February 26th 2024
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
October 25th 2023
MGMA Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Anders Gilberg, discusses some of what’s the organization is anticipated in the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule.
August 23rd 2023
Collecting money from patients is an ongoing challenge that has only worsened with high-deductible health plans.
July 31st 2023
May 22nd 2023
Two ICD-10 Prep Tips for Practices
Think coding is hard now? ICD-10 will require far greater specificity and documentation. Here are two ways to start preparing.
Use Denials to Boost Medical Practice Revenue
You can boost your payment stream significantly by using rejected claims as a learning opportunity. Here's how.
Five Ways to Improve Coding at Your Medical Practice
If you're looking to combat rising business costs at your medical practice your best bet is effective coding. Here's how to get started.
Five Reasons Your Staff Fails to Collect from Patients
Collecting from patients is vital to a practice's bottom line. But often, it is an inconsistent process, done poorly. Here's what you can do about it.
Strategies for Getting Paid at Your Medical Practice
Here are eight simple tips from practice management experts to collect more of the money your practice is owed by patients and payers.
Five Common Payer Denials and Remedies: January 2015
RemitDATA's Aaron Hood explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a special focus on OB/GYN.
Parsing Medicare's Value-Based Modifier
Medicare's new value-based modifiers are complex. Here are the important points your practice should know about getting paid for value.
CMS Value-Based Modifier: Ready or Not?
Medicare's value-based modifier is a new fee schedule adjustment that will reward or penalize physicians for quality of care in 2015.
'Mix and Match' Documentation for Higher Reimbursement
Physicians may find that revised coding guidelines allow their coding and billing to better reflect the documented level of service provided.
Complex Care Coordination; Counseling Code Confusion
Answers from our coding expert on questions regarding discharge code requirements; complex care coordination; and counseling code confusion.
Complying with the 60-Day Rule: Tips for Medical Practices
CMS guidance on the 60-day rule can be confusing. Here are some answers to common questions physicians and managers have regarding compliance.
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: Q4 2014
RemitDATA's Aaron Hood explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a special focus on family medicine.
Five ICD-10 Areas of Focus for Your Medical Practice
Here are five ways you can mitigate the risk of a coding audit or fines in your practice, in relation to the coming ICD-10 conversion.
ICD-10 Winter and Valentine's Day Codes
Having a little fun with the ICD-10 codes now will come in handy when it’s time to implement them later.
What Is Your Medical Practice's True Financial Responsibility?
If your medical practice wants to get paid for services, make sure that you understand your true responsibility to the patient, and for working with the insurance company.
Who Can Perform the AWV; Coding for Urea Breath Tests
Answers from our coding expert on questions regarding the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit; urea breath tests; counseling time; and consultations.
A Medical Practice's Guide to Incident-To Billing
The incident-to rules can be confusing for many physicians, practice managers, and billers and coders. Here's some helpful guidance.
Insurance Exchanges and Your Practice: 5 Collection Tips
Many of the health insurance exchange plans include high deductibles, so getting these patients to pay their portion of your fee is critical.
2014 Fee Schedule Survey Results
The results of our 2014 Fee Schedule Survey are in. Here's a look at some of the key findings, and how physician practices can react.
What Is Your Patient's True Financial Responsibility?
If your medical practice wants to get paid for services, do not accept financial responsibility for medical expenses that your patients incur.
Medical Billing and Collections Quiz
Test your patient collections knowledge with our interactive quiz, featuring claims and denial data from RemitDATA from the fourth quarter of 2014.
New Surgical Coding Modifiers Replace Modifier -59
Over the summer CMS added four new modifiers that will require a much greater degree of specification when coding surgical procedures.
Eight Ways to Retain Old Patients and Attract New Ones
Just a few changes in your operations can create a whole new atmosphere for your patients and encourage them to return to your practice.
Charting the Course to ICD-10: Budget Planning
In early 2015, your first tasks to prepare for ICD-10 should be reviewing your budget and effectively communicating the code set change.
Control ICD-10 Claims and Denials: 4 Tips
Now is the time to act to prevent claims issues, including denials, due to ICD-10. Here are four tips.
Seven Steps to Consistently Collect Patient Payments
Don't let money slip out of your practice in the form of poor collection policies. Here are seven ways to maximize your revenue.
Medical Payers' Timely Filing Deadlines
Knowing payers' timely filing deadlines can increase your revenue. Here's how you can work around them.
Three Simple Strategies for High-Deductible Patients
Patient deductibles have gone from getting patients' "skin in the game" to being "skinned alive." Their problems are physicians' problems.
Managing Your Practice's Revenue Cycle in 2015
There is no time like the present to review your patient payment strategy. Here are 11 questions every practice should consider.
ICD-10 Prep for Small Practices: 5 Ways to Get on Track
If your medical practice is among those only partially ready or just in the initial stages of an ICD-10 transition plan, it's time to get moving.