How has Medical Billing and Coding Changed Over the Years?
If your practice worked with a medical coder prior to 1980, it’s likely that they would have been responsible for manually transcribing patient information relating to their visit to your clinic into an electronic code that was then stored in a database for insurance...
Top Features to Look for in Clinic Medical Billing Software
Most healthcare providers would give you common reasons for wanting to become a doctor. Some would say they want to help people heal, while others are clear on wanting to care for the ill. Some will go for the usual cliche; it’s always been their dream to become a...
Top Errors Made in School-Based Medicaid Claiming
When any kind of mistakes are made on School-Based Medicaid Claiming forms, it will always result in a delay of the payment, or payment in error and eventual recoupments. Whether the insurance carrier is Medicaid or any other carrier this puts your organization at...
5 Steps Of A Successful Medical Billing Process
Overall, the entire medical billing process from start to finish should ideally be smooth and seamless. Unfortunately, that doesn't always happen in medical clinics, whether it be a small, family-owned practice or a private network. Now, the onus is on medical clinics...
Is Clinical Medical Billing Software Worth the Investment?
Medical billing software can be expensive, and you might be wondering whether or not it's worth the price. This discussion will focus on some of the benefits you would receive from software systems like this, so you can have some idea about how it could be an...
How Is Ambulance Billing Split between Patients and Insurance Companies?
A great number of people in this country have been surprised, dismayed, and even shocked by receiving a whopping ambulance bill after having used an ambulance service for a 911 call, or some other emergency which necessitated a trip to the hospital or to some other...
Year End Cash Flow And Medical Billing Timelines
Once you've submitted your medical billing claims for services provided, it's basically out of your hands, and you're obliged to wait until those claims have been reviewed so you can be reimbursed. That is, unless your claim is denied for some reason. In that case,...
Is The Specialty Type Important For How You Choose A Medical Billing Company?
When it comes to specialties in medical billing, things can get complicated very fast. If you are choosing a medical billing partner, it may be worthwhile to inquire if their approach to medical billing will enable them to work with your specialities instead of just...
5 Tips for Maximizing Your EMT and Fire Budgets
Almost all organizations have the responsibility of maximizing their EMT and fire budgets, because the whole idea is to provide the highest level of service to the community, while consuming the least amount of taxpayer dollars. For that reason, it's necessary to...
Medical Assistance Guidelines For School Telehealth Services
During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, it has become especially important to make use of all available remote methods of delivering healthcare to individuals in need of it. This is true for people in the workforce, just as it is for students who are still in...
How Is Ambulance Billing Split between Patients and Insurance Companies?
A great number of people in this country have been surprised, dismayed, and even shocked by receiving a whopping ambulance bill after having used an ambulance service for a 911 call, or some other emergency which necessitated a trip to the hospital or to some other...
How to Manage Ambulance Billing Effectively
Most people would agree that effective management of ambulance billing should be comprised of minimizing patient complaints, avoiding any kind of litigation, and recovering reimbursement monies in the shortest time frame possible for services rendered. That takes in...
Most Overlooked Aspects of Ambulance Billing
There is a good deal of complexity associated with ambulance billing, and that has caused frequent errors which result in claim denials by insurance carriers. In order to avoid having claims denied or processed very slowly, it can be really important for everyone...
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...
How has Medical Billing and Coding Changed Over the Years?
If your practice worked with a medical coder prior to 1980, it’s likely that they would have been responsible for manually transcribing patient information relating to their visit to your clinic into an electronic code that was then stored in a database for insurance...
Top Errors Made in School-Based Medicaid Claiming
When any kind of mistakes are made on School-Based Medicaid Claiming forms, it will always result in a delay of the payment, or payment in error and eventual recoupments. Whether the insurance carrier is Medicaid or any other carrier this puts your organization at...
Is School-Based Medicaid Claiming Software worth Purchasing?
The good thing about school-based Medicaid claiming software is that it's usually developed so as to include all the mandatory compliance features in the state of Massachusetts and elsewhere. This can remove a lot of the checking and a lot of the hassle normally...
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...
How has Medical Billing and Coding Changed Over the Years?
If your practice worked with a medical coder prior to 1980, it’s likely that they would have been responsible for manually transcribing patient information relating to their visit to your clinic into an electronic code that was then stored in a database for insurance...
Top Errors Made in School-Based Medicaid Claiming
When any kind of mistakes are made on School-Based Medicaid Claiming forms, it will always result in a delay of the payment, or payment in error and eventual recoupments. Whether the insurance carrier is Medicaid or any other carrier this puts your organization at...
Is School-Based Medicaid Claiming Software worth Purchasing?
The good thing about school-based Medicaid claiming software is that it's usually developed so as to include all the mandatory compliance features in the state of Massachusetts and elsewhere. This can remove a lot of the checking and a lot of the hassle normally...
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...
How has Medical Billing and Coding Changed Over the Years?
If your practice worked with a medical coder prior to 1980, it’s likely that they would have been responsible for manually transcribing patient information relating to their visit to your clinic into an electronic code that was then stored in a database for insurance...
Top Errors Made in School-Based Medicaid Claiming
When any kind of mistakes are made on School-Based Medicaid Claiming forms, it will always result in a delay of the payment, or payment in error and eventual recoupments. Whether the insurance carrier is Medicaid or any other carrier this puts your organization at...
Is School-Based Medicaid Claiming Software worth Purchasing?
The good thing about school-based Medicaid claiming software is that it's usually developed so as to include all the mandatory compliance features in the state of Massachusetts and elsewhere. This can remove a lot of the checking and a lot of the hassle normally...
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...
