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Billing “Incident to” in Inpatient Facilities

Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

Can we bill a medical assistant’s services as incident to a physician’s services for long-term care patients in long-term nursing homes (POS [place… Continue reading Billing “Incident to” in Inpatient Facilities

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The Craziest Medical Bills

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Patients around the country are getting stuck with enormous medical bills as hospitals continue to mark up the cost of their services, including those for routine medical procedures and advanced surgeries. For many patients and families, rising medical bills can be a nightmare. 79 million Americans have medical bill or debt problems.

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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

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Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the Senate and Rep.

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Empowering diabetes management through coordinated billing practices 

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Even if it can seem unrelated, medical billing plays a massive role in managing diabetes. By encouraging best practices in medical billing, your practice can ensure financial performance optimization and better patient outcomes. Here are four reasons why diabetes billing can help you improve patient outcomes and enhance cash flow: 1.

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Your Billing Assistant: Using Artificial Intelligence for Medical Billing 

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One of the most effective is artificial intelligence medical billing. If you’re considering integrating AI into medical billing, keep reading to understand how it works. Then review best practices in implementing AI into medical billing. With AI medical billing, you can prevent these costly denials.

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Federal government notches rare win in surprise billing lawsuit

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the federal government’s original interpretation of the No Surprises Act in determining how a key metric in billing disputes is calculated.

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Washington Bill Would Provide Workers’ Comp Insurance to Nurse for PTSD

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And lawmakers in Washington state have proposed a bill that would provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage for nurses with PTSD, similar to a 2018 law that provides workers’ PTSD compensation to firefighters and police officers. Low pay, long hours, and staff shortages have only compounded the crisis.

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