Third-party payers have been increasingly wedging in between the patient and doctor relationship for the past 10-15 years. Overhead costs and fewer reimbursements from payers are making it more and …
During their annual meeting in June, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted in favor for a 2-year grace period for practices rolling out new medical coding systems. As you may have heard, the …
Over the past couple of years optometry billing mistakes and blatant fraud have become more and more common. Last year an Oklahoma optometrist was being sued by the state after his business …
Revenue cycle management in a medical practice or facility usually requires the involvement of much of the practice’s staff. Revenue cycle management can get very confusing and unorganized, …
ICD-10 is just around the corner. In October of this year, things are going to get hectic! The ICD-10 transition will result in an increase of about 55,000 codes – a huge challenge for any …
Imagine the headache of keeping track of patient medical records. It used to be all paper, then it moved to computer files and paper, now electronic health records (EHR) have made it possible for …
