ENT Billing and Coding: Surviving the Coming ICD-10 Changes
If you work in account management for an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) practice, there are some things that you…
Introduction to and Background of Clinical Audits
The clinical audit is a process that is designed to improve the quality of data recording in medical practices. The…
How to Handle a Medicare Audit
Just because you may be facing a Medicare audit doesn’t mean that it is the end of the world. However,…
Congress Being Urged to Keep Oct. 1, 2015 ICD-10 Transition Date
Earlier in November 2014, a coalition of healthcare groups sent a message to Congress and the Senate, urging leaders to…
Why is Doctor Credentialing so Important?
What is doctor credentialing and why is it so important? Well, credentialing is the process that insurance providers use to…
You Can Improve Charge Capture to Benefit Your Medical Practice
It is a common problem. Each year, practices and hospitals lose millions of dollars when patient care is not billed…
Making the Insurance Credentialing Process Less Frustrating
Healthcare organizations, payer networks, and hospitals require insurance credentialing to accept a provider within their network or to treat patients…
Medical Chart Audits: How much Money is Your Practice Losing?
One big question that practices ask themselves is whether or not they are truly billing what they should. What is…
End-of-Life Discussion Codes Sign Medicare will Consider Reimbursement
The American Medical Association (AMA) has released new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes that are to be used in advanced…
ICD-10 Expected to Bring Value to Injury Data
The International Classification System for Diseases in the U.S. is used for reimbursement, general epidemiological public health surveillance, and health…
Automate the Revenue Cycle Process through Medical Billing
The revenue cycle is something that touches practically everything that is related to the healthcare industry. The process begins at…
Tightening Healthcare Organization Security
Healthcare security is something that is very important. One example of why it is important is the data breach that…