Hip and knee replacements are considered to be the most common surgeries among Medicare beneficiaries and hence very significant in orthopedic medical billing. Even though there are some incentives for hospitals to avoid post-surgery complications that result in pain...
Medical billing responsibilities have become more extensive, with more medicines being covered by Medicare. Medicare Part B Patients would be glad to know that Medicare Part B now covers some pretty expensive drugs. Medicare Part B usually covers outpatient services...
There are around 68,000 billing codes under the ICD-10 medical coding system compared to 13,000 codes under ICD-9. This massive expansion of diagnostic codes is intended to smooth billing processes and reduce the cost for the healthcare delivery system. However, the...
Early this year, we talked about the Black Book Market Research survey, revealing the sharp rise of revenue cycle management (RCM) outsourcing among healthcare providers. Now, a new Black Book survey reveals that RCM outsourcing is still going strong in the healthcare...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the 2014 Informal Review period has been extended to November 23, 2015. Individual eligible professionals (EPs), Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) practice sites, PQRS group practices, and...
