5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: Feb. 2015

From payer contract homework to a 15-minute morning huddle, these are the moves practice administrators can make after four days of sessions and interviews at MGMA's centennial meeting.

Hold times, delayed approvals and denials on authorized care dominated member feedback to MGMA's government affairs team.

Four Oct. 29 sessions cover supplemental pay, payer contracts, Kentucky Medicaid and workload pressure for physicians and administrators.

An IDR win isn't a check. Payers have 30 days to pay, courts won't force them to and CMS admits awards are slipping through.

Madison Hynes of MGMA explained what practice leaders should watch as electronic prior authorization and Medicaid work requirements arrive Jan. 1.

UnitedHealth says No Surprises Act arbitration awards are its biggest cost pressure. What practices that use IDR should document now.

MGMA acting CEO Akash Madiah on what members need, what the association must fix and how administrators can stop revenue leaks now.

Heal 360's $20 million settlement over swabs billed as full office visits shows how scribe and template notes can expose any practice.