by Marketing | Aug 1, 2019 | Electronic Health Records, Medical Billing, News, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management, Telemedicine
A new initiative at California-based UCI Health will give patients access to an Epic EHR-integrated patient navigation mobile app. UCI Health in California recently partnered with health IT solutions provider Connexient to integrate its MediNav solution into the...
by Marketing | Jul 15, 2019 | Coding, Denials Minimization, ICD-10, Medical Billing, News, Newsletter, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
Specificity in documentation allows for the most accurate ICD-10 code choices. At this time more and more payors are denying medical claims when you use a diagnosis code(s) that are unspecified. Please do whatever you can to use specificity in your code choices such...
by Marketing | Jun 18, 2019 | AR Management, Coding, Data Analytics and Reporting, Medical Billing, News, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
If CVS Health officials felt uneasy about the federal hearing into the company’s Aetna acquisition that started Tuesday, they certainly didn’t let on as they boasted to analysts and investors in New York about their plans to dramatically expand the scope...
by Marketing | May 15, 2019 | Data Analytics and Reporting, Hospital Billing, Medical Billing, News, Revenue Cycle Management, Services
The knives are out over legislation to end surprise medical bills and specifics haven’t even been unveiled yet. The industry is pushing back hard against a particular principle laid out by President Donald Trump last week. The administration wants all out-of-network...
by Marketing | Apr 18, 2019 | News, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
What value-based payment changes are coming at the federal level? CMMI plans to continue to use mandatory payment models in cases of “widespread selection bias.” The next generation of value-based payment models aims to provide a positive cost-benefit result. New...
