Month: August 2015

Medical Billing Services – Assess Your Medical Revenue Cycle Before ICD-10

Medical practices everywhere need to take a good hard look at their medical revenue cycle. The implementation of ICD-10 is around the corner and it’s expected to have a major impact on how revenue cycles are managed. Accounts receivable delays, rejections, and denial rates are all expected to peak. Payment variations that were once small…

Why You Should Ignore the ICD-10 ‘Grace Period’

Correct coding is essential in order to get your insurance billing claims paid. For twelve months after the ICD-10 coding updates, beginning October 1st, Medicare review trackers will not deny any incorrect claim made by a physician or practitioner as long as they were codes within the same family. But what defines family? Why is…