Group appointment, also referred to as shared medical appointment, includes multiple patients seen as a group for follow-up or routine care. These visits are voluntary for patients and provide a secure but interactive setting in which patients have: improved access to their physicians, the benefit of counseling with additional members of a health care team […]
The year 2010 has registered a hike in the median compensation for Hospitalists. The Hospitalists in adult medicine saw their compensation increase 2.6% to $220,619 from $215,000 while the Pediatric Hospitalists‘ pay rose by 7.2% to $171,617. The report, which is based on MGMA survey information, takes into account data from 4,633 hospitalists in 412 […]
The Medicaid recovery Audit program is due to get implemented nationwide in January, carrying on in a similar vein as Medicare RAC program, as announced by CMS on 14th September, 2011. The Medicare RAC had recovered $451.3 million in overpayments and corrected $78.5 million in underpayment within six months in 2011. The Dept. of Health […]
“Proactively realizing the need for preparing to face up to these challenges, many professional medical billing companies have taken up upgrading their system and human capabilities to the probable demands emanating from healthcare reforms”. A string of healthcare reforms announced by the Federal Government over a year or so have changed the landscape of the […]
“Despite such volatile environment, physicians have to find means to realize their each and every dollar owed them as their very sustenance and growth hinges on efficient reimbursement of medical bills” Unlike other professional services that realize their professional fees instantly, without having to rely on a third party (insurance carriers), physicians have to go […]
Under-coding can be defined as the procedure of medical coding where the codes do not reflect the full extent of the treatment provided to a patient. This can usually happen due to many reasons but the most common are errors or misreading of codes or because of the misconception that the chances of insurers paying […]
The process of appealing a denied insurance claim is complicated but can be effective if done correctly since there are numerous reasons for claims to be denied by an insurance company. The payer or insurance company receives thousands of claims everyday and the claim can be quickly denied if there has been an error in […]
‘The readily available sources for implementing security-rich technology platforms should not only make your search easier but also ensure Patient Privacy Compliance by sage-guarding critical information against undesirable proliferation, and sharing information only at the behest of patients’ Although there have been sporadic incidents of patient privacy breach, yet, the recent episode reported in a […]
The inherent nature of Health Insurance is such that it is highly susceptible to fraud and abuse by unscrupulous healthcare providers and beneficiaries. Consequently, there has been an unbridled rate of fraud and abuse amounting to billions of dollars – a reliable statistics puts it around 300 billion dollars, and still counting. Whereas, primarily, it […]
The major challenges faced by physicians who run a small practice or clinics that have less than four or five physicians are expanding exponentially. Many physicians find themselves worrying and spending time on administrative processes and interacting with payers rather than spending some quality time with their patients. The recent health reforms including the HITECH […]
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