Payers are stepping up their audit activities for medical practice and hospital billing and coding. Here’s how to avoid being ...

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Vi Dodd, a certified professional coder at Richmond, Va.-based Medarva Stony Point Surgery Center, spoke with Becker’s ASC Review about best practices and guidelines for coding and billing four common ...

Medical coding is the process under which hospitals translate crucial medical information related to each patient into simple codes for documenting medical records and for ease in medical billing and ...

The medical billing process can be frustrating. Converting your patient notes to numbered claims can introduce human error and insurers can be strict about how claims ...

Medical coders are typically behind the scenes of patient care, analyzing records, selecting codes for billing, and managing patient data. But to Jannifer Owens, a revenue cycle expert with over 20 ...

Recent rulings from the CMS offer an opportunity to reevaluate specialty mixes, surgical offerings and professional practice offerings against existing managed care contracts to ensure revenue cycle ...

Medical coders use a standardized classification system to code patient information for insurance claims, databases and registries. Most employers, such as hospitals, physicians' offices and other ...

Getting paid quickly is a priority for every profession, especially if you’re in the medical industry. Unfortunately, the time between when services are rendered and when payment is made can often ...

Medical claims and billing specialists, also known as medical billers, play a vital role in the health care field. They maintain patient treatment records, record insurance information, process ...

CEO Timothy Herbert reported that the key challenge for the business is the coding of the Inspire V procedure, explaining, "we received clarification regarding the coding that should be used for the ...

Inga Ellzey Billing Companies is encouraging dermatology practices to conduct a mid-year revenue cycle check to identify potential revenue loss and address problems while there is still time to ...