In the medical practices, revenue leakage can arise from numerous overlooked gaps in operational and financial processes. Factors such as coding mistakes, inefficient insurance verification, or late claim submissions can significantly impact your practice’s bottom...
Medical Billing
Maximizing Reimbursements: Understanding the Impact of Payer Contracts
Thoroughly understanding payer contracts is essential for avoiding claim denials, ensuring proper reimbursement, and maintaining a smooth patient experience. Imagine this scenario: A cardiology...
What Is Lean Healthcare?
The healthcare industry, frequently confronted with a multitude of challenges, inefficiencies, and limitations, is consistently seeking innovative solutions to optimize its processes. As the demand...
Using RCM Analytics to Drive Better Financial Decisions in Healthcare
As healthcare organizations grapple with financial challenges due to rising costs, declining reimbursement rates, and staffing shortages, proper revenue cycle management (RCM) has become more...
Medical Revenue Cycle Management Explained: From Patient Intake to Payment
The world of healthcare is complex, involving multiple systems, technologies, and interactions. While navigating these challenges to deliver quality patient care is paramount, ensuring the financial...
What Are the ICD-10 Codes for Hypercholesterolemia?
Hypercholesterolemia, classified as a lipid disorder, is characterized by elevated cholesterol levels in the blood. This condition occurs when low-density lipoprotein (LDL), commonly known as “bad...
Top Patient Retention Strategies to Implement for Practice Success
In the ever-evolving landscape of the healthcare industry, implementing patient acquiring strategies may take the spotlight in 2025 in the efforts to enhance revenue growth. However, a notable fact...
Billing with G2211: When and How to Use This Add-On Code
The provision of longitudinal care is the crux of family medicine and represents the ongoing relationship between patients and their physician. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)...
Medical Coding for Glomerulonephritis – A Chronic Kidney Related Disease
Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a chronic kidney disease (CKD) characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli – the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste and excess fluids. The excess fluid and...
How to Navigate Common Front Desk Challenges in Practices
It’s a common scenario – on a busy morning at your practice, there’s a long line of patients at the front desk, and the phone rings constantly with urgent inquiries. Suddenly, a scheduling error...
How to Bill and Code for Schmorl’s Nodes
Schmorl’s nodes, also known as intravertebral disc herniations, are protrusions of the cartilage of the intervertebral disc into the vertebral body. Often asymptomatic, the nodes are often detected...