{"id":1840,"date":"2013-02-12T11:43:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T11:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2014-08-11T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T12:41:49","slug":"streamlining-your-thoracic-and-cardiovascular-surgery-medical-billing-practices-with-integrated-pms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/streamlining-your-thoracic-and-cardiovascular-surgery-medical-billing-practices-with-integrated-pms\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamlining Your Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Medical Billing Practices with Integrated PMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Practice in Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery means expensive facilities that often need to be upgraded to clinical innovations. Despite such expensive cost outlays, continued shortage of physicians may still have allowed them to see more patients, thereby garnering revenues well over capital expenditure. But, severity of health care reforms and Medical Billing<\/a><\/strong> challenges has not allowed physicians in thoracic and cardiovascular practice to realize their dues fully. While Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance fee schedules have greatly been reduced these days, accountability in terms of coding compliance, meaningful use of information technology, and reporting under accountable care organization model (ACO) has increased beyond the control of traditional practice management. As a result health care practitioners, particularly thoracic and cardiovascular surgery practitioners may need to streamline their medical billing in order to remain financially healthy.<\/p>\n

Primary prerequisite to streamline thoracic and cardiovascular surgery medical billing is to have competent and experienced billers and coders who are adept at applying correct ICD-CM, CPT, HCPCS Level II and modifier coding assignments to thoracic and cardiovascular surgical procedures; evaluation and management of documentation guidelines; Medicare billing rules and regulations on coding of surgical procedures performed by thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons; familiarity with medical terminology associated with Thoracic and Cardiovascular specialty; and proficiency in Thoracic & Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology.<\/p>\n

Equally important is to have such billing staff oriented to electronic practice management systems that have effectively replaced paper and manual process of billing, coding, and submission of claims. The unique value proposition of an integrated practice management system is that allows physicians to streamline their medical billing and other administrative tasks without requiring the time and expenses of setting up their own IT architectures. Therefore, it is crucial that Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgical practices chose practice management systems that are integrated with seamlessly integrated with electronic health records and medical billing software in order to streamline medical billing and other administrative functions. Further, it is imperative that such systems conform to Federal security requirements and HIPPA regulations.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of capabilities that you seek while selecting an integrated practice management system for your Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgical practice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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  • Can it process third-party payer claims with reduced occurrence of errors and realize claims within permissible time limit?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Whether it can accomplish insurance verification and authorizations?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Does it facilitate monitoring, and following up on denied claims and collections under account receivable status?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Is it capable of producing reports for audits and reporting requirement?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Is it flexible enough to adjust to operational requirements?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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