A transparent, data-driven approach can ease the transition from traditional fee-for-service to value-based contracts.

Strengthening Payer-Provider Partnership for Value: Why data transparency is key

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While helpful, the increase in electronic patient information creates more opportunity for errors, omissions, or mistakes that can ultimately lead to an unintended patient outcome and subsequent evidence against a provider in a legal proceeding.

Proper medical charting is critical to protecting against legal risk

David Lareau is the chief executive officer of 

, which provides physician-driven, point-of-care solutions that fix EHRs.

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Things owners and administrators should know when preparing for interoperability in their practice. 

Best practices for implementing interoperability in your practice

, a revenue cycle management company that helps practices boost their practice performance & increase their revenue through custom billing solutions. Drop an Email to Hari 

The risk of malpractice and negligence is hurting the medical billing industry. Here’s a brief article talking about various risks involved with these threats to practices, clinics, and coders.

Risks of malpractice and negligence in the medical billing industry 

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You’re probably already doing the work. Get paid for more of it.

3 billing codes physicians should use

There’s no doubt prior authorizations are a major time suck. Here are five ways to make them a little less onerous.

Making prior authorizations less burdensome

Senior director of strategic programs for The US Oncology Network

If providers fail to follow these new rules, claims will be denied, and eventually, those who are outliers on adherence to appropriate use criteria will be subject to prior authorization.

Preparation for appropriate use criteria is key to success

Five tips to ensure better documentation and, along with it, better patient care and improved reimbursement.

Boost reimbursement through improved documentation

Carl Knopke, MD, FOMA, FAAFP is the medical director of Inland Empire Weight Loss in Riverside, California. He is board certified in Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine. He is an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and a member of the Board of Trustees for the 

His primary medical interests include treating diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and arthritis using the tenets of obesity medicine. He also has special interests in psychiatry, psychology and exercise physiology and how they can be applied to treat obesity.

Though similar to other specialties, some billing codes are unique for behavioral therapy.

Billing and coding in obesity medicine

Don’t let your Medicare Part B reimbursement for advanced imaging be impacted by the CMS Mandate taking effect on January 1, 2022!

New CMS Appropriate Use Criteria mandate for CDSM will impact Medicare reimbursement

Senior Vice President of Client Development at VisiQuate

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Physicians Practice® spoke with Terry Blessing III, Senior Vice President of Client Development at VisiQuate, about how practices can work to reduce the likelihood of encountering denied claims.

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Strengthening Payer-Provider Partnership for Value: Why data transparency is key