So many healthcare providers are interested in finding ways to increase their patient satisfaction. Creating happy patients seems like a straightforward, meaningful goal, but some metrics go into it. Understanding those metrics helps us understand clinical outcomes, reimbursement, and patient… Read More
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Defining Prior Authorization, and When to Use It
Some medical services require prior authorization from an insurance company before they can be performed. This is a critical step within the insurance verification service, wherein a typical healthcare plan will specify what services require prior authorization in their medical… Read More
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Reasons a Medical Practice Needs Medical Credentialing
Medical credentialing is a long and tedious process. It’s also vitally important if you want to protect your medical practice as it grows. Medical credentialing is the process of confirming the credentials of prospective medical practitioners. If you don’t go… Read More
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More Problems That Can Arise From In-House Medical Billing
Managing a medical practice always comes with its fair share of difficulties. One such area of the problem comes around medical billing. When getting medical billing done for your facility, you’ll need to ask yourself whether you can handle your… Read More
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Traits a Reliable Substance Abuse Billing Company Should Have
The healthcare industry undergoes constant changes. One such area that gets changed is facilities’ billing practices. This makes substance abuse billing incredibly complex, so you may have considered getting help from a third-party company to ensure billing is done correctly. If you’re… Read More
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Getting Your Medical Practice Prepared to Offer Value-Based Care
Having a medical practice will require a certain level of preparation to ensure your patients are always getting a high level of care overall. Many medical practices are popping up and using value-based care instead of fee-for-service models that are too common… Read More
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Tips to Help Improve Experiences Patients Have at Your Medical Facility
These days, it feels like every single industry is suffering from the double dose of insufficient staff and increased competition. It feels like there are not enough hands to create the guest, customer, or client experience that we want, and,… Read More
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Comparing Mental Health Billing With Medical Billing
While there’s a lot of discussion of mental health these days, from the point of view of the provider, it may feel like the increased visibility hasn’t led to increased help with the workload. In fact, most practices have found… Read More
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Going Over Internal and External Appeals For Denied Medical Claims
Medical issues are often one of the most stressful things that the average person must deal with. For many, there is stress in simply scheduling and going to appointments. For others, the stress comes from having to navigate the complexities… Read More
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Questions to Ask a Substance Abuse Billing Company Before Hiring Them
Have you opted to outsource the insurance billing for your substance abuse practice? If so, this can be a strategic move for your business. By outsourcing your billing tasks, your staff will have more time to work with patients and… Read More