Radiology at Risk: Radiology Coding Expertise Reduces Overpayments, Audits
This year's OIG report includes priorities for finding fraud and waste in Medicare, which continues to include imaging services. Bottom line, your diagnostic radiology group's medical practice billing is under closer examination. If there was ever a time when you needed a healthcare revenue cycle management team that understands the [...]
Heightened Overpayment Risk Mitigated with Emergency Coding Expertise
In emergency medicine, you're at risk every day. With the dizzying array of procedures conducted in the ER, chances are good that inadequate, noncompliant documentation in medical practice billing will result leading to overbilling and high paid claim error rates. And with PPACA phasing in and ICD-10 looming...it's enough to [...]
At Risk? Reduce Overbilling Audits with Neurosurgery Coding Expertise
Scalpel. If there was ever a better time to perform surgery on your neurosurgery coding, it's now. Why? Your practice is at increased risk for overpayments and high paid claim error rates. A cerebral analysis of your neurosurgery billing will minimize your risk. If you haven't felt the effects of [...]
Reduce Risk of Total Joint Overpayment Audits with Orthopedic Coding Expertise
Your medical practice is under scrutiny. That's because both state and federal agencies are lowering the boom on overpayments. If there was ever a time when you needed a healthcare revenue cycle management team that understands the intricacies of orthopedic coding, billing and collections, it's now, when CMS has increased [...]
ICD-10 Conversion Adds Codes, Detail to Emergency Medicine Revenue Cycle Management
Within all the layers of detailed information you’re learning as you begin to convert your medical practice billing and coding to ICD-10 are the 68,000 diagnosis codes that include those you may not refer to every day. Say, for example, ICD-10’s introduction of 312 codes for injuries by animals. They [...]
ICD-10 Unveils Challenges, Opportunities for Diagnostic Radiology Revenue Cycle Management
Coding for injuries such as fractures is among the biggest challenges facing Diagnostic Radiologists as ICD-9 transitions to ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2014. To give you an idea of the shift, compare all codes related to fractures of the radius: ICD-9 included 32 codes. ICD-10-CM has 1,731. The jump from [...]
MedRev Index Harnesses the Power of Your Medical Practice Revenue Cycle Management During ICD-10 Transition
As your practice prepares for the ICD-10 conversion, your medical practice revenue cycle management and ultimately your bottom line hang in the balance. Revenue stream needs to continue uninterrupted before, during and after the Oct. 1, 2014 ICD-10 conversion deadline. But how is this possible when the ICD-10 conversion means [...]
Bridging the Gaps in ICD-10 Can Also Create Seamless Medical Practice Billing and Coding Transition
The ICD-10 conversion on Oct. 1, 2014 means significant changes to office procedures, which are expected to affect every aspect of business operations. It also requires you to increase your level of medical record documentation across all aspects of service. Can your current physician revenue cycle management process stand the [...]
Stabilize Your Medical Practice Billing and Coding During ICD-10 Transition with Assured Return
You’re not alone if you’re feeling a bit shaky these days as pressures mount for the ICD-10 conversion by Oct. 1, 2014. After all, your medical practice coding, billing and collections face vulnerabilities throughout this process. The ICD-10 conversion means significant changes to office procedures that can affect every aspect [...]
Implementing ICD-10’s Avalanche of Coding Updates Require Coding Experts in Physician Revenue Cycle Management
In the coding world, there is a saying that “If it isn’t documented, it doesn’t exist or it didn’t happen.” That strikes fear in the hearts of all physicians, which is why it’s imperative your medical practice billing and coding be tied to your medical practice revenue cycle management and [...]