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 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...
by Marketing | Sep 14, 2019 | Data Analytics and Reporting, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
Value is extremely hard to define when it comes to healthcare, according to University of Washington computer science professor Ankur Teredesai, co-founder and chief technology officer of Seattle-based KenSci, a company that provides a risk prediction platform powered...
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...
