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
Revisions to Payment Policies in 2015 Physician Fee Schedule
Proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2015 will affect calculation of payment rates and potentially misvalued codes.
The Top 4 Tips to Code Medical Time-based Services Appropriately
Except where CPT guidelines state otherwise, follow these four tips to ensure you’re reporting time-based services correctly.
The Basics of Making RVUs Work for Your Medical Practice
Knowing how to calculate RVU values is critical if you are going to apply them to any other applications. Here's a primer for your medical practice.
Training Medical Practice Staff to Deal with Angry Patients
If you've ever heard a staff member try to calm an angry patient down on a phone call, you have a great opportunity for training.
HCC Coding: 10 Tips for Top Scores
Here are 10 tips for Medicare Advantage plans and their aligned physicians to maximize revenue when it comes to Hierarchical Condition Category coding.
Medical Practice Collections Efforts Just Became Easier
When patients refuse to pay their cost-share for healthcare, you have a surprise go-to resource to help get you paid.
Billing New Physicians Incident-to Current Physicians
When it comes to billing Medicare, you may very well be able to bill one physician incident-to another. Here's how.
EHRs and the ICD-10 Transition: Planning for 2015
It's important to work with your EHR vendor to ensure ICD-10 compliance in 2015. Here are some of the challenges to address right away.
A Poor Medical Billing Process Can Impact Patients
When your patients have a great experience with your staff, but a not-so-great one with your billing department, it's time to make some changes.
Small Ways to Stay On Top of Medical Practice Finances
Here's what physicians and medical practice managers can do to keep the financial side of their practices running smoothly.
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: April 2014
RemitDATA's director of product management, Aaron Hood, explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a focus on OB/GYN.
Medicaid Expansion: Risks to Physicians
As part of its annual PayerView study, athenahealth outlines key areas where Medicaid is making business tough for physicians.
PayerView 2014: Best Payers
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.
Reform-created Patients Drive Revenue, Challenge Collections
Here are strategies for surviving a potential surge in patients with Medicaid and high-deductible exchange plans.
Welcoming Newly Insured Patients to Your Medical Practice
Your practice may encounter more patients than usual this summer and fall. Here's how to prepare.
ICD-10: From Politics to Preparation
Sue Bowman of AHIMA discusses how ICD-10 got delayed, the true cost of waiting one year for implementation, and how to get your practice prepared.
Health Insurers Using Sneaky Tactics to Intimidate Physicians
The "recredentialing trap," strict payment reviews, and fingerprinting are all underway or on the horizon as ways payers are bullying physicians.
Department of Managed Care Can Help Your Practice Get Paid
Know who you can turn to when you are continuously denied payment by an insurance company so that your practice can get paid all that it is due.
Automated Billing: Increase Time with Patients, Practice Profitability
If your practice is looking to boost its profitability and spend more time with patients, automating your billing and collections may be a solution. Here's why.
Many Potential Pitfalls Exist for EHR Users
Roughly half of all medical practices have implemented EHR, but they still have a long way to go in terms of meaningful use and recovery audit contractors.
Physicians Experience Payment Problems Due to ACA Hiccups
Why one pediatric practice that received over $100,000 in increased payments due to an ACA initiative has to pay the money back.
Five Often-overlooked Benefits of the ICD-10 Transition
Seeing the benefits of the ICD-10 transition will help you and your medical practice staff members embrace and prepare for the upcoming transition.
Insurers Take Advantage of Impossible Expectations Placed on Physicians
In medical practice, a cottage industry has developed, which is dedicated solely to legal “fault finding” without regard to equity.
ICD-10 Next Steps: For the Prepared and Procrastinators
Angie Comfort of AHIMA gives you quick tips on what you should do to prepare for ICD-10 in 2015, whether your practice was ready or not in 2014.
New ICD-10 Transition Date Set
On May 1, Physicians Practice received an e-mail that contained the official statement from a CMS spokesperson regarding the new implementation date.
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: March 2014
RemitDATA's director of product management, Aaron Hood, explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a focus on internal medicine.
Getting Physician Attention, Buy-in for the ICD-10 Transition
Whether you have one physician or 17,000 to prepare for the ICD-10 transition, here's how to get them invested in implementing the new coding system.
CMS: ICD-10 Announcement Coming 'in the Near Future'
With physicians and practices in limbo on the ICD-10 transition, CMS reaffirmed its commitment to the code set and says a new deadline will be announced shortly.
4 Ways to Make the Most of the ICD-10 Delay
Having at least another 18 months until ICD-10 becomes a reality can be a good thing for your medical practice. Here are four things to start doing today.
5 Strategies for Your Medical Practice to Deal with the ICD-10 Delay
Despite how you feel about the ICD-10 delay, make it work for you, not against you. Here are five planning strategies to consider.