On August 12, 2021 the FDA issued a notice authorizing Pfizer and Moderna to be used for a third dose vaccine, only for immunocompromised individuals. Following this, the CPT Editorial Panel, a panel that is authorized by the American Medical Association to maintain these codes, has approved of and the AMA [...]
In the most recent update, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have provided a “safe harbor”, allowing employers to leave out certain items from their gross receipts only for the purpose of determining eligibility for the Employee Retention Credit. What is the Employee Retention Credit and how can [...]
You see them all the time and we’ve talked briefly about CPT codes before so you probably have a general idea as to what they are and how to use them. But what are modifiers? Here are some quick facts about CPT code modifiers that may help. What are CPT code [...]
Earlier we talked about 4 issues that could affect your practice’s medical billing. This time we are going to touch upon a few more reasons why your claims could be denying. Services That Require Authorization Certain services require pre-authorization to be completed. This is a decision made by the insurance payor [...]
Has the thought of outsourcing your practice’s medical billing services ever crossed your mind? There are many factors involved in deciding whether to outsource a service or not and you may be contemplating different decisions along the way. As medical billing and the medical insurance industry is an ongoing process, it [...]
Has your healthcare practice decided to outsource your medical billing? If not, here are some reasons as to why you may want to consider this option. If you are not familiar with us yet, we are a medical billing company that works with a variety of different facilities and provides a [...]
Now that Telehealth appointments are becoming more common, is your practice considering transitioning to this new method of healthcare visits? What do you need to do to implement telehealth into your practice? Where do you even start? Research Like with anything else in healthcare, research first! There are many decisions to [...]
In the newest update on the road to preventing surprise medical billing, the current Administration has issued what is known as “Requirements Related to Surprised Billing; Part 1”. As we mentioned in an earlier post, surprise medical billing happens when patients unknowingly receive out-of-network services which result in unexpected bills. The [...]
Last week we focused on why and how you should start a blog. This time we are looking at some tips to writing an effective blog post. What do we mean by “effective”? Effective just means how much it helps your practice to reach your blogging goals. Like we said before, [...]
