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How do Home Health Care and Wound Care Billing Overlap?

Home healthcare and wound care are two critical components of the healthcare industry that play a pivotal role in improving patients’ quality of life and promoting their overall well-being. The convergence of these two fields is particularly significant when it comes to billing and reimbursement processes. In this article, we will explore the intricate relationship between […]

Understanding CPT Code 77338

CPT code 77338 as maintained by the American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range – Medical Radiation Physics, Dosimetry, Treatment Devices, and Special Services for Radiation Treatment. In the field of medical coding, accurate and up-to-date knowledge is crucial to ensure proper billing and reimbursement. One such code that plays a […]

Role of MBC in Improving Your Anesthesia Billing Services

Managing anesthesia billing can be a challenging and time-consuming task for healthcare providers, as it involves navigating complex billing codes and regulations, as well as ensuring timely and accurate reimbursement from insurance providers. Medical Billers and Coders (MBC) understands these challenges and has developed a range of services to help healthcare providers optimize their anesthesia […]

How to Become In-Network with Insurance Companies?

Becoming an in-network with insurance companies means that a healthcare provider has contracted with multiple insurance companies to provide healthcare services to the insurance company’s members at a negotiated rate. When a healthcare provider becomes an in-network provider, they agree to accept the insurance company’s reimbursement rates for covered services, which are typically lower than […]

Common Billing Challenges of Emergency Medicine

Emergency medicine billing can be complex and challenging due to the unique nature of emergency medical services. Here are some of the common billing challenges of emergency medicine: Common Billing Challenges of Emergency Medicine 1. Correct Coding One of the primary challenges in emergency medicine billing is to ensure that the services provided are properly […]

Significance of Claim Scrubbing in Medical Billing

What Is Claim Scrubbing? Claim scrubbing is a method of reviewing claims before a medical practice submits them to an insurance carrier. Claim scrubbing removes all the errors that might lead to claim denials. In the claim scrubbing process, the billing team checks the correctness of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes in your claims. This […]

Can You Bill Multiple E/M Visits in Same Day for Same Patient?

Multiple E&M visits on the same day for the same patient address instances when a physician(s) or other qualified health care professional(s) reports a single code for multiple medical and/or Evaluation and Management (E/M) services for a patient on a single date of service. General E/M Code Procedure: Generally, a single E/M code should be […]

Providing Complete Clinical Information to Radiologists

It is not uncommon for radiologists to receive inadequate patient information that potentially compromises their diagnostic decision-making abilities and accuracy. The recent evidence-based study has shown that communication of clinical information to the radiologist, including patient complaints and indications for the imaging request, is required for a quality radiology interpretation process and for making recommendations. […]

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