According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, despite progress in immunization, about 42,000 adults and 300 children in the United States die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. In fact, recent reports indicate that the rising incidence...
What Health Insurance Options will Consumers Retain in 2017?
What are my health insurance options in 2017? This is a question that many people are asking after the presidential elections and the newly elected government announced that it would repeal Obamacare. Healthcare providers, who rely on insurance verification services...
New California Law Will Require Reporting of Deaths from Hospital Acquired Infections
California does not track deaths from hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and a newly proposed bill aims to change this. If passed, the bill will make it mandatory for physicians to record antibiotic-resistant infections on death certificates if the infections...
U.S. Hospitals Boost Revenue after Clinical Documentation Improvement
Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) solutions along with accurate medical billing and coding services are now critical for healthcare specialists to eliminate gaps in the reimbursement and revenue cycle. According to a survey by Black Book Research, 90% of US...
Positive Forecast for Radiology Information System (RIS) Market
A Radiology Information System (RIS) is designed to facilitate and document procedure performance, manage results, and generate radiology medical billing records. According to a recent medGadget report, the RIS market is poised to see rapid growth globally with...
Anesthesiology ICD-10 Documentation Tips
Success in physician billing services under ICD-10 depends on proper clinical documentation and this is critical for anesthesiology. In addition to obtaining higher reimbursement, changing healthcare payment models also make it necessary for anesthesiologists to...
Optimize Resource Utilization and Patient Care with Efficient Medical Appointment Scheduling
With the shift to value-based care, the focus is on increasing patient engagement and satisfaction. Efficient medical appointment scheduling plays a key role in increasing patient access to healthcare and optimizing resource utilization in medical practices. Patient...
Dental Billing Fraud and Abuse – Know the Facts
Dental practices are under increasing scrutiny by Medicare, commercial insurance companies and regulatory bodies after recent reports of dental billing fraud and abuse. While partnering with a dental billing company can help maintain practice integrity and compliance,...
Many Patients may be Underinsured – Medical Eligibility Verification is Crucial
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved Americans’ access to healthcare, but a recent report in the New York Times highlights the fact that many people may be still underinsured. This makes medical eligibility verification all the more important for healthcare...
Outsourcing Medical Billing can help Radiologists Stay Ahead of the Curve
Radiology reimbursements have been impacted by the shift to value-based care and new payment models. That’s why many practices and imaging centers are looking to experienced companies that outsource medical billing services to stay ahead of the curve. In January 2015,...