The central aim of an urgent care clinic is to provide immediate medical attention to unscheduled, ambulatory patients dealing with acute or episodic illnesses or injuries. Urgent care centers provide accessible and timely healthcare services for various...
Specialty Practices
Cardiology Medical Billing – Prevent Overdiagnosis
For most physicians, arriving at a proper diagnosis is not an easy task as patients’ symptoms and associated disease conditions tend to evolve over time. Physicians are faced with a lot of...
Glaucoma Surgery Coding – Crucial Changes in 2015
Glaucoma specialists and ophthalmologists are required to pay more attention to their medical coding tasks now since Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) for 2015 has introduced significant changes...
Reimbursement Barriers to Dental Screening
According to healthcare experts, around 70 to 80 percent of bills for preventive or diagnostic dental care services such as preventive screenings, fluoride treatments and others can be covered with...
Medical Coding for Burns in the Emergency Department
It is very important to remain very cautious when coding for burns in an emergency setting. This is mainly because the medical coding rules and regulations for burn care are complex, are subject to...
Inpatient vs. Outpatient Urology Procedures Coding – Some Details
The major advancements in the field of medicine have transformed the landscape of healthcare in the United States. Surgical services are now being provided in some cases on an outpatient basis. For...
ICD-10 Extensions for Radiology Practices
With ICD-10 deadline extension, radiology practices now have an extra year for preparation and they should utilize this opportunity to prepare well for the transition. When the Protecting Access to...
An Overview of Anesthesia Coding Challenges
Anesthesiology medical billing is not based on a fee-for-service payment like other medical specialties. Reimbursement for anesthesiologists depends on the base unit (how complicated the procedure...
Ophthalmology Medical Coding Myths Pertaining to Foreign Body Removal
This article looks at three ophthalmology medical coding myths that could be causing coding errors and affecting payments. Be Careful When You Code FBRs First Myth – All Foreign Body Removals (FBRs)...
Radiology Medical Billing with HIPAA Compliance
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in 1996 to protect an individual’s right to privacy of personal medical information. So if you are looking to outsource the...
Radiology Medical Billing Services Benefit Hospital-based Radiology Practices
Hospital-based radiology practices ensure quality radiology procedures to help physicians chart appropriate treatment procedures. The smooth functioning of these practices depends on proper revenue...