Medical claims denials have become a norm rather than an exception given that insurance payers’ computer software is geared to find the slightest anomaly and use it as a base for rejection. Simple statistics show that only 70% of claims are paid on first submission. Of the remaining, medical practitioners never bother to resubmit in […]
Medical Billing and Coding Services in USA
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Outsourced Medical Billing an Avenue For Optimizing Practice Income
A physician takes all the necessary measures to treat his patient, but are the rewards received easily? The answer to this question would be a NO. In the current healthcare scenario a physician has to face various challenges to claim his allowable amount from diverse payers depending on their varied policies. Additionally insurers have a […]
Podiatrists Struggling With Ever Increasing Costs Utilize Efficient Medical Billing Practices to Ensure Maximized Revenue
With continual healthcare reforms and surmounting medical costs, it is becoming increasingly difficult for physicians to maintain healthy revenues and still deliver quality care. Podiatrists struggle the most with ever increasing costs and have to improve their medical billing practices in order to maintain financial viability in the times to come. In addition, there is […]
Accurate Medical Billing Functions Which Help Practices Overcome Losses & Increase Productivity By 30%!
Medical Practices lose approximately 20-30% of their income due to errors made by the internal billing department, as deduced from various studies. If your billing functions including coding, denial follow ups, collection of patient receivables, staffing and accurate charge entries are not done properly, you will end up losing thousands of dollars on a yearly […]
Understanding the Impact Affordable Care Act Will Have on Family Practitioners & Their Reimbursement Patterns
Affordable Care Act is the upcoming revolution, expected to change the face of the healthcare industry in the years to come. It will not only extend quality care to patients but also improve the way medical services are administered by healthcare practitioners on the whole. Financial advantages of the ACA are hard to ignore and […]
Family Practices Handle New Updates and Coding Changes in 2013 with Efficient Medical Billing
Efficient medical billing practices can strengthen the financial backbone of a family practice and allow family practitioners to focus on the service aspect of their practice. However, in a constantly evolving healthcare industry the need to Update Medical Billing at regular intervals becomes absolutely indispensable. It goes without saying that the year 2013 will see […]
Physicians Balance Healthcare Reform Demands with Work Demands through Effective Medical Billing
Due to the new reforms brought on by the Obama administration, healthcare centres across US are soon likely to receive increased number of patients, handle increased number of administrative activities and hence require to spend increased amount of time on balancing work and reform pressures to be able to run a profitable practice. Difficulties in […]
Cardiology Practices Cope with the Challenges Emerging from Changes in Medical Record Auditing
Medical record auditing is undergoing changes and this has made even the most prepared physicians nervous. Quality of care and services offered by a medical practice is determined by the thoroughness of clinical documentation and medical records maintained by the practice. Therefore, for every Cardiologist, already facing the recent revision to cardiology fee schedule besides […]
Gauging the Accountable Care Readiness of Your Practice
Accountable Care Readiness or ACO is the concept of healthcare providers (medical groups, practices and hospitals) collaborating for bringing down care costs and improving healthcare quality for specific patient population. It is most certainly the rising phenomenon in the exceedingly competitive healthcare industry. With government regulations, audit costs and increased coverage of Medicare and Medicaid […]
Aligning Your Medical Billing Goals with Your Practice’s Goals!
A truly successful medical practice in today’s evolving healthcare industry is one that has its goals aligned with its medical billing goals. To a physician, however, it may seem like yet another time consuming task, but well determined objectives of a medical practice, if successfully translated into billing and coding practices can result in enhanced […]