The National Institutes of Health (NIH) concluded that over 20% of Americans (57.8 million) live with some form of mental illness. Treatments include various forms of psychotherapy, medications, psychosocial interventions and other modalities such as electroconvulsive...
When festivities reach their zenith, it is obvious that healthcare professionals have to deal with unusual patient health conditions. New Year is round the corner and excitement is in the air as...
Each year, the American Medical Association makes updates to the CPT code set. The 2022 CPT code set has 405 editorial changes, including 249 new codes, 63 deletions and 93 revisions. As a reliable...
Workouts and exercise provides great health benefits, but also come with risk of injuries, strains and sprains. Most common causes of workout injuries include poor posture, exercising before warming...
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the U.S. If prostate cancer is detected early, it may be possible to treat it...
Every practice deals with claim denials and ‘duplicate service’ is a common reason for denial. When a claim submitted by a medical coding company is denied as a duplicate service, it indicates that...
Starting January 1, 2022, there are five new Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) codes. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) allows healthcare providers to keep tabs on patients remotely using connected...
Healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) refers to the process of handling billing, payment processing, and revenue collection in healthcare practices. RCM comprises front-end processes such as...
Getting medical claims approved by payers is one of the most daunting tasks faced by healthcare practices. Submitting clean, accurate claims to payers requires practices to ensure clinical...
The main function of heart valves is to make sure that the blood always flows freely in a forward direction. Also referred to as heart valve disease or valvular heart disease, aortic valve disease...
Cardiology billing and coding comes with unique challenges such as frequent code changes, complex procedure guidelines, and varying payer rules. Knowledge about current cardiology medical billing...