7 Tips for Patient Collections 

 Ranadene Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CPCS  Collections aren’t the most glamorous part of running a practice. Perhaps the only thing worse than making collections calls is receiving them! Unfortunately, collections are necessary and if done correctly,...

Successful Insurance Claims Submission & Reimbursement

By Ranadene Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CPCS  Does your office experience a rejection rate in insurance denials that’s higher than you’d like it to be?  Does your front-desk and billing staff know the type of information that’s important to obtain when registering a...

Maximizing Revenue Cycle Efficiency

By Ann Knutson, CPC-A  The healthcare revenue cycle includes all administrative and clinical functions that involve capturing, managing, and collecting the provider’s/facilities revenue. The cycle includes three distinct parts of the practice/facility...

Reduce Your Denials With These 4 Tips

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...

Medical Necessity and the Revenue Cycle

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...