Outsouced Billing Is a Good Idea…
Here are two rules of thumb pertaining to a practice’s billing function: We are often asked about whether a billing company’s services should be used by a medical practice. We recommend rules of...
View ArticlePayer Enrollment Issues…
Billing snafus caused by provider enrollment issues? We’ve seen ‘em! Practices large and small, all over the country are forced to enroll their physicians with many, many insurance payers. The payers...
View ArticleThe Easy Transition….. Painless.
Uh-oh, here comes the transition to a new billing team. Over and over again we have helped physician practices make the transition to our billing team. Orderly, process-driven work will make this...
View ArticleIt’s All In The Spreadsheets…
We have discussed the cost of the billing function with many, many medical practices. We even use a spreadsheet to compare the cost of outsourced billing, which often runs between 5% and 8% of...
View Article6% Cash Flow Increase Guaranty
The other day another medical practice asked us about the guaranty we offer on our billing work for medical practices. Seems risky? Well, we can offer our unique 6% cash flow increase guaranty...
View ArticleDon’t let the payers unfairly hold back your reimbursements!
Why do the insurance companies and Medicare and Medicaid hold back your payments? It’s obviously in their best interests to withhold payments when there are complications on claims. But, sometimes…...
View Article2012 Brings Disruptive Changes to the Physician and Ambulance Medical Billing...
The change from the old standard for HIPAA transactions (ANSI 4010) to the new standard (ANSI 5010) took effect January 1, 2012 (with a grace period until March 31, 2012). This change requires all...
View ArticleMore Hard Work in the Trenches of Medical Billing in 2012
All of us in the billing arena for medical providers need to stand up and say what we know to be the truth at this time: the government is pressing too many changes on our complex healthcare system...
View ArticleNGS (National Government Services) takes over as Medicare contractor in New...
For many medical practices and also for many ambulance companies, Medicare is a very significant payer in the payer mix. Thus, when the Medicare contractor changes in a region, it is very, very...
View ArticleUnprecedented changes in health care in 2014
We are preparing now! And we have concerns! ICD-10 and ACA, the Affordable Care Act, are bringing a whirlwind of change. While we see humor in the October 2014 move from ICD-9 (13,600 codes) to ICD-10...
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