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Billing & Collections

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A Fair Trade?
What you can and can't do when it comes to collections

Are You in Compliance?
Whether or not your practice has a full-time billing staff or outsources this function, billing remains the backbone of the revenue cycle in the practice.

Avoid Billing's Legal Landmines
Worrying about whether your coding and billing practices are within the law can keep you awake at night. We offer some guidelines to help you stay on track.

Beyond the Codes
How to make sure payers send the right amount

Billing & Collections: Mine Your A/R Reports
Your days-in-A/R report tells you how long it takes you to get paid — and the longer it takes, the more it costs. Learn how to read these reports correctly so you can fix whatever’s holding up your checks.

Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball
Collecting from patients is one of your hardest jobs. Some practices, in frustration, are turning to tough tactics like charging interest and even taking patients to court. Here’s a look at what works best, and what’s not worth the trouble.

Billing and Collections: You Are Being Watched
Patients are increasingly asking doctors to keep diagnoses and treatments out of their records to avoid damaging their chances of obtaining insurance coverage in the future. What should you do?

Billing Blunders
Four common billing mistakes and how to fix them

Bonding Your Billing Staff
All about bonding your employees

Build a Stronger Bottom Line
A conversation with billing experts on best practices

Charge! (Or Not)
To fee or not to fee?

Claims Made Fast and Easy
How to select an electronic claims processor

Collect More Money!
How much is your practice losing to poor billing and collections? Get solutions from industry leaders.

Coming to Terms With Payers
How do you negotiate with managed-care payers? If you're wise, very carefully.

Contracts: Who Works for Whom?
Evaluating a payer contract requires more than a working knowledge of the fee schedule. If you want to negotiate a better deal when it's renewal time, you need to know how each payer does business.

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