Pain management practices face several unique medical billing challenges. Accurate billing and coding is essential for proper reimbursement and compliance, but can be challenging due to the complexity and specificity of the treatments. Outsourcing pain management...
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are under continuous financial stress and various operational challenges in the post COVID-19 era. Among them, medical necessity denials is a persistent...
ICD-10 External Cause Codes (V00-Y99) are secondary codes that capture specific details about an injury or health event. Though it is not mandatory to use external cause codes, medical coding...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is second biggest infectious killer of adults worldwide. In the US, more robust control programs have reduced the number of TB...
According to recent reports, chiropractic practices received denials from Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) for claims billed with modifiers. Medical billing outsourcing companies that provide...
Of the different fracture treatment methods such as closed reduction and percutaneous fixation an orthopedic physician provides, closed treatment without manipulation involves fitting the patient to...
According to a March 2018 report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG), many Medicare claims for outpatient physical therapy (PT) services did not comply with Medicare requirements. The study’s...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus is an autoimmune disease in which a person's immune system is overactive and attacks various organs or cells of the body, causing severe damage and...
Those interested in sports will be quite familiar with the term "Patellar tendonitis". Also referred to as "jumper's knee", it is a knee injury affecting the patella tendon. It is common in...
Pneumonitis is a general term that refers to inflammation of lung tissue. Also referred to as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, this disorder is caused when a person has an allergic reaction in their...
The shift from fee-for-service to fee-for-value has changed the way physicians provide care, bill for services, and get reimbursed. As three out of four Americans are living with multiple chronic...
