If you are a Medicare physician, it’s important that you get maximum reimbursement for the services provided to keep your practice afloat. To get 100% reimbursement from Medicare, services and supplies must be properly provided and properly billed incident-to a...
Claim denials happen if your medical coding is not done properly and there are coding errors. New medical codes are released by the American Medical Association (AMA) every year and the chances of errors are high when these are reported, thereby increasing denials. It...
There are a lot of myths and misconceptions among healthcare service providers about the functioning of the RAC (Recovery Audit Contractors). The RAC system was created to help CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to identify improper payments by...
Medicare has stopped reimbursements for medical diagnostic tests, affecting hundreds of healthcare providers across the country. Medicare’s had provided reimbursement benefits to big laboratory companies, diagnostic labs in academic establishments and smaller firms...
Healthcare reform and changing technologies frequently add new tasks for medical coders and billing specialists in the ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), making compliance a big challenge. Here are some of these key issues and tips to resolve them: Regular updates –...