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How to make successful Accountable Care Organization?

Value-based care is gaining more popularity in the US healthcare system and Accountable care organizations (ACOs) provide the main push for the healthcare industry away from fee-for-service towards value-based care.

ACO is a very interesting model for care where groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers voluntarily offer coordinated, high-quality care to patients.

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Importance of healthcare payment reforms in Primary care

According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; high-quality primary care implementation needs urgent significant healthcare payment reform, telehealth capabilities, and team-based care. The report focuses on various aspects such as the declining workforce and compensation for primary care.

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Best Practices for Front Desk Team in Healthcare

You have observed that many a time insurance ineligibility is one of the top reasons a bill is rejected hence your front desk team should be alert and follow a set process for both new and returning clients.

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Important metrics for every physician practice – Net and Gross Collection Rate

There is more than evaluating cash flow to assess the financial health of any physician’s practice. However, cash flow is just one factor. You don’t have to be a finance expert to understand the other important metrics like Gross Collection Rate (GCR) and Net Collection Rate (NCR) that should be calculated and reviewed when evaluating the revenue cycle.

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Things to Know About Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage plans offer a way to get your Medicare Part A and Part B coverage; they are also called Part C” or MA Plans”.MA plans are provided by Medicare-approved private companies and these companies need to follow rules set by Medicare.

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Things to know about covid vaccine reimbursement

For COVID vaccines administered on or after March 15, 2021, the national average payment rate for physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, and other immunizers will be $40 per dose. If you look closely the covid vaccine reimbursement for single-dose vaccines costs nearly $28 to $40 for a single and $45 to $80 for two doses.

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Why Should You Opt for A Third-Party Medical Billing Company?

Every healthcare provider is looking for timely and efficient reimbursement from #payers for the services rendered to patients, but it requires clean and error-free insurance claims in the first place. Correcting billing mistakes requires time and other resources from your facility and staff, which time and resources could be better spent on providing quality medical care.

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How can physicians secure data in the digital age?

Electronic #communication of patient information can facilitate clinical care, while mobile technologies and cloud computing boost productivity. However, these technological innovations introduce new concerns of securing the data of patients.

Although the responsibility to keep #patient information confidential may be rooted in professional ethics and governmental bodies regulate confidentiality and medical privacy.

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What you should know about Healthcare Provider Credentialing?

Healthcare providers all need to prove their education, skills, and training required to see patients. Simultaneously, healthcare oversight organizations monitor the work of medical providers to evaluate reports of improper care, among other matters.

All these reporting and monitoring need to be checked periodically, both by healthcare providers and health insurance companies that issue approved provider lists.

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What you should know about Healthcare Provider Credentialing?

Healthcare providers all need to prove their education, skills, and training required to see patients. Simultaneously, healthcare oversight organizations monitor the work of medical providers to evaluate reports of improper care, among other matters.

All these reporting and monitoring need to be checked periodically, both by healthcare providers and health insurance companies that issue approved provider lists.

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General medical billing frauds in healthcare practices

Spending on healthcare in the #US is intensive as health care spending grew 4.6 percent in 2019, reaching $3.8 trillion or $11,582 per person. As a share of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, health spending accounted for 17.7 percent.

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Steps for Value-Based Contracting

The #US health care system is going through a volume-to-value transformation to control cost and improve patient outcomes with value-based contracting services and health care reimbursement models.

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Medicare Reimbursement for Orthopedic Surgery

The #CMS sets reimbursement rates for Medicare providers and generally pays them according to approved guidelines such as the CMS Physician Fee Schedule. Medicare reimbursement for orthopedic surgery follows the same set of rules; however, recently the amount of Medicare reimbursement for orthopedic trauma surgery has fallen by nearly one-third over the past two decades, according to a recent study.

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Changed Role of Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs) in Diagnostic Testing

Effective January 1, 2021, CMS permits Non-Physician Practitioners (NPPs) such as Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) to supervise diagnostic tests (including CIED management) only in states where it is allowed by state law and scope of practice. In all other states, only a physician can supervise diagnostic tests.

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What Providers can do to Prevent Claims from being Denied or Rejected?

Every healthcare provider has a complicated relationship with payers. Healthcare providers are busy in providing treatment to patients and they spend much time with patients and many of the time payers deny payments for the services provided.

Providers can prevent claims denials and can ease the denial management that does not come so easy to any practice.

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Dermatology Medical Billing Challenges and Tips

#Dermatologists play a critical role in reducing the burden of skin #cancer, preventing both death and morbidity but its billing is challenging. The healthcare sector in the #US is changing rapidly and the smart dermatologist acting proactively to get familiar with changing needs of dermatology medical billing.

It is a complex process due to all its paperwork and extensive documentation hence it is advisable to optimize your practice’s administrative efforts to save time and cost.

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Coding for Subcutaneous Cardiac Rhythm Monitors

On Nov. 2, 2020, the American Medical Association (AMA) CPT® Editorial Panel announced the approval of a new Category III CPT® code to describe remote programming of subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitors. The new code will be effective July 1, 2021. Please note that the existence of a Category III CPT® code does not guarantee payment.

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