Acute encephalopathy occurs due to rapid alteration in brain function and this change in brain function may result from several underlying causes such as infections, toxic exposure or metabolic imbalances. When it comes to to neurology medical billing, the accurate...
Hypertensive Heart Disease (HHD) refers to damage inflicted on the heart as a result of prolonged high blood pressure (hypertension). It is one of the leading causes of illness and death associated...
Recent changes to both diagnostic and procedure codes as well as variability in requirements across private and public insurers pose many challenges for behavioral health medical billing: ICD-10-CM...
Postoperative complications significantly contribute to patient morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stays, and increased healthcare costs. These complications can be general or specific to...
General surgery medical billing and coding is quite complex. When a surgeon performs an operation, it may entail more than what was planned, in which case modifier 22 increased procedural services...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects the dopamine-producing neurons in a specific area of the brain. Scientists believe that the...
Early this year, we talked about the Black Book Market Research survey, revealing the sharp rise of revenue cycle management (RCM) outsourcing among healthcare providers. Now, a new Black Book...
Primary care compensation has improved substantially, a consequence of physician and hospital reimbursement moving to value-based models based on quality and outcomes, from the earlier...
With the advancements in post-operative care management, there is a significant rise in the number of hospital discharges to home healthcare for patients with infected wounds after surgery. Home...
Outsourcing medical billing tasks to a professional medical billing company is a great way for health care providers to ensure proper reimbursement and devote more time to patient care. However, to...
Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) audits, as physicians know, are part of the government's program to reduce fraud, waste, and errors in medical billing practices, especially Medicare and Medicaid....
