Chiropractic care has earned a leading position as a key option for relief from chronic pain, which in turn, is fuelling the demand for chiropractic medical billing services. In a March 2017 white paper, the Foundation of Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) referred to...
Consumer-friendly Billing Strategies in the Era of High Deductible Plans
Patient billing and payment are significant revenue cycle management (RCM) challenges that practices and medical billing companies face. High-deductible health plans require members to make significant out-of-pocket payments before coverage starts. Last December,...
How the New Senate Health Care Bill Proposes to Change Coverage
This update replaces the December 20, 2016 blog "What Health Insurance Options will Consumers Retain in 2017" When the new government took office and decided to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Americans wondered what their health insurance options would be. As a...
Report: EHR Shortcuts can lead to Medical Coding Errors, Improper Billing and Lost Revenue
Electronic health records (EHRs) offer many benefits, but are not without flaws. Many studies have shown how physicians have problems with EHR data entry and the copy-paste function. A recent report from Practice Management Institute (PMI) says that the use of EHR...
CMS’ New Medicare Cards (MBI) – Get Ready for It!
Based on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015's requirement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that they would provide new member ID cards for its beneficiaries. Healthcare providers as well as...
Medical Billing Expertise for Success in Value Based Payment Models
The tide of health care revenue cycle management (RCM) is changing with the switch to value-based reimbursement. Physicians can benefit from the support of an expert medical billing service provider as they gear up to participate in various value-based initiatives to...
Report: Chiropractic Adjustments can have Positive Neuroplasticity Effects
Though chiropractors provide very specialized services and chiropractic medical billing is quite different from other medical insurance billing, the scope of the therapy is quite broad, say studies. A recent article in Citizen Times says that chiropractic care can...
How to Report and Code For Prolonged Services
According to a recent report in Medical Economics, prolonged services are on the rise. Reporting prolonged services can be tricky because of the time criteria involved. Physicians and medical billing and coding service providers need to be knowledgeable about the...
Medicare Looking to Expand Telehealth Services – Learn the Reimbursement Rules
The recent introduction of rare bipartisan legislation to expand Medicare's telehealth services is being hailed as a development that could potentially reduce costs and improve patient health. With an estimated 17.6 million beneficiaries in 2016, physicians and...
Ensuring Accurate Claim Submission for Transitional Care Management Services
Medical billing and coding companies receive a large volume of Transitional Care Management (TCM) claims to process. TCM services help reduce readmissions, which are a huge cost for the health care industry, especially if the patient is readmitted in the 30-day...