A significant challenge that care providers face in the US today is unrealized account receivables stemming from rejected insurance claims by Medicaid and Medicare officials. Physicians often find this challenge daunting because it requires them to handle what they are not meant to: administrative responsibilities The medical billing and coding cycle requires thorough knowledge and […]
Medical Billing and Coding Services in USA
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How much salary can Medical Coders expect in New Mexico?
The New Mexico state government has introduced an incentive program where healthcare providers will be rewarded for moving their data operations to an electronic platform to be HIPPA complaint Chronic diseases and conditions prevalent in New Mexico have led to an increase in consumption of healthcare services like laboratory studies, radiologic imaging, oncology treatment and […]
Average Single Specialty Practices Cater to 42-49 Percentage of Medicare Populace!
That means nearly half of your total patient population comprises of Medicare beneficiaries. And, you could have remained indifferent as long as Medicare’s reimbursements continued to be as normal as private health insurance reimbursements. While physicians’ have remained immune to its impending backlash thus far, they may not be so lucky henceforth; the Federal Government, […]
When was the last time your clinic checked the fees schedule? Streamlining your Medical Billing
Optimizing Fee Schedules for Physicians: An Overview The fee schedule for any physician practice is an important pecuniary factor that affects not just your revenue but also the way in which healthcare is delivered to the patients. Many practices fail to update their fee schedules on a regular basis which can affect the profitability and […]
Growing Trend in Medium Size Clinics Referring to Medical Billing Outsourcing
Small and Medium-sized Clinics: Great Expectations Small and Medium sized clinics face unique type of challenges in almost all functions of physicians and staff such as administration, revenue cycle management, Electronic Health Records (EHR) implementation, and the challenge of keeping pace with the recent health reforms. The nature of the core functions as well as […]
Electronic Medical Billing, a preferred way improve your collections
As the insurance reimbursement environment becomes increasingly stringent, the incidence of denials, delays, underpayments, and lost or ignored claims seems to be on the rise. Consider this interesting statistics compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS: 70% of claims are paid the first time they are submitted; 30% of claims are either […]
How Medical Billing Services Contribute to Retaining Patients at Your Facilities
The intense competition in the healthcare industry is triggering unprecedented benefits to the patient fraternity. While the quality of medical care has improved by leaps and bounds, patients now, have choices and alternatives just in case they feel deterioration in the perceived level of medical care. This sudden shift in favor of patients means physicians […]
Medical Billing Services: A Safe Passage for Denial and Delay Management
Payer denials and delays is a cause of worry for every doctor in the US. A denied or a delayed claim leads to loss of revenue for the physician. To top it all the physicians are now looking at an uncertain future working in the Medicare program due to introduction of reimbursement cuts. In the […]
Improve your Revenue by Overcoming Hurdles in EMR Implementation
There has been a definite improvement in the United States in the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and its implementation in the last decade (2001-2011). A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 57 percent of office-based physicians in the country have adopted EMRs. However, 34 percent of physicians only […]
AR aging over to 120 days – Is it Prudent to opt for a medical billing service?
Accounts receivables (A/R) management is a vital element of revenues for physicians and forms a crucial part of a physician’s revenue because of the role of insurance companies and other similar entities in the whole revenue cycle process. There are several methods of managing accounts receivables and there are no common techniques of evaluating this […]