More and more radiation oncology practices are opting for medical coding services. Outsourcing their coding is helping them deal with the ever-increasing complexities involved in reimbursement for this specialty. A…
Outsourcing medical coding and billing requirements is definitely beneficial in terms of reduced workload, better performance and improved revenue. However, the task of hiring a medical coding company should be…
If you've ever had to deal with large medical bills, you probably know the pain of trying to make sense of all the charges. Orem resident Ruth Cuell received a…
If you think the issue of healthcare is already a big source of confusion, wait till medical providers try to divine the new diagnostic “codes” the government has prescribed to…
Healthcare vendors are reassuring providers that they can improve medical coding productivity with computer-assisted coding (CAC) systems. But can hospitals and medical practices rely on those claims? What CAC does…
When most go to the doctor their main concerns are diagnosing their health issue and getting better. Then at some point, the medical bill may become a concern. Will their…
Before 2011, hospitalists had only Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) specialty-specific CPT distribution data, and no hospitalist-specific data, available when looking for benchmarks against which to compare their…
There are three major components to the ICD-10 transition: physicians and their documentation, payers and their claims processing, and the medical coders that bridge the two. While each group faces…
It seems the only things more complex than wounds today are the rules about getting paid for treating them. That's likely what many smaller nursing home administrators will say as…