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How to manage denied claims effectively |
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by Cynthia Andersen, 1 April 2010 Never have healthcare providers been more pressed to capture every dollar and to receive payments as quickly as possible. The price of money has increased, and costs have risen so that more pressure is on the billing staff to resolve open accounts more quickly. Your billing staff must work an unresolved account as soon as the denial reaches your office. Here are the steps |
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Time for a change! |
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by Alonzo Russell, 12 January 2010 Every day I am amazed by people! Think about this for a minute: Someone shows you how you can increase your pay by 25% but you can't bring yourself to say "Let's do it!" What I'm talking about is physicians who believe that the way they've always done their billing is acceptable! How can it be acceptable to get paid a fraction of what you're owed? How can it be acceptable to |
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Even more reasons to outsource to an online billing service |
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by Cynthia Andersen, 19 November 2009 Benefits #6 and #7 of outsourcing to an online billing service to handle insurance claims and patient bills: Benefit #6: You can free up valuable space for seeing patients. Even though your practice may have outgrown your available facilities, you may be locked into a long-term lease of 5 to 7 years. Outsourcing to an
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Liabilities of serving alcohol at holiday parties |
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by Mai-Lin Garcia-Rangel, 12 November 2009 At any company-sponsored party, an employer may be held liable for employees' actions and for injuries incurred. Also, employees injured at a company-sponsored party may be eligible to receive worker compensation benefits. To minimize liability when alcohol is a factor, employers should |
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More reasons to outsource to an online billing service |
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by Cynthia Andersen, 5 November 2009 Benefits #3, #4, and #5 of outsourcing to an online billing service to handle insurance claims and patient bills: Benefit #3: You can eliminate the problems of using office software and getting support and service. Many doctors who’ve purchased internal software and hardware systems (whether expensive or inexpensive) have difficulty and expense in getting service, support, and software updates from their |
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