Medical Billing & Collections

If you think you can just outsource revenue cycle management and walk away, think again. Here are five tips to ensuring a successful partnership.

While many practices are reining in expenses, it may make sense to outsource revenue cycle management as a way to improve your bottom line.

Physicians should use modifier 58 to indicate a staged or related procedure that was planned in advance.

The ICD-10 transition will continue into the next year for practices. Here are some tips you’ll need to take in 2016.

Practices must explore new collection strategies for patients with high-deductible plans that require more financial responsibility.

Fall brings a new set of activities that may require new ICD-10 codes at your practice. Here's a list of 15 possible – and funny – autumn injuries.

Our coding expert discusses copying the referring physician on consults; coding follow-up visits; and selecting medical complexity for high-toxicity meds.

ICD-10 is here, so be sure your medical practice is addressing all related issues to avoid a hit to your bottom line.

Many physicians feel that useless chart documentation has grown to consume most of the patient visit, leaving little time for patient care.

During these early days of ICD-10 payers are accepting codes that aren't quite as specific as they should be. This won't last forever.

Everything seems fine on the surface with ICD-10 thus far, but is there a false sense of security?

Our coding expert discusses coding for medical necessity, TCM/home visits, using modifier 25 with the AWV, and split-bill encounters.

It's all been about successful implementation up to Oct. 1, but soon practices should focus on life after ICD-10 becomes a reality.

With the healthcare exchange open enrollment period starting Nov. 1, educating your patients about the facts is vital.

What were the top five most commonly unexpected procedures that were denied in August? RemitData laid out all the answers in this infographic.

Curious about the top ICD-10 codes being used by your peers? Here's a short list provided by EHR vendor Practice Fusion.

The challenges of ICD-10 are only getting started with denial and claim error rates set to rise. Here’s one way to avoid these travails.

As patients see increases in healthcare costs, it’s up to a practice’s staff members to change payment behavior and keep collections coming.

ICD-10 is now the official language of insurance claims. Here's how to avoid translation problems and other tips to keep your head above water

Tomorrow is the big day for the ICD-10 transition. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, here are ten last-minute resources to help you out.

For small practices that feel behind on ICD-10 readiness, one potential solution would be for them to partner with a local large health system.

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

The upcoming coding change requires reimbursement monitoring by practices and perhaps a review of claims appeal processes as well.

Oct. 1 will be here before you know it. If you aren't ready for ICD-10, it's time to narrow your focus.