Although certification isn’t necessary to work in medical billing and coding, it’s highly unlikely that a prospective employer will hire you without one. Having a certification shows employers that you understand the material and that your competency in that area is greater than an average person...
How to Spot Medical Billing Errorsdoi:urn:uuid:1bfd8be222564410VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0RCRDSome reports say 80% of medical bills contain errors--but finding these mistakes can be hard. Here's what you should be looking for.Donna Fuscaldo...
Before hiring a medical billing service, providers should consider that they are appropriately trained in the usage of medical billing software used in your clinic such as Medisoft, Altapoint, NueMD or any other software. An important characteristic to look for in medical billing software is...
In medical practices, medical billing can be a very time-consuming task, and at some point, most facilities will consider whether to handle the billing process in-house or whether to work with a medical billing company to ensure insurance claims and invoices are honored. The reality is that m...
New healthcare reforms have mademedical billing and codingstricter, which can be handled effectively only if the in-house staffs have a certain skill set and concentrate solely on this area. But the big question is- can you afford to hire more staff for the same or...
Further, paper billing also requires ink and toner — and the cooperation of an efficient postal delivery system. Suffice it to say that this is a complex, expensive, and fragile system that depends on many interconnected resources. Switching to medical billing software can be a great way to ...
Barriers to adoption include procurement costs, lack of industry or government certification and standardization, concerns about data security and privacy, and a disconnect between who pays for EMR systems and who profits from them. Yet, cumulative cost savings over the next 15 years from gained ...
Medical bills, including NEMT bills, are held to high standards of accuracy. Due to the network of payers and providers involved, every bill contains information that can be verified against existing records. That’s why inaccurate patient information is among the most common causes of billing err...
Lokenauth advises that you can expect to see your name change reflected on your credit reports within one to two billing cycles. Does changing your name on a card affect your credit? While changing your name legally and on your credit cards can sound tedious, the good news is that the ste...
Billers acquainted with your Specialty Billing, already know the pain points and also have solutions to these challenges. They also handle patient and insurance queries much better. Thus, making the experience of the biller in your specialty of utmost importance. Location Software Certification ...