Medical Billing

Many people are confused when they get a copy of their credit report and see a collection for "Medical Payment Data". This is seen when someone obtains their credit report with a third party involved, such as applying for a mortgage or at the car dealership. This would not be shown if you were...

Medical Billers and Medical Coders are health-care trained experts who are documents informations like patient demographics, patient visits, their medical charts and everything about treatments which is coded in from of ICD codes for the reference for patient and provider,insurance payers, In Medical Billing and Medical Coding Career are in now a days become...

Patient Collections Are Vital to Increasing Revenue and Ensuring That Your Billing Service is Adhering to Best Practices By Michelle Cavanaugh, CPC, RN Collecting from patients has become increasingly vital to the financial health of most practices, as the patient portion of medical bills continues to rise. With sky-rocketing copays and deductibles, the patient due amount...

Statement from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma on signing of Executive Order  “Today’s announcement represents an important step in providing Americans with more affordable health insurance coverage options by offering relief from Obamacare’s oppressive mandates and regulations that are driving up costs and driving down the quality of their healthcare. This Executive...

By Noah Dermer, InstaMed Security Officer from the May/June 2017 issue of HBMA Billing Improper Data Disposal Can Open You Up to HIPAA Violations. Stay in Compliance With These Spring Cleaning Tips. This time of year always marks the start of spring cleaning in my household. I love spring cleaning for many reasons. Not only does it...

Medical negligence is an area of law which falls under the umbrella of personal injury, a legal term to describe an injury to your person or body, in any form. The majority of personal injury claims involve accidents of some sort, either in work or on the road, at home or on holiday where...

Press Release Date : 2017/11/02 Contact : press@cms.hhs.gov Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule for the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule and final rule with comment period for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). While part of CMS’s broader strategy to relieve regulatory burdens for providers, these rules also reflect the...

As medical transcriptionists, we must always be aware of the quality of our work. That is, or at least should be, the number one priority at all times. However, we also all want to make as much money as we can in order to meet our obligations. How do we do this efficiently? We all...

As Charles Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Despite not being in the medical billing industry, his quote rings true in our industry today. I know of billing companies that are growing by 20-plus percent per year, and I also know of billing...

Do you have limited income and resources, now you may be qualified for Medicare's New Program call Extra Help Program. You might be able to get help in paying your Medicare drug plan’s premiums of per month, your prescription copayments and yearly deductibles. as per medicare blog description Drug costs in 2018 can not...