Imagine you were hospitalized and the administrative staff member who translates the treatment provided into codes incorrectly interprets the care given and chooses the wrong code! For instance, you received emergency care for an attack of asthma and the clerk wrong...
Why Americans are Paying So Much for Health Care
Americans are paying much more for health care services than the average residents in most other developed countries. Infographics published by TIME Magazine recently gives a clear insight into the disproportionate rise in U.S. healthcare spending which is not...
Protect your Practice’s Bottom Line While Adopting ICD -10
It is true that ICD - 10 transition can improve the healthcare documentation process and benefit physician practices, patients, and the broader healthcare system by providing a better understanding of diseases and cost with improved clinical specificity. However, it...
An Overview of Anesthesia Coding Challenges
Anesthesiology medical billing is not based on a fee-for-service payment like other medical specialties. Reimbursement for anesthesiologists depends on the base unit (how complicated the procedure was and how much skill it required), time unit (how much time was taken...
Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety Concludes that Rushing Doctors during Consultation Increases Chances of Misdiagnosis
Doctors can make mistakes, especially when they’re rushed. A March 2013 study by Dr. Hardeep Singh representing Houston Veterans Affairs Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety arrived at this conclusion based on a study of 68 such cases in...
How to Deal with Medical Bills that are Incorrect
Regardless of whether you have health insurance or not, a huge medical bill for a hospitalization is something that needs to be scrutinized. Medical billing errors are quite common and may occur due to minor mistakes (such as if the billing staff inadvertently make an...
CMS Reconsidering Testing of ICD 10 Considering the Issues that Came up from Healthcare.gov
MedPage Today reported on November 8, 2013 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it might reconsider external, end-to-end ICD-10 testing during a stakeholder meeting. Earlier, CMS had claimed that it was confident regarding its current testing...
2014 CPT Coding Changes for Pain Management
2014 CPT coding changes for pain management are expected to help pain management specialists report their medical coding services more accurately.
Gaps in Coding Overlook Joint Conditions in the UK
Gaps in coding overlook joint conditions – In the UK, up to 1, 00,000 people see general practitioners every day about musculoskeletal complaints.
Good EHRs and Proper Billing Management Can Reduce Administrative Costs and in the Long Run Reduce Patient Costs
Recent study reveals that EHRs and proper billing management can reduce the administrative costs of doctors’ offices and eventually patient costs.