Health Prime

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule that announces policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and other Medicare Part B payment policy issues. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. Feel free to reach us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Medical billing plays a critical role in the financial stability of healthcare providers. Fortunately, medical billing software offers a solution to the challenges healthcare providers face. The impact of billing challenges is felt by healthcare providers and patients. They can have significant consequences for patients.

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Health Prime

APRIL 11, 2024

Medical practices and billing services constantly seek ways to enhance efficiency and financial performance. ” While they may sound similar, understanding their distinctions is crucial for healthcare providers and billing professionals. Read more about this in our blog Practice Optimization: How to convert resources into revenue.

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

The process usually ends with negotiating your terms of a contract and fee schedule. Blog What Is an Insurance Panel? For these reasons, many providers choose to outsource the process to a credentialing specialist or billing agency, although you may also decide to do it yourself. Let’s explore these 3 options.

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Health Prime

MARCH 21, 2024

The revenue cycle in healthcare refers to the entire process of managing the financial aspects of patient care, from the initial appointment scheduling to the final payment received for services rendered. This information serves as the foundation for billing and reimbursement processes.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 1, 2024

As medical professionals, ensuring accurate billing for immunization services is paramount. Ultimately, precise billing safeguards financial health and public well-being, promoting effective disease prevention efforts. The World Health Organization estimates that immunization prevents 3.5-5 Deletion of Appendix Q table.

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Health Prime

JULY 18, 2024

Denial management is crucial in medical billing, ensuring healthcare providers receive rightful reimbursement for their services. Controllable denials are those that can be positively impacted by improving front-end or billing processes. Read more about this in our blog Simple steps to get your denials under control.

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Health Prime

MAY 30, 2024

Moreover, identifying underpayments facilitates the detection of billing errors, improves payer relations, and fosters a culture of accountability within the organization. Identifying patterns of underpayment and scrutinizing each claim for accuracy is a critical step in improving your billing processes.

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Northwest Career College

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As we discussed during our last blog post, if you are a practice manager or billing manager who has been tasked with selecting the correct medical billing software for your medical practice or company, this two-part article will unpack some of the critical elements that you need to address during your decision-making process.

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Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

Learn about this in our blog 5 ways telehealth services can help address the mental health crisis. Also, developing and sharing engaging content through a blog or other content platform is crucial. By entrusting billing complexities to specialists, practices can enhance efficiency, ensuring timely claims processing.

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

This means you can create a work schedule that accommodates your personal life. Administrative Burden Running a practice yourself means handling all administrative tasks, including billing, paperwork, and regulatory compliance. Cons of Opening Your Own Practice Starting your own behavioral health practice also comes with challenges.

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Valant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Understanding EHRs in Behavioral Health An EHR built for behavioral health can help you with treatment planning , progress monitoring, outcome measures, telehealth , billing , and more. Behavioral health billing codes are also complex, and insurance claims and authorizations may be more difficult to secure.

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WSMDA

APRIL 6, 2022

If you’re looking to start a career in medical billing and coding, it’s important to know what it takes to be successful. In this blog post, we will discuss some tips that will help you succeed in your medical billing and coding training in NY !

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Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Intake, scheduling, billing, patient portal functions, clinical reporting, and other basic functions of your practice should work the same across all providers, staff, and locations. Learn about your patients’ experience with the patient portal , scheduling, intake, and billing/payments.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For instance, monitoring appointment scheduling and wait times helps streamline administrative processes and reduce patient wait times. Efficient scheduling enhances patient satisfaction as well as resource allocation within the practice. Evaluating staff productivity enables practice managers to allocate resources most effectively.

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Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Reduced revenue or profitability can be the result of missed billing opportunities, inefficient billing processes , or changes in insurance reimbursement rates, among other things. Financial considerations are one of the main reasons why some practices consider transitioning to in-house billing.

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Health Prime

MARCH 6, 2024

Additionally, it allows patients to: Access their medical records Schedule appointments Receive important updates This seamless communication fosters patient engagement , leading to increased satisfaction and loyalty. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Scheduling Process Easy scheduling is the base of an efficient workflow in behavioral health practices. Streamlined scheduling makes work easier for office staff and improves patient access by reducing wait times. For clinicians, efficient scheduling means better time management and the ability to see more patients.

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Medbridge

JANUARY 24, 2024

New Incentives to Provide Caregiver Training Providers of rehabilitation services (including PT, OT, and SLP) in outpatient, private practice, and other settings billing Medicare Part B have a new tool for the new year.

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Valant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Maybe you want to see more clients, but see no feasible way to add to your schedule because of logistical burdens. Icons in the scheduler help staff and clinicians quickly assess the status of a session’s documentation, copay, and other things, for at-a-glance organization. And much of that comes down to your EHR workflow.

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WSMDA

MAY 25, 2020

8 More Reasons to Start a Medical Billing & Coding Career (Part 2) In our previous blog, we discussed some of the most attractive opportunities for attending an accredited medical billing coding school and jumpstarting your career. As a billing and coding practitioner, you’ll be helping people from behind the scenes.

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Valant

JANUARY 25, 2024

Blog ICD-10 Codes for Depression – F32.0–F33.3 To see how Valant could improve your EHR and coding experience, schedule a free, personalized demo today. In-house billing can boost efficiency, reduce spending, improve revenue streams, and simplify compliance—even with ever-evolving regulations. What is EHR Software?

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Valant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

From understanding billing to leveraging cutting-edge electronic health record (EHR) systems, here’s everything you need to know about group therapy reimbursement. But for group therapy, the bill itself may look different. Overwhelmed with billing for multiple clients per session? Post them somewhere visible while billing.

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Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

EHRs streamline these tasks by automating routine, repetitive processes such as appointment scheduling , patient communications, and insurance claims processing. Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Scale Your Existing Practice Scale Your Existing Practice Learn More 5.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Small tasks like scheduling her next appointment became needlessly tedious and overly complicated. When I went to schedule a biopsy, the scheduler had left for the day and no one else was going to do it. The other receptionist said, ‘Oh, you just missed her’ and I became enraged.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Centralized Scheduling: Implement a centralized patient scheduling system to manage appointments effectively and reduce issues such as overbooking or no-shows. Efficient RCM ensures timely billing, accurate coding, and maximized reimbursements.

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Valant

JANUARY 30, 2024

Blog Why Your Practice Should Accept Insurance for Therapy Along With Private Pay Learn More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Thriving Practice Learn More Financial Auditing and Billing Accuracy for an Internal vs. External Audit Billing accuracy and other financial records are critical components of audits.

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Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

An EHR that is specifically intended for behavioral health practices can offer important features, such as better clinical documentation, tailored billing functionality, and a high-quality patient portal. Can the EHR streamline patient intake processes and appointment scheduling? How does the EHR handle insurance and billing?

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Discover more about how you can accommodate one more patient per day in our blog 4 strategies to see one more patient per day in your medical practice. Health Prime’s Datalytics dashboard shows this value-added feature not typically captured on your typical billing company dashboard. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Northwest Career College

APRIL 17, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore administrative duties specific to medical assistants. These duties may include scheduling patient appointments, maintaining patient records, directing tasks that follow up on processing billing and coding and coordinating communications between the patient and other health staff with the provider.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

MARCH 9, 2024

In this month’s blog post, we will be discussing the Medical Secretary position. Scheduling patient appointments. Assisting with billing and coding , and updating electronic health records (EHR). Knowledge of medical billing and coding processes. What Does a Medical Secretary Do? Data entry accuracy and speed.

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Health Prime

APRIL 18, 2024

This process starts when a patient schedules an appointment and ends when the provider receives payment for the services rendered. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. In healthcare administration, there exists a critical juncture where financial viability meets operational efficiency: Revenue Cycle Management (RCM).

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Do your providers often run out of time for daily tasks like clinical notes and billing-related work? Do patients struggle to schedule timely appointments and/or contact their provider when needed? Ask yourself the following questions about your practice: Are you turning away potential clients due to lack of bandwidth?

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Health Prime

JANUARY 3, 2024

This ensures the accuracy of the patient’s record and streamlines subsequent billing and reimbursement processes. Medical coding translates the services rendered into universally recognized codes for billing purposes. Read more about which metrics to track in our blog Three Key Practice Performance Indicators to Track Monthly.

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MedQuest College

AUGUST 23, 2024

This blog will explore the distinctions between veterinary technicians and veterinarians, helping you understand each role’s unique contributions to animal care. – Handling Administrative Tasks: Vet techs may manage patient records, schedule appointments, and handle billing.

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Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Blog EHR Training: The Importance of EHR Training at Your Private Practice Learn More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Thriving Practice Learn More Providing Comprehensive Training and Support Making training resources and support services readily available can help providers gain confidence in using the new system.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 24, 2024

The easy follow-up of patients using telemonitoring solutions and the augmented access to internet services will continue increasing telemedicine delivery. Learn more about this in our blog Optimize your telemedicine appointments with these best practices. Read more in our blog 5 strategies to enhance patient engagement.

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