Suppose that you managed to provide exemplary patient care at your medical practice and your patients leave satisfied with the treatment received, leading to positive feedback and improved health outcomes. However, when you check to see the status of your claim...
The 2013 Practice Productivity Index, a survey which covered more than 5,000 U.S. physicians found that 58% of doctors 9% spend at least one day per week on paperwork instead of treating patients....
Though Electronic Health Records (EHRs) can support appropriate documentation for billing higher level evaluation and management (E/M) services for Medicare, cloning of medical records or copying...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has introduced several new financial incentives and penalties in order to optimize the overall healthcare system performance. Policy makers are constantly searching for...
Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder in which the central nerve cells in the brain work abnormally causing seizures. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 65 million...
A new study from the "UCLA Center for Health Policy Research" reports that the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may lead to considerable increase in the use of emergency...
According to the preliminary data released by the Department of Health and Human Services, consumers will probably have wider choices while shopping for affordable coverage at the health insurance...
For long, the US Healthcare system has been predominantly based on the fee-for-service model wherein the patient receives quality care and the medical bill payment will be done by either the patient...
Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto immune disease primarily affecting the synovial tissues surrounding the joints. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1.5...
Even with the establishment of the Affordable Care Act to help avoid mounting bills, consumers are getting drowned in huge medical debts. For physicians too, medical debt collection is more...
For medical practitioners accurate medical coding is essential as it supports the level of billing, ensures maximum reimbursement and provides meaningful data in patient assessment. Sometimes,...
