Tag: Medical Coding

How Automated Medical Coding Benefits Healthcare Sectors?

How Automated Medical Coding Benefits Healthcare Sectors?

The relationship between medical coding and patient care may not initially appear connected, and they may even seem like complete opposites. While medical coding focuses on billing and revenue, patient care revolves around providing care to individuals. An from leading E-magazine’s recent article  emphasized this distinction, asserting that prioritizing care is essential over coding. However, […]
Guide to the Latest HCPCS Level II Codes

Guide to the Latest HCPCS Level II Codes

A retroactive effective date of April 1 has been assigned to a newly introduced code. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the results of its review cycle for drug and biological HCPCS Level II codes in the first quarter of 2023. Out of the 36 applications received, 23 have been approved […]
Top Tips to Optimize Your Cardiology Billing and Coding Process

Top Tips to Optimize Your Cardiology Billing and Coding Process

Cardiology Medical Billing and Coding Process: To effectively handle these changes, cardiology practitioners might have to keep themselves informed about the modifications in payment regulations, modify their billing procedures as needed, and employ novel methods to enhance their compensation. Cardiology billing and coding can be challenging due to various factors, such as the complexity of […]
Revenue Cycle Billing Challenges_ Insights from Patient Experience

Revenue Cycle Billing Challenges: Insights from Patient Experience

To enhance the financial experience of patients, it is crucial to closely examine an organization’s billing procedure. HealthLeaders is joining the celebration of Patient Experience Week from April 23-29 by highlighting the efforts of revenue cycle leaders in establishing a favorable financial experience for patients in their organizations. With a suboptimal financial experience capable of […]
Mastering Medical Coding: Strategies To Avoid Revenue Loss

Mastering Medical Coding: Strategies To Avoid Revenue Loss

Medical coding is an essential aspect of healthcare in that it translates diagnoses, procedures, medical services, and equipment into alphanumeric codes. The processes involved in medical coding is complex, however, so errors can often result in payment delays and significant financial losses. The most common errors leading to delays and lost revenue are tracking down […]
Top Reasons and Advantages of Outsourcing Medical Billing Process

Top Reasons and Advantages of Outsourcing Medical Billing Process

Outsourcing the medical billing process reshapes healthcare sectors by building better and more stable revenue cycle management systems and helps businesses in the long run. Additionally, outsourcing pulls down the operating costs and strengthens the efficiency of the revenue cycle parallelly. Outsourcing medical billing services to a reputable medical billing company brings about a range […]