Health Prime

OCTOBER 3, 2024

approximately 30% of all newly diagnosed cancers in women are breast cancer. For medical billing professionals, this month is a crucial reminder of the importance of accurate breast cancer diagnosis coding. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2022

How much do I love this media campaign from Walgreens , collaborating with the foursome The Old Gays who have a growing multi-million person fan base on TikTok? A whole lot! Kudos to Walgreens for creating engaging, informative, and fun! Receiving delivery same-day. And here the guys are featured on The Today Show in honor of Pride Month.

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Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2022

This research is part of a collaboration program called Diagnosis: Debt from Kaiser Health News (part of the Kaiser Family Foundation) and NPR. “Instead, they’ve faced thousands of dollars in bills as health insurers shifted costs onto patients through higher deductibles.”

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Valant

MARCH 2, 2024

For behavioral health practices, transitioning to in-house billing for mental health services can be extremely beneficial. In-house billing can boost efficiency, reduce spending, improve revenue streams, and simplify compliance—even with ever-evolving regulations. What inefficiencies exist? What areas can be improved?

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EvidenceCare

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In a recent episode of The Better Care Podcast , Bo Bartholomew, CEO of EvidenceCare, interviewed Bill Sheahan, Chief Innovation Officer at MedStar Health and Executive Director of the MedStar Institute for Innovation , and Bo Wilkes, President of Ballad Ventures and Managing Director of Ballad Health Innovation. Bill Sheahan 4.

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

Regulatory Standards CERT (comprehensive error rate testing) is a program administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that utilizes Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) to review medical records and identify potential billing errors. The RACs are the ones conducting the audits. What triggers a CERT audit?

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CareerStep

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

If you’ve ever considered a job in healthcare but don’t want to work directly with patients, medical billing and coding may be a good fit! Medical billing and coding professionals are aging out–as in retiring–and there aren’t enough qualified people to replace them. They’re used for billing and insurance reasons.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 24, 2023

Effective communication with your medical billing partner is vital to identify areas of improvement, streamline your processes, and increase revenue. Additionally, sharing information between your business and billing partner is essential to reaching organizational goals. Stay on top of medical updates Medical billing can be complex.

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Health Prime

MAY 23, 2024

Opting for the correct coding partner holds the key to: Accurate reimbursement Streamlined billing processes Overall operational efficiency Beyond financial considerations, choosing the right coding partner allows providers to redirect their focus towards core competencies , confident that medical coding is in the hands of specialists.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Address deficiencies with patient billing, payment, and transparency getting to know the No Surprises Act, working on healthcare financial literacy, and channeling access programs to people who need that support. rare disease communities, or other gaps in health justice. rare disease communities, or other gaps in health justice.

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Administrative Burden Running a practice yourself means handling all administrative tasks, including billing, paperwork, and regulatory compliance. Billing, scheduling, and other administrative tasks are often handled by dedicated staff, allowing providers to focus more on patient care.

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ACMA Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Usually, these drugs are provided by hospitals or physicians’ offices who purchase the drugs directly from the wholesaler and bill the health insurance for the drug as well as the administration cost. This process is called buy-and-bill. Buy-and-bill is a process where physician offices receive medications for in-office administration.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These study respondents had also visited a doctor or hospital and paid a medical bill in the past year. One-third of these patients had a health care bill go to collections in the past year, according to Cedar’s 2019 U.S. 50% want clearer, easier-to-understand medical bills. Healthcare Consumer Experience Study.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 17, 2019

announces its partnership with athenahealth, the leading provider of network-enabled services for electronic health records (EHR), medical billing and care coordination. QuickCred, the credentialing division of MedTrainer, Inc.,

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Valant

AUGUST 20, 2024

Scheduling: You’ll collaborate with group members to select a meeting day and time that works for everyone. Billing: Competent billing becomes even more important when managing reimbursement for multiple patients with differing insurance at the same appointment.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 2, 2023

A similar bill is awaiting introduction in the House of Representatives. This proposed legislation would provide resources for EDs through a competitive grant program, allowing them to adopt more collaborative and connected care models to connect behavioral health patients with appropriate resources in their communities.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By actively listening to feedback, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, and prioritizing patient satisfaction initiatives, she establishes and maintains a patient-first mindset within Sheppard Pratt’s nursing staff. Garnett truly has a heart for the patient, frequently interacting with them directly on units.

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MedCerts

JULY 3, 2024

Each office has unique needs, so part of your role might also include billing or patient communication — whether in person, by email or over the phone. Regardless of the specifics, you’ll collaborate with other team members to streamline office tasks and ensure patients, medical professionals and insurance companies are on the same page.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 24, 2023

Effective communication with your medical billing partner is vital to identify areas of improvement, streamline your processes, and increase revenue. Additionally, sharing information between your business and billing partner is essential to reaching organizational goals. Stay on top of medical updates Medical billing can be complex.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Foster a positive and collaborative work environment that promotes teamwork, respect, and professional development. Collaborate with unit managers to monitor and maintain appropriate staffing levels based on acuity and workload demands. Manage all agency staff recruitment, onboarding, and billing.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

billion supplemental bill to deal with COVID-19; the bill includes some level of telehealth funding. How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? Q2 – – Some industry observers have called this, “telehealth’s big moment.” The President signed the $8.3

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Power has measured telehealth satisfaction, based on four considerations: customer service, consultation, enrollment, and billing and payment. For example, AmWell began collaborating with the Google cloud business, where the company invested $100 million to scale the alliance. This is the second year that J.D.

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Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Centralized control streamlines workflows, fostering collaboration among staff and optimizing resource allocation. Reduced revenue or profitability can be the result of missed billing opportunities, inefficient billing processes , or changes in insurance reimbursement rates, among other things.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

Eight in ten health consumers would access their physician and clinical notes (an area addressed in the past several years by the ground-breaking OpenNotes project ), insurance billing and claims, allergies, advance directives, and family medical history. To build healthcare back better in the U.S.,

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EvidenceCare

JANUARY 12, 2024

The absence of an ABN could pose challenges for providers seeking to bill patients directly for non-covered services, potentially resulting in financial loss for the hospital. If a service is not covered, Medicare may deny the associated claim. Hospitals need to incorporate social admit issues into their community health needs assessment.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Back in that day, “1 family in 3 got a hospital bill” and “A doctor bill came with each hospital bill…most likely for surgery.” Check out this 1940s ad from Blue Cross (“Plan for Hospital Care”) and Blue Shield (“Plan for Doctor Care”).

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

An EHR makes administrative tasks, such as appointment scheduling and billing, faster and easier. EHRs facilitate better communication and coordination among each patient’s whole care team, improving collaboration and continuity of care.

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The Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Patients are left to foot the bill or are without access to critical therapies, and innovative, life-saving solutions are not being administered. Hitting the bottom line – where everyone reaps the benefits Clinical trials are currently unsustainable, with rising costs crippling the drug development process.

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Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Implementing robust billing systems and software solutions: Enhances efficiency Reduces errors Accelerates revenue cycle processes Enables providers to focus on quality patient care 4. Back-office teams collaborate with provider organizations to negotiate terms that align with their operational needs and financial goals.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As patients continue to morph into health consumers and medical bill payers, they will seek value-based care based on their own values, customers, preferences, and beliefs.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Patients have more financial skin-in-their-healthcare-games facing high-deductibles and direct out-of-pocket costs for medical bills…including prescription drugs. You can download the paper at this link.

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Health Prime

JULY 25, 2024

Collaborate with other healthcare organizations and community partners to amplify your impact. By trusting Health Prime with your medical billing, providers can streamline their RCM processes and redirect their focus toward patient care without compromising financial performance.

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Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

In addition to the importance of cross-industry collaboration to effectively move to value-based care, the other key theme coming out of the U-M Summit was health equity. A major motivation to get to VBID is that out-of-pocket costs are rising for patient-consumers, and these hit lower-income people harder than mid-to-higher income folks.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Clinicians from Scripps Research and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine collaborated on this work, calling out the relatively fast adoption of HaH programs during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Thus the call for value-based payment which can, when well-designed, align the four stakeholders’ interests.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2024

I spent time on “house calls” with two concepts for smart(er) living for health and well-being: with staff in the Amazon Experience Area, and at the Samsung Health House which is a project in collaboration with the AARP AgeTech Collaborative.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The bill authorizes $10 million for research and development for clinical studies on treatment with psychedelic substances. The focus on psychedelics, collaborative partnerships, and global research initiatives positions the U.S. These trials aim to explore novel treatment modalities for conditions such as PTSD and TBI.

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The Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

3) high levels of collegiality and mutual trust At its base, quality patient care requires collaboration, and that collaboration cannot take place without high levels of trust-both in clinical judgment and behavior. Those standards evolve and improve as clinical medicine advances.

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