Medical Billing & Collections

Here are 10 relevant financial reports each physician at your practice should see … whether they read them or not.

Here are nine tips to bring electronic payment into your practice while not interfering with the best care for patients.

When do you use modifier 25 or 57? Coding expert John Verhovshek explains the difference when coding an E&M service.

What would you say if I told you that the billing department should be the heart of your business?

Take this quiz from RemitDATA on the coding trends in the first half of 2017.

Should you hire an in-house coder or outsource? Do you need to hire one at all? Answers to these questions and more.

The coding rulebook is always changing. Here are strategies from our two coding experts to help you stay compliant.

High deductible health plans hit patients' wallets hard, here's how to cushion the blow for your practice.

Why you need an attorney if you are going to recoup payment from payers. It's not the same as getting money from patients.

Inaccurate billing and coding can have a direct and negative impact on a practice's bottom line. What are some common coding queries?

Experts share their advice on how to ensure coding is done properly at your practice, through focusing on common codes and more.

Coding expert Bill Dacey answers your latest coding questions, including an inquiry on how to bill for TCM services.

In this month's coding column, we also feature answers to prolonged services codes and orthopedic ICD-10 codes.

Helping to identify how to set up a successful process is the next step beyond settling for simply meeting industry benchmarks.

A healthcare professional takes time to address some of the misconceptions patients may have when they present for care.

Unaffiliated ERs are becoming popular due to their convenience, but are the high prices worth the level of care?

Today's practice must be in tune with the reality of healthcare consumer demands, including using electronic billing services.

Medical groups like the AMA and AHA are against the GOP's Affordable Care Act replacement bill, the AHCA, which faces a long road towards becoming law.

This month's coding column: An elderly patient's grown daughter comes in for an office visit without the patient, is there a code for that?

A New Year brings us the reality of some insurance plans not being compliant to new changes and never seen before denials.

We compiled our readers' favorite practice management articles from the past year reflecting strategies and best practices.

This month's coding column is about whether or not one or more physicians of different specialties can bill the advanced care planning codes.

A New Jersey physician's actions of submitting thousands of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid cost him more than a fine.

CMS released a dashboard that revealed the amount of money spent by the agency on specific drugs. Maryland docs reject medical marijuana.

Physicians are first concerned with treating patients. But they are also business owners. It is a mistake not to review potential areas of risk.