by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 10, 2010 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Medicare & Reimbursement
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by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 28, 2010 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
I am very pleased to be the speaker for a free webinar sponsored by Integrated Healthcare Systems. The webinar will be on one of my favorite topics – front-end patient collections – and will air live on Tuesday, May 11th, at 2:30 Eastern time. Topics I...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jan 13, 2010 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance
I’ve had lots of questions about financial policies since I did a webinar on patient collections last year. Here’s a short course on developing a new financial policy for your practice. The topic is addressed more comprehensively in my book. I dislike...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 21, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
My book on front-end collections has been doing really well and I’m pleased that a number of people have called me or emailed me with questions. Here’s one question that a number of people have asked – “Can you tell me more about knowing what...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 19, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
There’s a new ABN form required to be in use in January 2012 – read about it here in my article “Everybody’s Favorite Form: New Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Form Begins in 2012” Note from Mary Pat: The Advance Beneficiary...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 12, 2009 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medicare & Reimbursement
From the Introduction: It has never been more urgent or more difficult to collect patient-responsible balances. The combination of high-deductible health insurance plans increasing in popularity and the massive loss of medical benefits creates a pressing need for...
