The comprehensive revenue cycle management solutions that leading medical billing companies provide cover everything ranging from patient registration and insurance verification services to coding and collections management. According to recent research from public...
Common Medical Billing Errors and How to Address Them
Medical billing and medical coding are the two pillars of healthcare revenue cycle management. Medical billing errors hurt patients as well as practices. For patients, billing mistakes cause financial problems, annoyance and dissatisfaction. For practices, even small...
Anesthesia Billing – Common Challenges and Solutions
What makes anesthesia medical billing different from that for other specialties? Unlike physician payment which is based on a fee-for-service schedule, anesthesia providers are paid according to a different system consisting of base units, time units, and modifiers....
Reporting Rosacea: An Overview of Diagnosis, Treatment and Coding
Rosacea is a common inflammatory skin condition that causes redness and visible blood vessels in your face. The redness can slowly spread beyond the nose and cheeks to the forehead and chin. Often mistaken for acne, eczema, or a skin allergy, this condition may also...
Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Market Forecast through 2023
According to the latest report from Crystal Market Research, the Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Market that was worth USD 35.25 billion in 2014 is expected to reach approximately USD 89.66 billion by the year 2023. Revenue cycle management involves patient...
CMS Proposes Documentation Changes for Office/Outpatient E/M Visits in 2019
Evaluation and management (E/M) coding is complex and many providers outsource medical billing and coding to report services and maximize revenue. To add to physicians' woes, E/M documentation is a time-consuming process that takes away precious time from patient...
Coding Pressure Ulcers – Quality Documentation is Critical
Pressure ulcers/injuries are a common adverse event that medical coding companies help physicians report. The codes for pressure ulcers and non-pressure chronic ulcers are located in ICD-10 chapter 12, Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99). Coding...
60% Doctors Still Not Familiar with MIPS, Finds Study
This is an update on the December 11, 2017 blog "Most Physicians Not Prepared for Value-based Care Transition" The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which came into effect in January 2017 was designed to tie payments to quality and cost-efficient care,...
WHO releases ICD-11 – Overview and Highlights
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the much anticipated release of ICD-11 on 18 June 2018. This preview will give physicians and medical coding companies time to adjust to the new version. As WHO points out, the ICD is also used by health insurers whose...
Reporting Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Testing
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is second biggest infectious killer of adults worldwide. In the US, more robust control programs have reduced the number of TB cases, but recent reports indicate that the disease, though curable and...