In the healthcare sector, podiatry is a specialty with unique medical billing and coding challenges. Podiatrists have to deal with diverse foot conditions, and not all services are covered by insurers. Podiatry billing and coding is complex, as procedures and services...
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...
Alveoloplasty is a common dental procedure done to reshape and smoothen out the jaw where a tooth or teeth have been extracted or lost. It can be done in conjunction with tooth extraction or after...
Utilizing the right medical modifiers are a crucial part of the medical billing process. Knowing how to use CPT code modifiers correctly helps drive proper reimbursement. These two-character...
Starting January 1, 2021, new reporting guidelines were implemented for Office and Ambulatory Services Evaluation and Management (E&M) and changes made to code descriptors for office and...
Root canal treatment, also known as endodontic therapy, is required when infection or inflammation develops in the pulp or the soft tissue inside the root canal. The procedure removes infection from...
Ever been to the running of the bulls in Spain? Well here in the US we have our own running of the bulls that many of you may not have even heard about. Let me present you with our own homegrown...