2017 Pain Management Coding
Effective Jan 1, 2017, there are a number of changes for pain management billing. The AMA has added and deleted a number of billing codes. Following are the pain management coding changes for 2017: New Epidural Codes – Cervical or Thoracic The following are new injection codes for diagnostic or therapeutic substances, not including neurolytic...
Best Practices For Protecting Your Hipaa-Compliant Data
Following are examples of HIPAA violations that took place in 2017. Each one is a nightmare that healthcare organizations should hope to avoid. The average drop in revenue at a healthcare provider after a data breach is almost $4 million, and that kind of breach is overwhelming. In April of 2017, Augusta University Medical Center...
Questions To Ask A Medical Billing Service Before Hiring Them
Thinking about how to reduce administrative costs, ensure an uninterrupted cash flow, increase your bottom line, and most importantly, allow you to focus on your patients? Then hiring a skilled medical billing service can be just the answer for your healthcare practice. But first, you have to choose the right company to work with. Following...
Measuring Patient Satisfaction
Measuring Patient Satisfaction Can be Difficult. A very important aspect of any medical practice is patient satisfaction, and a recent increase in emphasis on quality of care and value-based payment models has brought more attention to the subject. But measuring patient satisfaction can be difficult. There are three main parts of measuring patient satisfaction: the...
Medical Billing Denials Can Be Avoided
The definition of a medical billing denial is, “the refusal of an insurance company or carrier to honor a request by an individual (or his or her provider) to pay for healthcare services obtained from a healthcare professional.” In medical practices, medical billing denial rates range from 5-10%. For some medical providers, one out of...