In dental practices, insurance verification sets the stage for efficient revenue cycle management. According to a Dentistry IQ article, dental insurance checks make up approximately 50% of practice income. However, verifying dental insurance is a labor-intensive and...
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WHO Reports Depression as the Top Global Cause of Illness and Disability for Teens
A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts and interferes with daily life, normal functioning, and causes pain. According to the Stanford School of Medicine, over...
Complicated EHR Implementation May Create Patient Safety Issues
Electronic health records (EHR) is a patient centric information resource for physicians that represent a major domain of health information technology (HIT). The EHR system facilitates improved...
One-third of Doctors Recommending mHealth Apps for Their Patients
Mobile apps are radically changing the way doctors and patients interact and approach healthcare. Over the last few years, several medical mobile applications were developed that offer quick access...
Eligibility for Health Insurance Subsidies in Question
In the United States, under the new healthcare law about 8 million people have signed up for private health plans via health insurance exchanges. However, as per the latest reports from federal...
ICD-10 Delay – Its Impact on Students
Healthcare providers, insurance payers and vendors aren't the only entities that are affected by the unexpected ICD-10 delay of more than a year. Delay in implementing this coding system is...
Delay in the Deactivation of Implanted Cardiac Devices Causing Concern
A retrospective review of the medical records of 150 cardiac patients who had deactivated their implanted electronic cardiac devices (by request) revealed that both physicians and patients are not...
AMA Approves New Telemedicine Policy
Telemedicine has just got a boost with the American Medical Association (AMA) approving a list of the guiding principles presented at its Annual Meeting held from June 7-11, 2014. A component...
How Powerful a Beacon is HEDIS?
If you'd want to compare HEDIS to something, a lighthouse wouldn't be too far-fetched an object of comparison. Quite like the way it guides ships, HEDIS guides people to sign up for the right health...
Reporting Level 5 E/M Code 99205
CPT code 99205 is a high-level evaluation and management code used for the evaluation and management of new patients, for both office and outpatient visits. CPT code 99205 can be selected for new...
Controlling Antibiotic Use Can Help Prevent the Spread of Infections
Does the body always need antibiotics? Research indicates that the answer is “probably not”. But that does not stop the physician from prescribing antibiotics if the patient has a really bad flu or...