The procedure of appealing an insurance claim is intricate, although it can be successful if completed properly because there are many grounds for claims to be denied by an insurance company or a payer. The payer collects a lot of claims on a daily basis and the claim can be easily denied if there has […]
Medical Billing and Coding Services in USA
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‘Pay-as-you-go’ as a value-based medical billing service model
While we are not alien to the term ‘pay-as-you-go’, it is something that is catching the imagination of physicians opting for outsourced medical billing services. Unlike in the past, when ‘pay-as-you-go’ was sporadically availed by a few physicians, it is now emerging as a viable alternative to long-term contractual medical billing services. Well… what is […]
The Growing Emphasis on Medicare-Specific Medical Billing Services
Medicare, which continues to remain as the nation’s largest public health insurance scheme covering nearly half the United States’ population in its health insurance ambit, has gone through considerable reforms over the years. In fact, the evolution of Medicare can be defined as: Phase-I when it actually used to reimburse physicians the actual cost of […]
How do modifiers increase your AR by more than 60 days?
The number of days a physician’s takes to collect their receivables is a good indicator of how well the physician’s clinic is collecting its accounts receivables. Industry standards state that organizations which were considered as “better-performing medical practices” – excelled in four performance management categories, one of which were Accounts Receivable and Collections. Depicting that […]
MBC’s job board for increased job prospects!
MBC has recently launched a job board to lessen the complexity of bringing physicians and coders together, eventually working as an easy-to-use interface between them through the facility on job listing. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Medical billers and coders are considered to be in high demand among the allied health […]
Medical Billing Consultancy Role in Practices Planning for ICD-10 Conversion
The extent and scope of ICD-10’s clinical and operational impact is such that it is going to influence how functional departments coordinate and operate internally among themselves as well as with external entities such as payers and regulatory bodies. Therefore, it is imperative that providers migrate to clinical and operational practices that best endorse ICD-10 […]
Medicaid vs. Private Insurance: Providers’ Perspective
Medicaid not only plays a significant role in helping disabled and indigent people in the country but also provides important financial support for long term care patients. However, Medicaid also has a pivotal role to play in crowding-out private players in the insurance industry. Medicaid is essentially for poor people or indigent individuals and families […]
Practicing Medicine in Multiple States: Inherent Medical Billing Challenges
Contrary to single-location practices that were the norms during olden days, the recent trend has been the exploring of practice opportunities in multiple locations. It is not strange for a medical practice/clinic/hospital to expand its operations beyond the original location once it has built up a considerable reputation. Moreover, multiple-location operation has its own advantages: […]
Driving Patient Engagement Through Healthcare-Based Social Media
From seemingly innocuous platforms for personal interaction amongst registered community members, social media (comprising Face Book, Twitter, and other interactive sites) has emerged as a powerful channel for marketing. In fact, its business-utility has grown to so much that it has evolved to be a parallel channel to the traditional mode of advertising of products […]
Averting common operational & legal pitfalls at your medical practice
Medical practice and legal issues have long been inseparable. History is full of examples wherein practices have run into legal hassles, and eventually been penalized with criminal as well civil charges. Barring some strange cases that have been intentional, physicians have had to pay for what is known as negligence or reluctance to avail medico-legal […]