Category: Medical Billing

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Tips To Maximize Medical Billing and Coding Efficiency

Ensuring precise claims processing and prompt reimbursements, healthcare practitioners rely heavily on efficient medical billing and coding procedures. The act of streamlining these functions holds the potential to not only heighten overall effectiveness but also to curtail administrative burdens and mitigate the risk of errors. Within this article, we will delve into a selection of […]
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Future of Healthcare Billing and Coding

The Future of Healthcare Billing and Coding: What You Need to Know

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, and with it, so are the processes and procedures that are involved in billing and coding. As we move towards a more digital and technology-driven world, it’s important for healthcare professionals to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and changes in the industry. In this blog post, we’ll explore […]
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10 Common Medical Billing Issues and How To Fix Them

Medical billing can be a complicated landscape with costly and alarming risks. From minor transcription errors to major coding misunderstandings, inaccuracies in this field may lead to lost income or legal complications for your healthcare organization. While some medical billing problems stem from simple oversights, others result from systemic challenges. However, all of these issues […]
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2024 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rules

The OPPS proposal lacked any mention of several prominent issues that industry leaders have eagerly awaited reforms on. Yesterday, federal officials introduced two sets of proposed rules, which included possible revisions to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for the 2024 calendar year. Within the PFS proposed rule alone, […]
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Surprise Medical Billing

President’s Efforts to Limit Surprise Medical Bills and Reduce Health Care Expenses

The President administration has announced its intention to restrict the sale of “junk” insurance policies, including short-term plans that may not provide adequate coverage for individuals who are in-between jobs and require temporary health care coverage. These policies have been known to deny basic coverage to policyholders. On Friday, President announced a set of fresh […]
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Proposed Home Health Payments

CMS Proposed Payment Cut to Home Health Agencies

Part of the reason for the decrease is attributed to a permanent adjustment in behavior assumptions. The 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update proposed rule released on June 30 revealed that Home Health Agencies will experience a 2.2% payment decrease in 2024 compared to 2023, partly due to a permanent behavior assumption adjustment. […]
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Outsourced Medical Billing Services

How Outsourced Medical Billing Services Improve Your Bottom Line

Outsourcing medical billing services can be an effective strategy to improve the financial health of your healthcare practice. By delegating the billing and coding tasks to a specialized third-party provider, you can streamline your revenue cycle, reduce administrative burdens, and enhance your profitability. However, medical billing can be a complex and time-consuming task that requires […]
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Bill Minor Procedure

How to Bill an E/M With a Minor Procedure

To determine the appropriate use of modifier 25, review this case study in otolaryngology. The Cigna Group has delayed the requirement for submitting documentation with claims that involve a 25 modified offices or other outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) service (CPT® 99212-99215) and a minor procedure. Despite the payer not enforcing this requirement, physician practices […]
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