“Although, physicians can expect their Medicare reimbursements to be unhindered at least for another year or so, they need to equally vigilant with their medical billing, coding, submission, realization, and the Revenue Cycle Management so as to be sure of not letting their Account Receivables (A/Rs) beyond the expiry of the current window for Sustainable […]
Medical Billing and Coding Services in USA
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Medical Reimbursement Issues Push Physicians to Flee Hospitals Triggering a Teverse Trend
For over a decade, US healthcare has seen hospitals integrating with primary healthcare physicians across all the states of the US, challenging the traditional notion of primary care as a separate set of services from hospital healthcare, to provide all types of healthcare services under one roof and ensure mutual benefits that help all the […]
Making physicians’ knowledge transition to ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010 easier, efficient and meaningful
Physicians requiring to upgrading their coding knowledge to a more exhaustive ICD-1O system More than any other clinical or operational entity that needs to realize the affinity to the ICD-10 and HIPAA compliant medical data filing and processing, it is your physicians that require show the lead. As physicians are the first-contact of clinical encounter, […]
Making ICD-10 transition easier, efficient and meaningful
By now medical practices must have realized that the transition to ICD-10 means more than just learning a new code set and upgrading the existing software. As medical practices embark on the transition to a more radical system of clinical and operational regimen, the deadline for which is set at October 1, 2013, they are […]
Addressing Challenges in Medical Billing for Chronic Patients
“As physicians deliberate on the efficacy of outsourcing medical billing companies services for chronic disease management services, they also need to be mindful of the credibility of their prospective service providers. In a medical billing environment, characterized by heterogeneous players, choice of a service provider can get as significant as the decision to go for […]
The nexus between workload induced stress and diminishing revenue in hospitals
‘As if the accountability is not enough, they will also content with diminishing patient inflow and revenue generation. The sum of total of these two reactions would eventually tell on hospitals ability to sustain and grow amidst a highly competitive healthcare industry. And as health insurance becomes pervasive in healthcare industry, physicians will have to […]
Hosted EHR model as a viable alternative to in-house EHRs
“As the application service provider (ASP) hosting model increasingly becomes popular amongst lone-standing and small clinical practices, EHRs hardware manufacturers have begun to offer EHRs platforms that are quite capable of hosting multiple clients at the same time without the apprehension about data overlaps or interchange. While they see an avenue for business augmentation, it […]
Job Outlook for Medical Billers & Coders Looking Optimistic in Idaho, Florida & other US states
Various factors playing a role in altering the salary of a medical biller and coder including work experience, geographic location and type of employer, the job outlook for medical billers and coders in Idaho is very optimistic according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), mainly due to the growing healthcare trend in […]
Providers preparing for 5010 Enforcement–Medical Billers and Coders need of the hour
Already halfway through the HIPAA Version 5010 noncompliance grace period and in this scenario it is imperative for doctors who still haven’t to utilize the remaining few days to upgrade to 5010, as non compliance of submitting electronic claims in the appropriate 5010 format post 1st April, 2012, will result in the Centers for Medicare […]
Medical Billers & Coders Demand Spiked as US Healthcare Adds about 31,000 Jobs in January
Remaining resistant to the pressures of the economy, the healthcare sector has long been lauded as a recession-proof sector, including jobs involving no direct patient care – one of them being medical billing and coding. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – the healthcare sector jobs rose 0.2% to around 14.2 million […]