Florida’s Amendment to Electronic Health Records Exchange Act
The Florida Legislature recently amended the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act to prohibit certain healthcare providers utilizing certified electronic health record technologies from storing qualified electronic health records outside of the United States, its territories, or Canada.
Role of medical coding in the future of healthcare
Healthcare administrative talent will be in short supply for many years, and medical billing and coding offer lucrative career options. This blog discusses the importance of medical coding, the career opportunities it provides, and how medical coding will play a critical role in defining the quality of care.
Creating an effective strategy to resolve Clinical and Coding Denials
Claim denials, a chief cause of revenue loss to healthcare practices, are rising across payer types. A primary source of denials is on account of coding-related denials. A comprehensive and focused denial management and appeals strategy will help reduce this revenue loss.
Benefits of outsourcing and offshoring Medical Coding processes
Outsourcing and offshoring the Medical Coding process can give you access to certified coders, reduce denials, improve reimbursements, and plug revenue leakage. Healthcare providers and revenue cycle aggregators must choose the right service providers to improve the coding quality and achieve market-leading outcomes.
Tips to Improve Medical Coding Quality
The majority of patients require customer support provided by a real person; robots and applications are often disappointing or infuriating. The impact on the healthcare RCM (Revenue Cycle Management) is one of the things that is not expected to reverse any time soon or ever. Click here to learn more on changes in the healthcare system which have posed the biggest challenges to RCM.
Medical Coding Guidelines for COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccinations
With COVID-19 vaccinations now being administered across the United States, we have compiled these medical coding guidelines to account for the treatment and vaccinations for the novel Coronavirus.
OB-GYN Coding Guidelines and Best practices
Ob/GYN billing & coding can be challenging to most billers & coders due to the global claims, widely varying coverage terms, and multiple tests performed at numerous facilities. Apart from this, many OB/GYN practitioners lack the billing support provided to large hospitals. Learn more about the challenges in Ob/Gyn coding and best practices followed by our coding experts.
ED Coding Guidelines and Best practices
Emergency departments are fast-paced environments where care is delivered quickly depending on the patient’s condition’s criticality. Further, ED does not deal with one specialty per se. ED provides Medical services across specialties. It also requires close coordination of services from when a patient enters an ambulance or an ED facility to discharge, working with multiple clinical practitioners. Learn more about ED coding best practices in this guide from Medical Billing Wholesalers..
Internal Medicine – Coding Best Practices Guide
Internal medicine can be defined as the medical specialty dedicated to the diagnosis and medical treatment of adults. With so many new codes introduced and trickier coding, claim denials have increased for many internal medicine practices. Keep your coding team updated with the latest best practices in internal medicine coding with this guide from Medical Billing Wholesalers.
Medical Coding & Best Practices Guide – Podiatry
Podiatry billing can be complicated in many ways, beginning the need to determine and prove the medical necessity of the treatment, to the coding nuances. It demands meticulous use of modifiers and an understanding of coding for inclusive procedures. In this guide, MBW RCM bring you the guidelines & best practices to be followed to increase collections of your Podiatry practice.