Practice Management Alert
Check Out These General ICD-9 Changes
Practice Management Alert
- Solid Education May Be Cure-All for Your Audit-Revealed Billing Problems
Idea: Visual aids such as bell-curve charts can help problem providers see the big picture
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: Learn When States Govern Collections
Avoid legal hot water by knowing when you can collect on Medicaid and workers' comp [...] - Collections Strategies:
Be Ready for These 2 Patient Excuses When You Make a Collection Call
You can control the conversation and get better payment results if you're prepared with the [...] - Looking for Benchmarking Data? Try These 4 Resources
The right information can make for a much more productive internal audit
You can focus your [...] - Start Your NPI Application Process Sooner, Not Later
The new National Provider Identifier will make your life easier, but you have to do [...] - Hire an Outside Auditor, Experts Agree
Outside help is a must to ensure you're not overlooking a billing, coding or compliance [...] - Ace Your 'Decision for Surgery' Claims With 4 Q&As
If you don't know the difference between modifiers -57 and -25, you could be causing [...] - Reader Questions:
Use New Patient Status Code for Transfers to CAH
Question: I heard we would no longer be using patient status code 01 or 05 [...] - Reader Questions:
Check Out These General ICD-9 Changes
Question: What are some of the most prominent 2006 ICD-9 changes that will affect general [...] - June's Recipe for Billing Success:
Prove Timely Filing With 3 Steps
Many insurance companies repeatedly insist they never received your claim, even if you sent it [...] - Reader Questions:
Assess Patient Cooperation With Simple Yardsticks
Question: We like to arrange mutually agreeable payment plans with patients whenever possible, rather than [...]
