Dental insurance verification and reimbursement for core buildups can be challenging. Dental offices and dental billing companies must be up to date with CDT codes and payer guidelines to ensure accurate claim submission. Let’s first take a look at the difference...
As people age, the body's ability to absorb food diminishes. Morbidity and medication use can also affect nutrition status, leading to poor health in older adults. Physicians who care for the...
Payer requests, denials, the influence of ICD-10 codes, and audit risks are some of the issues that physician practices have to deal with while providing value based care. Physicians should focus on...
Foodborne illnesses or food poisoning is usually caused by eating raw or uncooked food. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six Americans will be affected by...
Warts are a form of lesion or skin growth most often caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Some warts are bacterial, rather than viral. Dermatology medical billing involves documenting diverse...
With the complex data sharing and reporting requirements of value-based payments and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), more and more physicians are opting to outsource...
According to the National Institutes of Health, more Americans suffer from chronic pain than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined, making them dependent on or addicted to opioid painkillers....
Primary care physicians are often asked to evaluate a patient prior to surgery at the request of the surgeon. Patients at an advanced age and those with significant medical problems face increased...
This update replaces our September 16, 2015 blog "Medical Coding for HIV Screening and Diagnosis". Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), is a retrovirus that wipe outs the immune system, hindering the...
As an experienced medical billing company focused on helping physicians to maximize patient insurance reimbursements as they strive to provide quality care, we closely track developments in the...
According to a new study conducted by researchers from Ohio, Wisconsin, California, and Massachusetts, radiologists want to provide more patient-centric care, despite time and workload constraints....
