Happy Patients, Happy Practice
Patient Interaction The medical staff has face-to-face interaction with the patient while the billing team is typically behind the scenes. First-hand interaction with the patient is a prime opportunity to get all information that is needed for a successful revenue cycle. Once the patient walks out of the office, chances of obtaining that information decrease…
Deductible Season: How to conquer your Cash-flow
It is that time of year once again and, while the New Year may bring new patients and new cases to your practice, it comes with a caveat: Deductible Season. If your practice does not already have a strong system in place for collecting Place-of-Service (POS) payments, you may have noticed an increase in your…
Patients Becoming Consumers
Healthcare is a basic necessity for all, but it is often an added expense that millions cannot afford. Providers continue with efforts to lower costs for high-quality care, but patients still face the bulk of the financial responsibility for their care. Consequently, patients are becoming active consumers. Providers now face the feat of catering to…
Ambulatory Billing and Coding
Ambulatory medical billing and coding differ quite a bit from other inpatient billing and coding. This is because the health services are provided through hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) at an outside location, making the service and outpatient service. For this reason, strict guidelines and regulations have to be made by the government through…
New Year, New Radiology Billing Changes
It is finally 2016! New years are always marked by the idea of change. Most of the time, we take these changes upon ourselves, but this year, radiology billing is bringing some massive changes to providers. Radiology billing seems to be changing all the time these days, but let’s take a look at some of…
3 Ways Outsourcing Can Reduce Medical Billing Mistakes
Medical billing is a very complex and grueling task. With thousands of medical codes, hundreds of patients, and multiple insurance companies, it seems nearly impossible for a practice to take on all of the medical billing. Much of a practice’s time is controlled by the medical billing process, but it doesn’t have to be. If…
6 Ways Outsourcing Medical Billing Cuts Costs
Medical billing costs a chunk of money no matter how you look at it. It is a very challenging task with time restraints and enormous pressure. Any practice, small or large, knows just how intense it can get. Because the level of difficulty can sometimes be too much, many practices have turned to outsource medical…
5 Major Reasons Your Claims Are Getting Denied
Getting your claims denied is a tremendous inconvenience for a practice. It not only slows things down in the office, but it also delays your payments. It is important to understand why you may be experiencing a build-up of denied claims. As a medical coding company ourselves, we want to help. Here are the top…
Protecting Patients from Online Hackers
Because the health industry is in a constant state of change, new medical tools are frequently invented to help ease workflow. Practices that do in-house medical billing and coding are happy to invest in any medical tool that might make office work simpler – and this, for the past decade, has included online storage of…
Revenue Cycle Management: Fee Scheduling (Part 6)
Fee schedules are the most subjective things in all of healthcare and can swing wildly from provider to provider, as well as facility to facility. It’s also one of the most mystical things for patients to understand. In fact, it’s is one of the most frequent patient questions we get as a medical billing service…
