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
Practices Dealing with New Payer-Created Problems
Many practices are running on razor-sharp margins. That puts them at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to dealing with payer-generated work.
PayerView 2015: Major Payers
Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the "major payer" category for 2015.
PayerView 2015: All Payers
Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the "all payers" category for 2015.
PayerView 2015: Blues
Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the Blues category for 2015.
PayerView 2015: Medicare
Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the Medicare category for 2015.
PayerView 2015: Medicaid
Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the Medicaid category for 2015.
Get Your Medical Practice Paid: 4 Revenue Tips
Make sure your practice is getting paid what it is owed for the work you perform with these four tips.
Is RCM Outsourcing Right for Your Medical Practice?
Available talent, specialty, and size are just three factors in deciding whether or not to outsource your practice's revenue cycle management.
Nine Questions for Prospective Medical Billing Partners
Thinking about outsourcing your medical billing? Here are nine questions to ask a prospective outside biller or billing service.
Billing for Chronic Care Management Services
Before deciding to provide and bill for chronic care management, a practice should make sure it has the necessary staff and support structures first.
Physician Education for ICD-10
As Oct. 1 approaches, get your physicians ready by determining how much and what kind of ICD-10 training they'll need.
Waiving Patient Payments a Kind, but Problematic, Gesture
You may want to help patients experiencing financial difficulties and you can, but be sure to do it the right way to avoid a payer audit and penalty.
Five Ways to Better Manage Payer Contracts
From actually locating your payer contracts to making negotiations effective, here are five strategies for your medical practice.
Managing Your Newest Payer: Your Patients
With patients taking on more financial responsibility, have a strategy in place to collect what you are owed.
Proactive Patient Payment Plans Made Easy
ICD-10 Readiness Testing: What, Who, and When
Reduce the number of unpleasant surprises when the ICD-10 coding system goes live in October by starting tests now.
There's an ICD-10 Code for That
As we get closer to the ICD-10 transition, medical billers are likely finding some familiar symptoms among the new code set.
Dual Coding ICD-10 and ICD-9: When and How
The ICD-10 coding system goes into effect October 1, but you may not be totally finished with the old codes for several weeks.
Direct Primary Care: What Physicians Need to Know
With the increased buzz around the direct primary care model, here's what you need to know about the private healthcare transition.
Three Ways Front-Office Staff Can Improve Collections
Practices face big cash-flow problems as patients shoulder more of their healthcare costs. Here's how to step up patient payment collections.
Tech Tools to Boost Patient Collections
Use the technology your practice likely already has to improve your patient collection rate.
Five Tips to Manage Patient Collections Accounts
Having a great collections management policy in place at your practice can serve you very well, and keep your accounts receivable on track.
15-Day Patient Collection Letter
Close communication with patients is vital to good collections. Send a collection letter after three failed statements, so patients know you mean business.
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: Feb. 2015
RemitDATA's Aaron Hood explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a special focus on radiology.
Collect More Patient Revenue by Improving Communication
Communication is key as patients are more likely to take their financial obligations seriously when they have a strong relationship with the practice.
ICD-10 Procrastinator's Six-Month Timeline
ICD-10 will be here before you know it. Here's what you need to do before October 1.
ICD-10 Documentation and Quality Reporting Changes
Make sure your practice is ready for changes in documentation analysis and quality reporting tied to the ICD-10 coding transition.
Six Key Differences Between ICD-9 and ICD-10
The changes in the new ICD-10 coding system will help you do your job better. Here are some changes you'll be happy to meet.
Level 4 Documentation; RN Reimbursement
Answers from our coding expert on questions regarding Level 4 documentation and RN reimbursement.
When a Preventive Visit Uncovers a New Patient Complaint
It's possible to be reimbursed for a preventive visit and a problem-focused visit performed on the same day, but proper documentation and coding is critical.