Effective denial management in medical billing is crucial for ensuring timely reimbursements and minimizing financial disruption for both healthcare providers and patients. A denial occurs when a healthcare insurance company reviews a claim and refuses to provide...
March is national Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month. This public health initiative aims to raise awareness about this widely prevalent medical condition and its potentially life-threatening...
2020 was one of the most challenging years for medical billing and coding companies. While frontline healthcare workers supported by other clinicians risked infection to battle the COVID-19 virus,...
Low vision refers to chronic visual impairments that cannot be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or medical or surgical treatment. Low vision includes different degrees of sight loss, from...
The main aim of Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding is to help “communicate patient complexity and paint a picture of the whole patient”, according to the American Academy of Family...
Mucositis is a common condition that occurs when your mouth or gut becomes sore and inflamed. A common side effect of cancer treatments, the condition occurs when chemotherapy and radiotherapy...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious condition caused when the kidneys stop working suddenly, over a very short period of time (usually 48 hours or less). Several U.S. studies have indicated an...
Knee ligaments connect the bones and cartilage, and hold and support the knee joint. Any mild tear in ligaments may severely limit the movement of the knees. Most commonly occurring from a sports...
When work from home became the new normal due to COVID-19, spaces in millions of homes became offices. Physicians, especially pain management specialists, have reported a surge in patients with...
A lot has been happening with regards to reporting remote patient monitoring (RPM) aka remote physiologic monitoring and our medical billing and coding company is keeping track of the developments....
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden, external force damages the brain. One of the most common causes of disability and death in adults under the age of 40 years, TBI is a broad term...
