Efficient revenue cycle management is the backbone of any healthcare organization, and it is constantly shaped by emerging trends, technological advancements, and ongoing challenges. Like previous years, 2025 brings significant changes that will impact various facets...
Prior authorization (PA) — also referred to as preauthorization, preapproval and precertification — is a tool that is health insurance companies use to ensure patients receive treatments and...
Physical therapists provide services for a wide range of conditions, from helping patients reduce chronic pain, restore physical mobility, and regain strength to managing hand, wrist, arm, elbow and...
Manual therapy is an effective option that is widely used by physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths to treat pain and musculoskeletal disorders. As therapists work to...
Modifiers are an important element in medical billing. A modifier offers physicians a way to report or indicate that a service or procedure has been performed and altered by some specific...
Happy Women’s Day 2022! Each year, International Women’s day is celebrated on March 8. This year’s theme for the day is – “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. Unlike men, women...
Dental practices face unprecedented challenges – from rising costs and insurance complexities to regulatory changes, technological advancements, and evolving patient expectations. This has impacted...
Medical malpractice occurs when a hospital, physician or other health care professional fails to maintain a proper standard of care and causes injury to a patient due to negligence. The negligence...
Utilizing the right medical modifiers are a crucial part of the medical billing process. Knowing how to use CPT code modifiers correctly helps drive proper reimbursement. These two-character...
ICD-10 2022 has a total of 72,748 codes, including 159 additions, 32 deletions, and 20 revisions. The new 2022 ICD-10 wound care codes that became effective on October 1, 2021 include codes for...
With the ever-changing complexities around claims management and processing, most practices and physicians rely on medical coding and billing service providers to report services correctly and...