Medical Billing News

No matter the makeup of your investment portfolio, most financial experts advise everyday investors against paying heed to the day-to-day whims of the stock market. (Whereas active day traders and ...

The U.S. healthcare system has a long-held (and well deserved) reputation as one of the most expensive, inefficient, and wasteful areas of our economy. For individual medical providers, the costs and ...

What’s the most compassionate area of your healthcare practice? If you’re like most medical professionals, the answer is on the clinical side (as it should be). The encounter room is the number one ...

Given what a divisive policy issue it is (and has always been), myths about Medicaid have abounded for decades. Some of those myths have been incredibly damaging to the program’s perception, among ...

How does your organization feel about patient financial responsibility? For some providers, the itemized total on an EOB is the last word – it’s essentially here’s what the payer covers, here’s what ...

Since the implementation of ICD-10, healthcare groups have had to become far more diligent about their billing and coding procedures. Thanks to ICD-10’s increased demands around specificity, it’s ...

To stay competitive in today’s evolving healthcare market, medical practices of all sizes need to stay on the lookout for smart opportunities to broaden their business potential. What growth avenues ...

As they manage the day-to-day activities of a bustling medical practice, providers and practice managers like to assume that the supporting elements of their business are running smoothly. That is, ...

As with every other annual edition, the 2017 CPT Manual includes many changes to the prior Current Procedural Terminology code set changes. (The manual is the AMA's official coding resource for ...

From concierge practices and pay-as-you go clinics to accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient centered medical homes (PCMHs), there are more ways than ever to operate your medical office ...

For patients and providers across the country, the uncertain future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has many on pins and needles. Since 18 million Americans currently receive healthcare coverage ...

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, becoming a hospital-owned practice is an increasingly tempting offer for many independent practitioners. Small practices that cannot afford to invest ...