The Healthcare industry is constantly changing, and its regulations on billing are no different. The American Medical Association (AMA) released updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set for 2023. The main goal of the updates is to simplify the...
Medical billing and coding is arguably one of the most important aspects of a practice. Quality care, of course, is a priority, but if you don’t bill for the care, your practice won’t succeed. One of the decisions every practice has to make is whether to keep their...
By Ranadene Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CPCS Your practice seems to be doing everything right. You have a team in place, you’ve established your Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) process and you’re submitting claim after claim – but your denial rate...
By Ann Knutson, CPC-A According to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), medical treatment or supplies provided by a physician is considered medically necessary when they “are proper and needed for the diagnosis or treatment of your medical...
