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Radiology Billing and Coding Best Practices
When clinicians handle the billing themselves, they spend considerable time, money, and effort on administrative tasks rather than doing what they do best-providing outstanding medical care. Trained and specialized Radiology Billing specialists understand the changing rules and regulations for specialties and the nuances of payer-specific guidelines in their respective regions.
Benefits of outsourcing and offshoring Medical Coding processes
Outsourcing and offshoring the Medical Coding process can give you access to certified coders, reduce denials, improve reimbursements, and plug revenue leakage. Healthcare providers and revenue cycle aggregators must choose the right service providers to improve the coding quality and achieve market-leading outcomes.
Tips to Improve Medical Coding Quality
The majority of patients require customer support provided by a real person; robots and applications are often disappointing or infuriating. The impact on the healthcare RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) is one of the things that is not expected to reverse any time soon or ever. Click here to learn more on changes in the healthcare system which have posed the biggest challenges to RCM.
Radiology – Coding Guidelines & Best Practices
Reducing reimbursement rates, increasing infrastructure costs, and shifts in payer mix create challenges for radiology practices. Download this guide on Radiology Best Practices to learn more.
Oncology – Coding Guidelines
Oncology coding requires the knowledge of medical treatment, surgical treatment, snd radiation therapy, and they should be well versed with these areas. Download this guide on Oncology Best Practices to learn more.
Urology Surgery and Radiology Coding Guidelines
Urology surgery coding requires training & knowledge as the coders have to keep up with thousands of yearly changes made to the ICD & CPT systems. Despite the frequent changes, few guidelines have remained consistent and continue to serve as key urology surgery & radiology coding rules. Download this guide for more information on urology surgery & radiology coding guidelines.
Medical Coding Guidelines for COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccinations
With COVID-19 vaccinations now being administered across the United States, we have compiled these medical coding guidelines to account for the treatment and vaccinations for the novel Coronavirus.
OB-GYN Coding Guidelines and Best practices
Ob/GYN billing & coding can be challenging to most billers & coders due to the global claims, widely varying coverage terms, and multiple tests performed at numerous facilities. Apart from this, many OB/GYN practitioners lack the billing support provided to large hospitals. Learn more about the challenges in Ob/Gyn coding and best practices followed by our coding experts.
ED Coding Guidelines and Best practices
Emergency departments are fast-paced environments where care is delivered quickly depending on the patient's condition's criticality. Further, ED does not deal with one specialty per se. ED provides Medical services across specialties. It also requires close coordination of services from when a patient enters an ambulance or an ED facility to discharge, working with multiple clinical practitioners. Learn more about ED coding best practices in this guide from Medical Billing Wholesalers..
Case Study: Physician Education helps resolve BMI Diagnosis Claim Denials of over $37 K
Many Primary Care Physicians lose money because of lack of understanding of payer specific claims submission guidelines. Educating physicians on their documentation responsibilities is an iterative process, that requires an understanding of the reasons for claim denials, ability to nail-down the issues that are causing the denials, determining the corrective actions, and hosting timely sessions between the denials team and the physicians to discuss them.
Case Study: Correct Coding and Electronic Submission of Podiatry Claims reduce denials by 23% and improves collection by 25%
Bad quality scanning of superbills and lack of adoption of electronic claims submission creates a charge backlog situation and consequently, result in increased denials on account to timely filing dates not being adhered to. Read this case study about how our structured approach, technical expertise, and revenue cycle rigor combine to create value for our client.
Internal Medicine – Coding Best Practices Guide
Internal medicine can be defined as the medical specialty dedicated to the diagnosis and medical treatment of adults. With so many new codes introduced and trickier coding, claim denials have increased for many internal medicine practices. Keep your coding team updated with the latest best practices in internal medicine coding with this guide from Medical Billing Wholesalers.
Correct Coding and Re-submission of Pain Management Claims help Recover $300K of A/R Backlog
Standardized billing and coding practices for Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Procedure Code 63650 reduce medical necessity denials and help collect 281 claims valued over $ 300K in 2 years. The Customer saw over 36% improvement in Collections, as much as 75% reduction in old AR over 61 days, and reduction of denied SCS claims from 68 to 8 over a 7 month period.
Medical Coding & Best Practices Guide - Podiatry
Podiatry billing can be complicated in many ways, beginning the need to determine and prove the medical necessity of the treatment, to the coding nuances. It demands meticulous use of modifiers and an understanding of coding for inclusive procedures. In this guide, Medical Billing Wholesalers bring you the guidelines & best practices to be followed to increase collections of your Podiatry practice.
New CPT Code Released to report laboratory testing services that diagnose the presence of the novel Corona Virus
The unique CPT code will be used to report laboratory testing services that diagnose the presence of the novel coronavirus. This will help provide the data for analytics as testing to identify the incidence of the virus continues across the United States.
Revisiting the Basics: Understanding Medical Coding - Importance and Career Opportunities
Medical Coding is a key element of the revenue cycle and drives the communication between healthcare providers and insurers. In this article, we talk about the importance of medical coding and the career opportunities the field presents