Medicare Part A covers skilled nursing and rehabilitation care in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) under certain conditions for a limited time. Coverage for care in SNFs is measured in ‘benefit periods’ or sometimes ‘spell of illness. In each benefit period, Medicare Part A covers up to 20 days in full. After that, Medicare Part […]
Increased Scope of Telemedicine Telemedicine and telehealth describe the use of telecommunication tools including the Internet, video, and email to exchange information in the context of health care between patients, providers, consultants, and content for the purpose of education, evaluation, decision-making, and treatment. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine applications had evolved to broadly cover […]
Basics of Wound Care Active wound care procedures are performed to remove devitalized and/or necrotic tissue to promote healing. Debridement is the removal of foreign material and/or devitalized or contaminated tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected wound until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. These services are billed when an extensive cleaning of a […]
E/M Services Claim Denial Reasons As per the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data, approximately 15 percent of evaluation and management (E/M) services are improperly paid and accounted for almost 9.3 percent of the overall Medicare fee-for-service improper payment. Some of the common claim denial reasons are ‘similar services from multiple providers in […]
Challenges in Securing Reimbursements For any practice owner, submitting error-free claims and securing accurate insurance reimbursements is the most important and at the same time most challenging task. Things even get worse due to sloppy billing and coding mistakes practices. As per CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), Medicare, claims worth $6.25 billion in […]
A recent survey of U.S. healthcare organizations highlighted declining reimbursements as a top industry challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic changed payer billing guidelines, and reimbursement policies made receiving accurate reimbursement tougher. Reimbursement complications often lead to documentation and coding inaccuracies leading to increased claim denials. The healthcare reimbursement process requires complicated steps and, at each turn, […]
Basics of Surprise Medical Billing Out-of-network billing, or ‘surprise medical billing,’ occurs when a patient receives a bill for the difference between the out-of-network provider’s fee and the amount covered by the patient’s health insurance, after co-pays and deductibles. These bills can be unanticipated by patients, who often assume that facility-based providers, including anesthesiologists, are […]
What is EDI Enrollment? For a provider is trying to enroll with Medicare FFS, they must first establish an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) agreement with Medicare. EDI is the process of using nationally established standards to exchange electronic information between business entities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopted certain electronic standards for […]
Medical billing which is part of Revenue Cycle Management represents all activities resulting in receiving accurate payment for services rendered to a patient. Medical billing and coding require specialized knowledge and specific skills which can’t be always handled by providers. There are a number of pieces to the puzzle that go from patients visiting your […]
Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is defined as the process of handling claims, processing payment, and generating revenue for your practice. It includes all functions associated with different steps of medical billing, beginning from the time when a patient makes an appointment and ending after all the claims and payments have been collected and the balance […]
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