed medical service has grown enormously, and two-thirds of the total physicians’ fees is routed through insurance of some form or the other. This shift in […]
The Value of Accurate Documentation in Medical Bill Reimbursement
Medical documentation has myriad applications in today’s health care administration – being a reference source for future encounters; enabling coordinated care, both within and across the clinical network; contributing to macro health care planning and reforms; ensuring clinical data privacy and security as per HIPAA norms; and ensuring flawless medical billing. Notwithstanding providers’ effort to […]
Small Medical Practices Register Meteoric Rise in EHR Adoption
It seems solo and small medical practices have decided to take the plunge in a big way – recent statistics reveal that small practices have been able to half-bridge the gap with their larger cousins, whose EHR penetration stands at an impressive 80% since the EHR became mandatory under “Meaningful Use Clause” in 2011. Remarkably, […]
It Pays To Be a Medical Billing and Coding Specialist
Choice of a profession is determined by its stability against job market fluctuation, potential growth, and monetary rewards. The medical billing and coding profession seems to be one those few professions that possess all these attributes. While professionals in other spheres are fighting lay-offs and salary cuts, medical billers and coders’ present and future look […]
Life as Medical Billers and Coders in Today’s Economy
The world’s largest economy has had to weather one of the worst recessions in recent times. Not too long ago U.S. GDP hit the rock-bottom (at -8.9 in the middle of 2009). While it has slowly been coming out of the depths, the growth is not enough to bring down the unemployment rate, which is […]