ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

Pharmacy Billing Specialist (PBS): Typically, specialty pharmacies utilize a PBS to optimize the billing process through their knowledge of billing regulations and healthcare system codes. Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS): A CDS can help in the PA process by accurately documenting patient records.

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Documentation Medical Assistant Certification Insurance 40

NHA Now

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

How can you stay current with the rapidly evolving medical billing codes related to COVID-19? Additional guidelines from the CDC include: Code only confirmed cases Code only a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 as documented by the provider, documentation of a positive COVID-19 test result, or a presumptive positive COVID-19 test result.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Pharmacy Billing Specialist (PBS) : Typically, specialty pharmacies utilize a PBS to optimize the billing process through their knowledge of billing regulations and healthcare system codes. Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS) : A CDS can help in the PA process by accurately documenting patient records.

Medical Assistant 40

Medical Assistant Documentation Certification Communication 40

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. Fast-forward to 2020, a few months into the pandemic in the U.S.: MGMA found physician productivity fell 45% in April versus the beginning of 2020, not rebounding much by July.

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CareerStep

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Offered through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC), the Certified Professional Coder (CPC) credential is a gold-standard in the industry, allowing you to stand out when you’re applying for medical billing and coding jobs. Read more: CPC or CCA: Which Medical Billing Certification is Right for You? What is the exam like?

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Valant

JULY 29, 2024

Altered mental status, unspecified (R41.82) is a billable ICD-10 diagnostic code under HIPAA regulations from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021. ICD-10 Code for Altered Mental Status In this blog post, Valant discusses the ICD-10 code for Altered Mental Status.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Taking proactive measures to keep billing and coding practices up to date including conducting regular internal billing and coding audits. Ensuring that proper supporting documentation is maintained, and regular legal reviews are conducted. Understanding the law around employing excluded individuals.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2020, researchers from Ireland, the U.S., Consider the following data sources: Administrative data includes data gathered from claims, encounters, enrollment, and providers, such as type of service, units of service, diagnosis and procedure codes, locations, and amounts billed and reimbursed. What’s missing from the Six Domains?

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Relias

APRIL 28, 2022

Many participants have a role to play in the revenue cycle, and at each stage they must employ their specialized knowledge of how that patient interaction and service is documented in the patient’s health record. How Clinical Documentation Integrity Affects Revenue. How Clinical Documentation Integrity Affects Revenue.

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MedAssistantEDU.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

For this, the medical assistants will have to make an account on the NHA website to upload the documents to confirm eligibility. Applicants can also go through NHA CCMA exam questions 2020 to get equipped with the exam pattern. For this, the candidates can take guidance from mentors and teachers.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

“It will be imperative for medical practices and organizations to focus on their billing and denial management to maximize revenue in 2023,” noted Cristy Good, MPH, MA, senior industry advisory and coding expert at MGMA. Consumers very rarely appeal the denied claims — just over one-tenth of 1% did so in 2020.

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Medical Advantage

MARCH 8, 2024

Practice management: Provides a single real-time medical billing dashboard to track all claim and appointment-related tasks, helping to maintain schedule density and optimize practice operations. athenaOne: Simplifies delivery of quality care with customizable documentation templates.

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Relias

AUGUST 11, 2022

Medical billing and coding are two of the most important factors of the revenue cycle, yet the importance of coding accurately is often not monitored, assessed, or facilitated as much as it should be. Coding errors in the medical billing process can lead to lost revenue. What is the Revenue Cycle? Step Two: Services and charge capture.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

When still a Presidential candidate in 2022, DeSantis used the bill as the leading edge of a divisive campaign based on white nationalist victimization, stating, “No one should be instructed to feel as if they are not equal or shamed because of their race. Mike Magee MD is a Medical Historian and regular contributor to THCB.

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