by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 10, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Effective January 1, 2013, Medicare and other payers will pay for two new CPT codes (99495 and 99496) that are used to report physician or qualifying non-physician practitioner transitional care management (TCM) service for patients, following a discharge from a:...
by Abraham Whaley | Dec 18, 2011 | Day-to-Day Operations, Memes
Like other medical conditions, behavioral health issues span the spectrum from mild to significant mental illness (SMI). There are many national studies, such as the Impact Model, showing the benefits of identification and treatment of depression in the primary care...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 9, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Finance
If you’ve read parts 1 (Know Your Payers) and 2 (Implementing Your Financial Policy) of this series, you are ready to consider a financial assistance policy for those patients without insurance. Patients without insurance fall into one of three...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 24, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Innovation
In a traditional healthcare setting, the revenue cycle begins with the insurance companies who pay the majority of the bill. There are multitudes of payers and each payer can have many plans. How can a healthcare organization catalog this information, keep this...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 2, 2011 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement
Today, PhysiciansPractice sponsored a webinar with CMS’s Robert Anthony on the topic of “Meaningful Use Stage 1.” Robert Anthony is a Health Insurance Specialist in the Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) at the Centers for Medicare...
