The recent announcement by Anthem Blue Cross about changes in timely filing limits for Medicare Advantage plans points to the importance of efficient insurance eligibility verification and claim filing for successful medical billing. When submitting Medicare claims, a...
Physicians need to know and understand diagnosis codes to ensure proper reimbursement for claims. Practices and providers of coding and medical billing services are ready to implement the ICD-10 code updates that will come into effect in fiscal year 2020. These codes...
Outsource Strategies International is honored to have yet another of its articles published in BC Advantage Magazine. Titled “Tick and Lyme Disease Diagnosis and Treatment”, this article provides comprehensive information on this pervasive tick-borne disease,...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. The condition mainly affects the whole way how people think, feel, and perceive. People with this chronic brain disorder may often find it difficult to distinguish between what is...
Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the air sacs (the inner walls of the lungs-alveoli) get damaged, stretched and rupture – creating larger air spaces. This in turn...