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A Senate bill aimed at curtailing Medicare fraud would publish physician billing data online, letting viewers determine how much individual doctors earn annually from the program. The release of the data has been prohibited by a court ruling for ...

The Department of Health and Human Services on March 17 will publish a proposed rule enabling federal funds to be used for state Medicaid fraud control units to conduct mining of their states' Medicaid claims data. The rule, from the HHS Office of...

With changing times there has been considerable change in the way professionals work and now there are specialists for everything. Growing scrutiny on part of the government has placed the onus of providing good quality services on the concerned...

When it comes to the practice of medical billing, precision is absolutely paramount to ensuring that payment from claims submitted to insurance companies, or respective administration entities, is received by the doctor or other licensed health care...

There is no denying technology from creeping and seeping into our daily lives. Everyday, better and more powerful systems are being put in place to help streamline and automate business processes. Medical practices are no exception. To run a medical...

By, Chris Thorman We recently penned a post, “Should You Outsource Your Medical Billing,” which compared outsourcing the revenue cycle management process to managing that function in-house with medical billing systems. Assuming you go for the former...

By: Michael Russell Sometimes there are things in life that are very obvious. In the medical billing world, this isn’t always the case. Many on the outside would automatically think that electronic billing of claims is the sure pick over sending paper...

Receiving maximum reimbursement with quick A/R turnaround in any healthcare practice requires careful attention to obtaining, documenting and communicating information. From the time a patient schedules a visit until the charge is closed out, proper...

Medical Billing Services ensure compliance of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. HIPAA regulation protocols are issued to protect client's information safely. It also encourages the use of electronic processing and...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and healthcare nonprofit organization Kaiser Permanente recently announced a pilot program designed to exchange EHR information using the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) created by the Department of...

Outsourced Medical Billing has a remarkable potential to increase your collection rates by forty percent or more. However, how do they do it? Good metrics are the key to effectiveness of a medical billing service. Like any high performing business, they...

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers returning next week to work on major healthcare legislation need to focus on insurance market reforms, consumer rebates and other measures that will curb soaring costs over time, economic and health...

By Nina Youngstrom, Managing Editor, Payment errors should be reduced significantly under ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes, which must be implemented by Oct. 1, 2013. Experts say that improvements over ICD-9 — including less ambiguity, more...