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Improve Front Office Collections with 2.5 Simple Sentences
For specialties that receive payment at the time of service, there are many tools to help verify benefits and make it easier to collect payment. Over the 26 years we have spent serving medical practices we have seen many products or services claiming to eliminate patient debt, allow you to easily collect at the time…
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Who needs a Business Associate Agreement
Who needs a Business Associate Agreement (BAA)? Who doesn’t? A smooth running medical practice requires patient information to be used for many purposes. The information is critical for treatment of patients, payment for their services, and making sure the practice is operating as a successful business. In order to assure that patient information is protected…
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Simplifying can be Complex (RVU Introduction)
How much does it cost? In a medical practice this simple question can have a complex answer. This is a quick introduction to a common method for how professional healthcare services are priced and paid in the United States. Understanding Relative Values helps practices to set proper fees, make sure insurance companies are paying properly,…
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Refunds and Civil War Blankets
The laws impacting medical practices have transformed over the years. During the Civil, War items were sold to the Union Army that did not live up to their promises. What was supposed to be boxes of guns turned out to be boxes of saw dust? Overpriced items and poor quality were rampant. One war profiteer…
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Noridian Medicare Endeavor Updates
Noridian Medicare Endeavor: It has been said that the most powerful force in our healthcare system is the current generational change. The boom of baby boomers becoming eligible for Medicare each year is shifting how practices serve patients and shifting reimbursement. Increases in elderly patients drives the need to be skilled in keeping up…
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Telehealth Expansion – New Services available as of 10/14/2020
On 10/14/2020 additional services have been approved by the US Department of Health and Human Services to be provided via Telehealth During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Here is the timeline of the major announcements related to the Telehealth Expansion during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: 03/17/2020 – Expansion of Telehealth is announced adding 89…
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Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding
On October 5th, 2020 Phase 3 of the Provider Relief Funding was opened for enrollment. Providers will have until November 6, 2020 to apply for additional funding which will distribute another $20 billion dollars in Provider Relief. Even if a practice received funding previously they still can qualify and it is clear that many providers…
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Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Technology based services during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
As preventive measures increase to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) many healthcare providers are interested in serving patients remotely while being paid for their services. Two days ago laws changed allowing a temporary expansion of Telehealth Services. This applies to Medicare patients and we are finding that most private insurance carriers and Medicaid…
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MIPS: Who Qualifies?
MIPS – Who Qualifies? Who Cares? The Merit-based Incentive Payment system (MIPS) is one component of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. If MIPS applies to your services action you take in 2017 will impact what you are paid in 2019. A penalty for this year would result in a 4% reduction…
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Improving Front Office Collections
Improve Front Office Collections with 2.5 Simple Sentences For specialties that receive payment at the time of service, there are many tools to help verify benefits and make it easier to collect payment. Over the 26 years we have spent serving medical practices we have seen many products or services claiming to eliminate patient debt,…