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What’s the Difference between EMR Software and EHR Software?

June 30, 2018

As healthcare evolves and improves with technology, both patients and care providers look for better ways to prevent and diagnose illness, and to identify and reduce health risks. Maintaining and reviewing health records is the way to accomplish this, but paper records are the method of the past. Electronic records have a foot planted firmly …

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Anesthesia Documentation Lagging

December 14, 2016

A survey taken by the Academic Health Sciences Centre of Canada and published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine found wide-ranging inconsistencies between recorded anesthetic data. To conduct the survey, the research team provided questionnaires to four different adult McGill University hospitals. Anesthesiologists were asked to rank operational variables on a scale of 1 …

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Change in Billing Option Leads to an Increase in Medicare Spending

May 17, 2015

A new study has found that a Medicare policy change which was intended to be spending-neutral in fact led to a 6.5 percent increase in spending on medical office visits during the year 2010. This measure, which eliminated a popular consultation billing option, has been tied to a resultant increase in billing by physicians for …

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Medical Billing in a Touch Economy

June 4, 2014

Medical Billing in a Tough Economy Across the United States, and around the globe, many families are feeling the pangs of an ailing economy. The problem is, essentials such as living expenses, school expenses, and medical care remain the same. As businesses cut back on full-time employees and benefits, some families do not even have …

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Appealing a Claim Denied Due to Lack of Authorization

February 4, 2012

When it comes to navigating the managed care world, the system can be streamlined, efficient and profitable as long as the proper procedures are followed. However, when it comes to authorization for services rendered outside of the primary care physician’s (PCP) office, these procedures must be followed precisely otherwise an office runs the risk of …

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What impact will ICD-10 have on the practice?

November 9, 2011

ICD-10 The much anticipated ICD-10 has been in the works for since 1983 and it promises to provide for greater accuracy in diagnostic coding. In fact, ICD-10 includes 155,000 codes which is a significant increase as compared to the 17,000 that were available in ICD-9CM. These greater coding options will be critical to accurate and …

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CMS Contract to Ensure Physician Incentive Payments

August 28, 2011

Hewlett-Packard Awarded CMS Contract to Ensure Physician Incentive Payments It was reported in October 2010 that Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had entered into a contract that called for HP to maintain CMS’s Integrated Data Repository (IDR) and thereby provide data quality services that will improve the accuracy of …

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How do I control my off-site billing service?

June 7, 2011

Maintaining Control of an Off-Site Service One of the big concerns that medical practices have when it comes to hiring a remote service provider for such duties as billing is worries over how to maintain control over the process. After all, if you were to have issues you would like to review with the billing …

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Should I outsource my medical billing out of state?

March 21, 2011

From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Using an Out-of-State Medical Biller When it comes to organic produce, local is probably best. Looking for a plumber? Using a guy from your zip code is probably the way to go. However, when it comes to outsourcing medical office services such as billing and credentialing it can prove …

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How to Make the Most of Medicare Reimbursements in 2011

February 17, 2011

How to Make the Most of 2011 Medicare Reimbursement Every summer, medical practice office managers as well as physicians anxiously await the release of Medicare reimbursement rates for the following year. While reports leading up to the big reveal usually let them know which way the scale will be tipping, in these tough economic times …

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