by Abraham Whaley | Aug 29, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, The Manager's Minute (Video)
Check out the latest Manager’s Minute from Manage My Practice! In Episode #7, Mary Pat explains the difference between the Date of Service on charges and the Date of Entry or Date of Posting.
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 8, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement
Medicare Fee-For-Service Recovery Auditor Prepayment Review Demonstration Thursday, August 9, 2012 2:00PM – 4:00PM ET Conference Call Only The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss the recently approved...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 8, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, The Manager's Minute (Video)
Coding and billing can go together like peanut butter and chocolate when you’re talking about private medical practices. Hospitals do things much differently, but either way, here are the differences between coding and billing. Be sure to check out...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 5, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations
Health care law offers free preventive services to 47 million women. Forty-seven million women are getting greater control over their health care and access to eight new prevention-related health care services without paying more out of their own pocket beginning Aug....
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 31, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, The Manager's Minute (Video)
In Episode #4 of The Manager’s Minute Video Series, Mary Pat explains the difference between insurance “eligibility” and insurance “benefits” and why a successful practice should check them both for every patient, at every visit.
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 29, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
The proposed, but not finalized, deadline for ICD-10 is October 2014. Most coding experts recommend training staff 6 months before the deadline. What’s a practice to do with the other 18 months? Who chooses the ICD-9s in your practice today? There are many...
