New condition code for COVID-19 released for healthcare claims. We are in a state of flux with information, details, instructions, and changes impacting the revenue cycle in healthcare, due to…
Tina R. Strawn, RN, administrative director of operations for patient financial services at Houston-based Harris Health System, has 27 years of healthcare experience. Throughout her career, she has worked in…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a second set of revisions to Chapter 10 of the Medicare Claims Processing Manual providing instructions to home health agencies…
Dr. John Cullen's four-physician family medicine practice in Valdez, Alaska, employs three full-time staffers who work on insurance and patient billing. A fourth full-timer focuses on obtaining prior authorizations from…
I often get the question, “What should my monthly numbers be?” My first response is, taking into account collections among other things affecting their practice, “What are your minimum requirements,…
HIMSS has launched the ICD-10 Transition Step-by-Step Guide, an interactive tool aimed at assisting healthcare providers who have not completed the transition to the ICD-10 code set for submitting claims…
On July 27, in response to questions from healthcare providers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and American Medical Association (AMA) released clarifications on their ICD-10 guidance for…
There should be a Medical Biller and Coder in every doctor's office, medical facility, nursing home or hospital.
Healthcare Providers to Learn Best Practices for Achieving Financial Neutrality through ICD-10 Transition Bellevue, Washington (PRWEB) September 14, 2011 The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 represents one of the most…