Medical billing services are given out to third party companies in many parts of the world. There are lots of paperwork in medical billing processes and medical experts think that…
Why does my Practice need ICD-10? There is no room in the current ICD-9 structure for new diagnosis codes, or to re-classify existing codes. With the new ICD-10 structure, it…
If you are new to medical coding or just entering the field, there is not really a whole lot you can do to negotiate a higher medical coding salary. However,…
When any business is involved with a major system conversion, at risk is the potential disruption to cash flow, resulting in a negative impact to the bottom line. With the…
If you’re looking to start a service based business from home, are smart, eager to learn and can invest a bit of time in training, a medical coding business may…
With the ICD-10-CM implementation date on the horizon, there may be questions about this new medical coding system. Why is it needed? What are the changes? How will it affect…
Medical coding has been around for a long time but recently it has gained quite a bit of attention. It has been sold widely to the public that this is…
Physicians are very often so stressed out with seeing an increasing number of patients, providing medical services and appropriate follow-ups that they hardly get any time to see to the…
Medical billing outsourcing enables maximum reimbursements for all submitted claims, because the billing is done in a very efficient manner. Efficiency can be ensured only by a reliable and reputable…
There are a whole lot of things jostling for attention among healthcare providers right now, and ICD-10 is one of the biggest. With October 1, 2014 approaching rapidly and many…
Procrastination continues to run rampant when it comes to the ICD-10 transition. The latest evidence comes courtesy of survey results unveiled this week by healthcare revenue IT vendor Health Revenue…
While much has been published about the implementation of ICD-10 for hospitals, the body of knowledge for physician practices and medical groups is sorely lacking. Vendor upon vendor is assisting…
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) on Wednesday mocked a medical coding system that will soon require doctors to use a giant codebook that includes more than 140,000 kinds of injuries and…
Despite a one-year delay, healthcare providers and payers are still lagging in preparing for the conversion to ICD-10 diagnostic and procedure codes. According to a survey by the Workgroup for…
Ector County Health District officials unanimously passed a measure Tuesday night to fund training to accommodate a switch in the system in which they process diagnosing and procedure codes to…
As U.S. health care providers continue the march toward implementing the ICD-10 — a standardized set of medical diagnoses used by medical professionals across the world — the code set…