Bill would post every physician's Medicare billing data on Internet
Doctor privacy advocates defend a 30-year ban on releasing data from challenges on Capitol Hill and in the courts.
Rule to Enable Medicaid Data Mining for Fraud
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 Inspector General, amends current regulations that prohibit use of federal matching funds for data mining. Fraud units currently rely on referrals from state agencies, providers and private [...]
Medical Billing Services: Solution to All Your Billing Woes
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 professionals while maintain stringent standards. Medical profession is no exception to this changing trend. In the past doctors were concerned only about taking care of the patients and paid little attention [...]
Providers concerned about quality reporting in 'meaningful use'
The federal stimulus money for “meaningful use” of EHRs was supposed to be exactly that–a stimulus–to encourage health IT adoption and quality improvement. If some new survey numbers are to believed, many healthcare organizations are making long-term plans to sustain and even increase their IT spending even after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cash runs out. More than 80 percent of the 200 healthcare organizations surveyed by Boston-based Beacon [...]
The Right Medical Billing Software Can Make All of the Difference
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 provider who provided the service. Most medical billing professionals are required to perform a myriad of duties that include managing healthcare billing as well as processing, altering and resubmitting claims while adhering to [...]
Electronic Medical Billing Software To Help Streamline The Work Flow Of Medical Offices
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 practice properly, the right medical billing software has to be installed. Let’s take a closer look at this issue. First, let’s assume that there is no proper billing software in [...]
Medical Transcription Standard
MTIA (Medical Transcription Industry Association) along with AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) recommends a standard unit of measure for medical transcription of patient medical records. It recommends the visible black character (VBC) measurement standard to be the best document counting method. What was the purpose of having such a standard? The final goal was to implement a standard for content measurement that the health information management (HIM) practitioners can [...]
Billing Dental Procedures as Medical Expenses? It’s A Growing Trend in Medical Billing
As documentation linking oral health and overall health of the human body continues to build, more and more dental practices are recognizing the value of filing medical claims for many of their procedures. While this knowledge leads to more opportunities for filing claims with medical carriers, it also requires dental practices to learn how to do it. Incorporating medical billing in dental practices has turned out to be a win-win [...]
Making the Wisest Choices for Your Clinic with Health Industry Legal Companies
Incorporating a medical billing company into your health clinic’s workings is not a small decision to make. Indeed, it is an important subject, since it covers a wide amount of benefits, several of which can enable your medical practice to run more effectively and maximize your profits. Cut down on those worries and pressures and automatically ensure that you match up to each government regulation. If you’re not yet sure, [...]
The Right Medical Billing Software Can Make All of the Difference
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 provider who provided the service. Most medical billing professionals are required to perform a myriad of duties that include managing healthcare billing as well as processing, altering and resubmitting claims while adhering to [...]
Outsource Your Medical Billing with Care
Whenever a health care provider or a hospital plans to have a full fledged medical billing department with billing clerks, it is very essential to think twice and make sure to choose well experienced billing staff. Today fortunately, outsourcing the entire medical billing process is a cheaper option that is available. Quite often there have been instances when the in-house billing staff does not have the sufficient experience and does [...]
Physician Billing Companies — the Best Option for Your Physician Practice
Deciding to incorporate medical financial services into your health practice’s workings isn’t a small action to take. It is a significant subject, considering that it comprises an extensive list of benefits, many of which will help your business to run better and increase your profit margin. Cut down on those worries and pressures and automatically ensure that your physician practice is meeting all of the government’s rules. If you’re still [...]
How To Evaluate Medical Billing Services
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 option – outsourcing – this post will help you make the right choice of medical billing service companies. How can a provider tell the difference between a fly-by-night medical billing company and one [...]
Simpler medical billing saves $7 billion
BOSTON, April 29 (UPI) — Simplifying and standardizing administrative procedures for medical bills could save about $7 billion a year, U.S. researcher’s estimate. Bonnie B. Blanchfield of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and colleagues have created a hypothetical model for medical billing that involves a single set of payment rules for multiple payers, a single claim form and standard rules of submission. If doctors’ offices used the streamlined medical billing [...]
Using A Medical Billing Software Can Increase Your Revenues Overnight
By Gen Wright Health facilities are busy places and one error in the request-handling queue can be disastrous for the day’s business. This is when everything goes haywire and nothing quite works out. Clients are screaming about the mismanagement and the staff is trying desperately to fix things and find the missing report. Has this ever happened to you? It happens to database intensive businesses like medical centers time and [...]
