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 health of a medical practice is equally crucial. This is where...
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....
It's time to focus on your dermatology medical billing as new developments in the healthcare field implies a reduction in physician payment in 2015 and may be in the coming years. In October 2014,...
Primary care physicians play a major role in delivering definitive care to patients at the point of first contact and continue taking responsibility for the same. They provide care for a wider range...
It is very important to assign accurate diagnostic codes for a pandemic, for correct medical billing as well as tracking the outbreak. When submitting claims for treatment, you should report the ICD...
Providers can use the new HCPCS code - S8032 recently released by CMS for medical billing purposes when reporting low-dose CT for lung cancer screening. Lung cancer is considered the second most...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the proposed physician fee schedule for the year 2015. This fee schedule includes a new code for chronic care management...
Implementation of electronic health records is considered a practical solution that will help streamline processes in healthcare settings, while also ensuring enhanced patient care and support....
With the full implementation of the Affordable care Act (ACA), the demand for healthcare services are expected to increase at a rapid pace. The expansion of the Medicaid program along with the...
The first report of The Institute of Medicine (IOM), the famous 'To Err is Human' published in 1999 revealed that around 7000 deaths occur annually from medication errors alone. In 2006, another...
According to a survey conducted last year by MedData Group, many physicians are dissatisfied with their electronic health record system (EHR). Up to 85% of the physicians said that their EHR...
