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Why Fast and Accurate Credentialing Matters to ENT Practices
No longer just an option for general medical practices and specialists, today’s otolaryngology clinics depend on credentialing to provide their patients with the options they need to afford the best care possible. Credentialing is the process of becoming enrolled with an insurance company, to become part of the preferred provider network. As the healthcare industry…
Read More5 Professional Steps to Better ENT Account Management Success
Do you know what it takes to improve account management at your otolaryngology practice or clinic to help increase payment collections and streamline your office? From insurance verification to establishing patient financial policies, clinical coding optimization to basic management skills for your medical billing system, there are a lot of things you can do right…
Read MoreHow to Prepare for a Healthcare Audit: Best Record-Keeping Practices
It doesn’t matter what type of business you run, nobody wants to be the subject of an audit. When it comes to a healthcare audit, it can be even more stressful. Changes to the healthcare industry have put a real strain on medical practices. Comprehensive record-keeping and staying on top of medical billing services are…
Read MoreContinued Education & Training: Professional Medical Billing
One of the most important areas of education and training for staff at an otolaryngology practice or clinic, is in the area of professional medical billing. Clinical coding optimization isn’t just one of those certifications that you get and forget, but something that needs to be maintained. While your individual staff members are responsible for…
Read MoreHealthcare Consulting for Otolaryngology Billing and Coding
Would your practice benefit from hiring healthcare consulting professionals to assist you with medical billing and coding? Whether your goal is to make improvements to in-house Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) billing and coding or to find resources that will help you with outsourcing medical billing services, MD Pro Solutions can help you to enhance…
Read MoreENT Account Management: Building a Successful ENT Practice
One of the most essential ingredients in building a successful medical practice is in taking control over the accounting. You can do that by setting strict guidelines early on with your medical billing system or you can improve account management if problems occur by hiring healthcare consultants to help train and support your staff. You…
Read MoreWhy ENT Practices Should Outsource Medical Billing Services
One of the toughest decisions for an office manager is to decide whether or not outsourcing medical billing services might be the right step. On one hand, there is the cost of outsourcing billing ENT services to consider; and on the other hand, there is the loss of income and other potential problems that can…
Read MoreWhat are Medical Credentialing and Recredentialing Services?
Before you can understand the importance of performing a task or service, it is necessary to first understand why it is done in the first place. Credentialing is the process of evaluating the practice history of a medical provider. It also evaluates the qualifications and training of that provider relating to the services that he…
Read MoreENT Account Management: ICD-10 Grace Period is Ending Soon
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stated last year that it would not be denying physician claims for Medicare for a period of 12 months, as long as the ICD-10 code that was used was “from the right family” or close enough for accuracy. However, that 12 month period is about to come…
Read MoreContinuing Education Matters: ENT Billing and Coding Support
A lot of people think that once they pass the certification exam for ENT billing and coding, that they are done with school forever. The healthcare industry is a constantly changing and evolving industry, requiring even the most skilled workers to stay on top of changes to otolaryngology management, billing and coding so they can…
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