CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding the Challenges in Claims Processing Errors in medical claims processing have traditionally posed significant challenges for hospitals, insurers, and patients alike. Manual methods are prone to: Human Error : Misfiled billing codes, missing data, and inaccuracies are common with manual input, according to one report.

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Valant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Additionally, if your EHR can collect payment before patients join a session, you can save providers the hassle of asking for it before, during, or after the session. Billing and Coding Support A good EHR can help you avoid common billing errors for a smoother, more dependable revenue cycle.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

They provide essential support in patient education, preparing young patients and their parents for examinations and treatments, and ensuring a comforting environment. Their role is vital for efficient clinic operations and enhancing patient care in pediatric healthcare. What Does A Pediatric Medical Assistant Do?

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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. Ultimately, this proactive approach safeguards revenue and strengthens the practice’s ability to deliver quality care to its patients.

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Northwest Suburban College

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Dental assistants coordinate appointments to prevent conflicts and minimize wait times, enhancing patient satisfaction. Handling billing and insurance claims is indispensable. Competent financial management safeguards the practice’s economic health and maximizes patient benefits.

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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

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. Also, remember to optimize staffing levels and roles to improve productivity and patient care.

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Northwest Suburban College

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Medical billing and insurance processing are essential skills for aspiring medical assistants. These tasks ensure that healthcare providers get paid for their services and that patients understand their financial responsibilities. Both medical billing and insurance processing require attention to detail and strong communication skills.

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As mental health demand continues to grow exponentially , it is equally important for mental health providers to optimize their billing practices to ensure fair and timely reimbursements, enabling them to continue delivering high-quality patient care. Strategies to improve your mental health reimbursements 1.

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Northwest Career College

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Some of the work activities include: Appointment Setting Managed patient records and ensured they were up-to-date. Handled all insurance forms and also billing-related processes. These vital tasks provide a seamless patient experience and allow medical professionals to focus on caregiving.

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Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This principle includes your Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) process from end-to-end, positioning it as a core for proper trustworthiness or effectiveness and patient satisfaction. In medical billing, precision and clarity are key. After all, patients value transparency and certainty when it comes to finances.

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Scrubs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They’re skilled professionals who support physicians, nurses , and other healthcare providers in delivering quality patient care. They can often perform clinical duties like taking patient vital signs, administering injections, and assisting with minor surgical procedures.

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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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Health Prime

JANUARY 1, 2025

Delegating specific medical billing processes in your practice to an expert partner offers a strategic and forward-thinking approach to enhancing efficiency, reducing administrative burdens, and ensuring financial stability. Read more about this in our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing.

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CollaborateMD

MAY 17, 2023

It was an enormous opportunity for us to take the stage and educate the audience on our unified communications platform, Updox! EHR vendors struggle to keep up with the ever-evolving regulatory landscape, leaving less time for innovation in patient and provider communications. Patients today are more informed than ever before.

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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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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 31, 2024

Navigating piles of billing paperwork drains your time and energy. The right medical billing software streamlines this process, making it quicker and more accurate. The added efficiency gives you more time for patient care and reduces administrative headaches.  It streamlines billing processes for chiropractic practices. 

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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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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

These days, billing can be complex. It makes billing simpler and more accurate. The medical billing market is growing fast. This growth shows just how vital medical billing is becoming. This growth shows just how vital medical billing is becoming. Medical billing software comes with many helpful features.

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Valant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Request Pricing Streamlining the Patient Care Process with Valant’s EHR However, it’s not just the treatment phase that must become more efficient to free up your time. You need a quicker, easier EHR workflow throughout the entire patient care process, from start to finish.

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WSMDA

MAY 26, 2023

They support healthcare professionals in various ways, from administrative tasks to clinical duties, ensuring that patient care is optimized. They also manage patient flow and ensure that patient records are up-to-date and well-maintained.

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Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

Implement appointment reminders and follow-ups Use automated appointment reminders and follow-up communications to enhance the patient experience. Patient reminders and follow-ups are critical for a successful practice. Patient reminders and follow-ups are critical for a successful practice. At Health Prime, we can help!

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Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Efficient operations are the foundation of any successful behavioral health practice, with a thoughtful clinical workflow supporting quality patient care and sustainable practice growth. It involves improving processes, promoting cohesion among staff, and facilitating seamless communication—internally and externally.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

In today’s digital age, medical billing software plays a vital role in streamlining the billing process and improving patient care. However, without proper measures in place, healthcare providers risk breaching patient confidentiality and devastating consequences. Healthcare is a favorite target for hackers.

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Northwest Career College

MARCH 18, 2024

Or are you considering entering the field of medical billing and coding? This article will explain the advantages of continuing education for those in medical billing and coding and hopefully encourage you to prioritize your professional growth as you progress through your career.

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

Key Components of an Operating Budget Overhead costs are the ongoing expenses required to maintain a practice’s operations, excluding direct patient care costs. EHR systems handle administrative tasks, improve patient care coordination , and simplify compliance. The value an EHR provides outweighs the investment.

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Valant

JUNE 2, 2024

While clinical roles focus on direct patient care, administrative roles are geared toward strategic decision-making and understanding sustainable growth. As a clinician, your primary focus is on patient care and therapeutic outcomes. Communication is also important.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving behavioral healthcare field, nursing leaders are crucial in ensuring efficient operations, a supportive work environment for nurses, and providing quality patient care. Garnett truly has a heart for the patient, frequently interacting with them directly on units.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. Whether this bill can make it through Congress and become law is unknown. In that regard, nursing education is a pipeline to the future. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years.

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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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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

This level of control allows you to create an environment that reflects your priorities for patient care. You can decide to specialize in certain treatment methods or set up your practice to be more welcoming and accessible to specific patient groups. These responsibilities consume time you could otherwise spend with patients.

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Health Prime

MAY 9, 2024

By fostering an environment of trust and communication, medical practices can ensure that they feel comfortable addressing their unique needs and concerns. This observance is a great time to send patients information through your communication channels, informing them about this initiative and encouraging them to participate.

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Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

As practices scale up, they often encounter unique complexities in managing patient care, administrative tasks, and regulatory compliance. Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide benefits that can play a pivotal role in optimizing practice operations and improving patient care delivery.

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Scrubs

MAY 18, 2024

Understanding the Uninsured Patient The first step in aiding uninsured patients is understanding their needs and circumstances. Uninsured individuals often avoid seeking medical attention due to fear of incurring high bills. ER and urgent care nurses can mitigate these fears by being well-informed and empathetic communicators.

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Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Therefore, effective communication with the back-office is paramount. Read more about this in our blog 5 techniques to improve communication between your front desk and back office. Their input to the front desk is crucial for identifying trending issues regarding denials.

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Prism Career Institute

JANUARY 16, 2025

They also play a valuable role in coordinating patient care. Medical assistants bring the entire teams expertise together to ensure that every patient receives the care they need. Oncology medical assistants are trained individuals who support a team of oncologists and nurses.

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EvidenceCare

JANUARY 12, 2024

These notices play a crucial role in transparently communicating to patients the possibility that they may need to assume the financial responsibility of the care provided if Medicare does not extend coverage to specific services. Hospitals need to incorporate social admit issues into their community health needs assessment.

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