How to Choose Ambulance Billing Software
The true value of the EMS, emergency medical services is never really appreciated until it needs to be used. In the perfect world, it would be optimal if patients were able to prepay for emergency services or pay as soon as the services are received. Of course, it is...
Why Are You Getting so Many Billing Denials?
Every medical denial could potentially be lost money. Eventually, when those claims are covered, there are fees associated with that recovery that typically have to be taken off the patient’s revenue. Some studies show that medical billing denials can cost up to $118...
Students Can Learn Anywhere with These Online Class Options
We cherish the importance of education, and what we love even more is when their online classes are free. Online Class Options. 2020 has been a huge learning curve for almost all parents, teachers, and students. Pandemic has changed how children learn, and with that...
Top Mistakes in Ambulance Billing Costing You Money
As specialists in medical billing, we’re well aware of just how tricky it can be to process a high number of invoices and ensure they’re paid on time. Of course, the process isn’t made easier if errors cause delays. If you want to keep your cash flowing, take a look...
Why Cloud Based Clinical Medical Billing Is the Future
We’re living in a technological age. No matter what field you work in, or your area of specialism, it’s likely that you’ll find yourself regularly finding new tools and practices that will help to maximise your productivity and boost profits as a result. This applies...
A Basic Guide to How School-Based Medicaid Claiming Works
Local education agencies (LEAs) are continuously looking for ways that they can improve the health and wellbeing of their students; one of these ways is reimbursements made by the school-based Medicaid program. For the children who are eligible for the Medicaid...
How to Automate School-Based Medicaid Claiming
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an efficient way for healthcare providers to claim reimbursements for the care and services they provide. Designed to facilitate billing for health services related to the educational needs of students, school-based...
Tips to Improve Ambulance Billing Efficiency
Ambulances are a necessary and heavily-relied upon part of every community. Imagine if we didn’t have ambulances. In the event of a sudden emergency, when someone needs to be transported to the hospital very quickly, what would we do? A lack of ambulances would lead...
Automation in Clinical Medical Billing and Its Benefits
Medical billing can be a complex area, particularly if it’s something you attempt to manage in-house. Invariably, clinics and healthcare providers end up investing significant resources when they struggle to process billing without specialist support. While...
Online School Services Is The Perfect COVID-19 Response for Schools and Here’s Why
Although each and every country is at a different point when it comes to COVID-19 infection rates, there are currently more than 1.2 billion children across 186 countries that have been affected by school closures due to the pandemic. This harsh reality has forced a...
How to Choose Ambulance Billing Software
The true value of the EMS, emergency medical services is never really appreciated until it needs to be used. In the perfect world, it would be optimal if patients were able to prepay for emergency services or pay as soon as the services are received. Of course, it is...
Top Mistakes in Ambulance Billing Costing You Money
As specialists in medical billing, we’re well aware of just how tricky it can be to process a high number of invoices and ensure they’re paid on time. Of course, the process isn’t made easier if errors cause delays. If you want to keep your cash flowing, take a look...
Tips to Improve Ambulance Billing Efficiency
Ambulances are a necessary and heavily-relied upon part of every community. Imagine if we didn’t have ambulances. In the event of a sudden emergency, when someone needs to be transported to the hospital very quickly, what would we do? A lack of ambulances would lead...
5 Things Emergency Responders Are Doing to Protect Themselves Against Coronavirus
Emergency Responders working on the front lines to help contain and prevent the spread of Coronavirus need to take special, yet extremely common, precautions in order to keep themselves and others safe during this time. Although it’s a difficult time for all of us,...
COVID-19 Medical Billing Tips for Emergency Responders
The recent COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping the globe has caused a shift in the way most people live. Many states have issued lockdown orders, while the CDC has encouraged social distancing. Thousands of people in the U.S. have already been diagnosed, and the death...
5 Ways Ambulance Billing Services Help
When a medical emergency occurs, a swift response from EMTs and paramedics dramatically improves survival rates. To ensure medical personnel can arrive on the scene quickly, ambulance services are routinely dispatched. However, obtaining payment for these services...
How Will the ET3 Model be Phased Over the Next Several Years, to Make it Easier for Providers to Deliver High-quality Service?
In February of 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new model to be used for payment of emergency ambulance services. This new model is intended to allow Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to get the best level of care at the...
Ambulance Billing Guide for 2019
All cities throughout the New England area are faced with the need to conserve on expenditures and to provide the most value for services which have been budgeted, and ambulance service is no exception. Since ambulance service is so critical to the community and those...
Demographic information critical for ambulance billing success
Even in an ideal scenario, it’s difficult to capture complete and accurate demographic information. There are typos and misspellings with which one must contend, and patients don’t always provide correct data. Now consider an emergent situation in which a patient...
Community paramedicine on the rise
More than 75 million people live in rural (or partially rural) parts of the country that the federal government has designated as healthcare shortage areas, according to the most recent data from HHS. This means individuals in these areas may not have access to...
A Basic Guide to How School-Based Medicaid Claiming Works
Local education agencies (LEAs) are continuously looking for ways that they can improve the health and wellbeing of their students; one of these ways is reimbursements made by the school-based Medicaid program. For the children who are eligible for the Medicaid...
How to Automate School-Based Medicaid Claiming
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an efficient way for healthcare providers to claim reimbursements for the care and services they provide. Designed to facilitate billing for health services related to the educational needs of students, school-based...
Online School Services Is The Perfect COVID-19 Response for Schools and Here’s Why
Although each and every country is at a different point when it comes to COVID-19 infection rates, there are currently more than 1.2 billion children across 186 countries that have been affected by school closures due to the pandemic. This harsh reality has forced a...
Medicaid Billing For Schools in 2019
In the state of Massachusetts, the Medicaid program is administered by MassHealth, which works jointly with the School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP), and is administered by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Program Overview In the state of...
5 Things You Need to Know About the MassHealth School-Based Medicaid Program
The MassHealth School-Based Medicaid program (SBMP) affords an opportunity for local education agencies to be awarded with federal money that will help to offset the costs for schools which have to provide specific Medicaid-covered services to students. MassHealth is...
School-Based Medicaid Program Expansion in Massachusetts – What You Should Know
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an opportunity for local education agencies (LEA's) to be reimbursed by the federal government for the coverage of costs associated with providing specific services covered by Medicaid in a school environment. Local...
Which School Health Services are Covered by State Medicaid?
Children who are covered by Medicaid receive affordable and comprehensive health care coverage, to allow them to continue academic pursuits and become successful as adults. More than 30 million young people are currently receiving benefits under this program, and...
CMS rule reversal for Medicaid free care: Will additional reimbursement be on the way for Massachusetts public schools?
Massachusetts public schools participating in school-based Medicaid claiming may soon see a revenue boost thanks to a CMS reversal of its long-standing Medicaid free care rule. This surprising reversal essentially allows schools to bill Medicaid-covered services for...
Public School-Based Medicaid Claiming: Don’t let documentation leave you vulnerable during an audit
Documentation audits seem to be the new norm in healthcare, and public schools participating in Medicaid claiming are likely no exception. Although Medicaid hasn’t yet expanded its audits in this area, it is a possibility this can occur in the future. According to a...
ICD-10 Training Course
As of October first, ICD-10 coding will be mandated by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With the release date quickly approaching, we know you’re doing everything you can in advance to get ready for the transition. To further help you prepare, New England...
A Basic Guide to How School-Based Medicaid Claiming Works
Local education agencies (LEAs) are continuously looking for ways that they can improve the health and wellbeing of their students; one of these ways is reimbursements made by the school-based Medicaid program. For the children who are eligible for the Medicaid...
How to Automate School-Based Medicaid Claiming
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an efficient way for healthcare providers to claim reimbursements for the care and services they provide. Designed to facilitate billing for health services related to the educational needs of students, school-based...
Online School Services Is The Perfect COVID-19 Response for Schools and Here’s Why
Although each and every country is at a different point when it comes to COVID-19 infection rates, there are currently more than 1.2 billion children across 186 countries that have been affected by school closures due to the pandemic. This harsh reality has forced a...
Medicaid Billing For Schools in 2019
In the state of Massachusetts, the Medicaid program is administered by MassHealth, which works jointly with the School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP), and is administered by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Program Overview In the state of...
5 Things You Need to Know About the MassHealth School-Based Medicaid Program
The MassHealth School-Based Medicaid program (SBMP) affords an opportunity for local education agencies to be awarded with federal money that will help to offset the costs for schools which have to provide specific Medicaid-covered services to students. MassHealth is...
School-Based Medicaid Program Expansion in Massachusetts – What You Should Know
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an opportunity for local education agencies (LEA's) to be reimbursed by the federal government for the coverage of costs associated with providing specific services covered by Medicaid in a school environment. Local...
Which School Health Services are Covered by State Medicaid?
Children who are covered by Medicaid receive affordable and comprehensive health care coverage, to allow them to continue academic pursuits and become successful as adults. More than 30 million young people are currently receiving benefits under this program, and...
CMS rule reversal for Medicaid free care: Will additional reimbursement be on the way for Massachusetts public schools?
Massachusetts public schools participating in school-based Medicaid claiming may soon see a revenue boost thanks to a CMS reversal of its long-standing Medicaid free care rule. This surprising reversal essentially allows schools to bill Medicaid-covered services for...
Public School-Based Medicaid Claiming: Don’t let documentation leave you vulnerable during an audit
Documentation audits seem to be the new norm in healthcare, and public schools participating in Medicaid claiming are likely no exception. Although Medicaid hasn’t yet expanded its audits in this area, it is a possibility this can occur in the future. According to a...
ICD-10 Training Course
As of October first, ICD-10 coding will be mandated by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With the release date quickly approaching, we know you’re doing everything you can in advance to get ready for the transition. To further help you prepare, New England...
A Basic Guide to How School-Based Medicaid Claiming Works
Local education agencies (LEAs) are continuously looking for ways that they can improve the health and wellbeing of their students; one of these ways is reimbursements made by the school-based Medicaid program. For the children who are eligible for the Medicaid...
How to Automate School-Based Medicaid Claiming
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an efficient way for healthcare providers to claim reimbursements for the care and services they provide. Designed to facilitate billing for health services related to the educational needs of students, school-based...
Online School Services Is The Perfect COVID-19 Response for Schools and Here’s Why
Although each and every country is at a different point when it comes to COVID-19 infection rates, there are currently more than 1.2 billion children across 186 countries that have been affected by school closures due to the pandemic. This harsh reality has forced a...
Medicaid Billing For Schools in 2019
In the state of Massachusetts, the Medicaid program is administered by MassHealth, which works jointly with the School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP), and is administered by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). Program Overview In the state of...
5 Things You Need to Know About the MassHealth School-Based Medicaid Program
The MassHealth School-Based Medicaid program (SBMP) affords an opportunity for local education agencies to be awarded with federal money that will help to offset the costs for schools which have to provide specific Medicaid-covered services to students. MassHealth is...
School-Based Medicaid Program Expansion in Massachusetts – What You Should Know
The School-Based Medicaid Program (SBMP) provides an opportunity for local education agencies (LEA's) to be reimbursed by the federal government for the coverage of costs associated with providing specific services covered by Medicaid in a school environment. Local...
Which School Health Services are Covered by State Medicaid?
Children who are covered by Medicaid receive affordable and comprehensive health care coverage, to allow them to continue academic pursuits and become successful as adults. More than 30 million young people are currently receiving benefits under this program, and...
CMS rule reversal for Medicaid free care: Will additional reimbursement be on the way for Massachusetts public schools?
Massachusetts public schools participating in school-based Medicaid claiming may soon see a revenue boost thanks to a CMS reversal of its long-standing Medicaid free care rule. This surprising reversal essentially allows schools to bill Medicaid-covered services for...
Public School-Based Medicaid Claiming: Don’t let documentation leave you vulnerable during an audit
Documentation audits seem to be the new norm in healthcare, and public schools participating in Medicaid claiming are likely no exception. Although Medicaid hasn’t yet expanded its audits in this area, it is a possibility this can occur in the future. According to a...
ICD-10 Training Course
As of October first, ICD-10 coding will be mandated by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. With the release date quickly approaching, we know you’re doing everything you can in advance to get ready for the transition. To further help you prepare, New England...
