Billing Compliance

With Halloween and Oct. 1 both coming up, here is a look at the scary sights of ICD-10. Which do you find more frightening - ICD-10 or Halloween?

An ICD-10 critic goes over four myths that have been pushed by the coding set’s supporters and why he is against the transition

Helping patients manage multiple insurance plans with convoluted rules will improve their ultimate care, and also benefit your practice.

Helping patients understand they have to pay for their care can be difficult. Here’s a guide that helps break it down.

Here are ten potential ideas to reward your staff for enduring the stress of the ICD-10 transition.

Most practices are not taking advantage of the tech tools their EHR offers that can help them in the revenue cycle. Here are five to know.

Creating a game plan for dealing with an increase in denied claims during the first few months of ICD-10 can save you money and headaches.

When ICD-10 hits on Oct. 1, coding habits aren’t the only thing that will require adjustment. Here are five EHR-specific tips for the transition.

Medicare has amped up its efforts to collect debts related to alleged billing/coding errors, which is hurting providers in the pocket.

To achieve revenue growth goals, practices should look at these five key areas and see where they currently stand.

Breaking down how the latest proposed rule from CMS could impact physician self-referral regulations and what it means for physicians.

I have a 95 percent success rate when attempting to gain “approval” for medically needed testing. Here are some of my success strategies.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the company's top 5 for categories including Blues, and regional.

What bundled payments are, how they work, and how they might affect your practice.

Here are the five best payers for medical practice claims in the U.S., according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView rankings.

Here are the rankings of the best Blues in the U.S. for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView data.

Here are the eight best major payers for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView rankings.

Here are the best Medicaid payers for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView rankings.

Here are the best Medicare payers for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView rankings.

Here are the rankings of the best payers in the Midwestern U.S. for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView data.

Here are the rankings of the best payers in the northeast U.S. for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView data.

Here are the rankings of the best payers in the southern U.S. for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView data.

Here are the rankings of the best payers in the western U.S. for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView data.

Here are the five worst payers for medical practice claims, according to athenahealth's 2013 PayerView rankings.

Physicians should think twice before doing business with laboratories that offer the opportunity to profit from your business relationship.