by Marketing | Dec 17, 2019 | Coding, Hospital Billing, Medical Billing, Medicare, News, Non Physician Practitioner, Office Staff, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) will temporarily suspend Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus member co-pays for dates of service on and after January 1, 2020. Per federal law, members enrolled in most forms of Medicaid may not be charged premiums and...
by Marketing | Dec 10, 2019 | Coding, Data Analytics and Reporting, Denials Minimization, Medical Billing, Medicare, Non Physician Practitioner, Office Staff, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Press Releases, Revenue Cycle Management
Get paid. Use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) now. If you do not use Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers on claims (with a few exceptions) after January 1, you will get: Electronic claims reject codes: Claims Status Category Code of A7 (acknowledgment rejected...
by Marketing | Oct 31, 2019 | Coding, Contract Reimbursement Analysis, Data Analytics and Reporting, Medical Billing, News, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
Administrative complexity is the biggest contributor to overall healthcare waste in the U.S., according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study, entitled, “Waste in the US Health Care System,” found that administrative...
by Marketing | Oct 9, 2019 | Medical Billing, Medicare, News
Date Reported: 10/9/2019 Status: Open Provider Type(s) Impacted: Part A, Part B, HH+H Reason Code(s): N/A Claim Coding Impact: N/A Description of Issue National Government Services (NGS), along with all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), is experiencing an...
by Marketing | Oct 3, 2019 | News, Practice Education
Forty percent of physician burnout is attributable to EHRs, up from the previously estimated 13 percent. EHRs are largely to blame for the physician burnout and stress epidemic that runs rampant in the medical industry, according to a group of researchers from the...
