Get to know the payers with whom you have a contract
Your organization has signed a contract with a payer and you have agreed to accept a discounted fee called an allowable, and to abide by their rules. What is the... Read More >
Medicare physician fee schedule question and answer
Question What s the best way to get Medicare and commercial reimbursement amounts by CPT code for a particular locale, say by zip code? Answer Go to https www.cms.gov apps... Read More >
Returning Medicare Overpayments Under the 60-Day Rule
On February , , the Centers for Medicare amp Medicaid Services for HHS CMS issued a final rule that clarified the obligations of Medicare providers and suppliers to report and... Read More >
Physician practice collections moves from “back end” to “front end”
Collections, once considered the ultimate back-end process in a business office, is now firmly entrenched as a best practice at the front end of a high-functioning revenue cycle. Before the... Read More >
Fort Myers urologist agrees to pay more than $1 million
On January , , U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida A. Lee Bentley, III announced, David Spellberg, M.D., has agreed to pay , , to the government to... Read More >
Is it right time to upgrade your medical practice collections efforts?
When patients don t respond to your mailed statements, up the ante by calling them. If, as so often happens, you get their voice mail, leave a message requesting a... Read More >
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