The enforcement of a new Medicare enrollment requirement, set for May 1, has been delayed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced. Read More
Bonuses soon will run out and be replaced by pay cuts for noncompliance. Nearly 700,000 doctors and other health professionals had not successfully reported... Read More
Survey of insured patients discovers a correlation between positive billing experience and higher reported overall care, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Read More
Health care is experiencing a major overhaul, and practices face the brunt of the changes. Careful planning is needed to guide practices through it all. Read More
Just when you thought you didn’t have enough to worry about, stronger controls have been put in place for HIPAA. They took effect March 26... Read More
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It’s tough for healthcare providers right now, no doubt about it. With all the changes in the field, including increased regulation, decreased reimbursement... Read More
As the ICD-10 deadline approaches, we are finding a wealth of information on ICD-10 preparation from a variety of expert sources, which we wanted to share with you to use... Read More
Here are some key practice management tips provided by a variety of sources this month, including ways to decrease your claim denials, avoid billing errors, and more. Read More
Are the results from your appeals as good as you’d like them to be? If not, you should check out the advice from leading experts in the industry. Read More
In our previous blog we looked at how to write an effective appeals letter, but obviously there’s much more to the process. To review how to effectively manage your appeals process, we’ll turn to two experts in the field... Read More
The accuracy of physician documentation has been scrutinized for years, but a relatively new focus of complaints involves how doctors use features of electronic health record systems to support their claims. Read More
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