Gearing up for the switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10 last October, many providers expected nothing but headaches. The new system…
What It Takes to Get Paid at Your Medical Practice
Many practices feel powerless when it comes to sustaining their practice revenue. Anecdotally, physicians will tell you that payer reimbursements…
How to Code Correctly to Prevent ICD-10 Denials
There are many details involved in implementing the new ICD-10 coding system, but at its most basic, the new set…
5 Claims Denials Management Conversations From 2015
This year, the healthcare industry lived in denial. Claims denial, that is. Claims denials management dialogues were extensive and…
Why the Healthcare World Didn’t End with ICD-10’s Switchover
ICD-10 implementation – much more than a mere annual coding or technology advancement – has formally reached its one-month anniversary with ICD-10…
KPMG Survey: ICD-10 Transition “Fairly Smooth”
Only 11 percent of healthcare organizations described the ICD-10 transition as a “failure to operate in an ICD-10 environment,” according to KPMG LLP survey. The…
Teaching an Independent Physician Practice New ICD-10 Tricks
ICD-10 implementation is one month old. How are independent physician practices faring? To help provide a snapshot of sorts regarding…
Ready or Not, ICD-10 Debuts Today
The 70,000 diagnostic codes known as ICD-10 made their long and nervously awaited debut in medical practices today. Claims for…
Injured by Orca? Insurance Codes Getting Crazy Specific
THE Y2K OF health insurance is coming. On October 1, 2015, the entire US healthcare system will switch over to the…
How to Get Your EHR & Practice Through the ICD-10 Transition
Are you ready for the ICD-10 transition? That’s the question most healthcare providers loathe, as the October 1st deadline nears and…