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Looking Ahead to 2012Since 2012 will be here before we know it, bringing many challenges in medical billing, we asked two of our top authors to look ahead and recommend key steps for ensuring you're ready for the changes ahead. You'll see these articles by Sara Larch, MSHA, FACMPE, and Betsy Nicoletti, M.S., CPC, below. Preparing For 2012: What Needs to Happen When? Create Your Calendar NowBy Sara Larch, MSHA, FACMPE
As a leader in your medical group, it is essential that you take time to strategize and plan for the big changes coming in medical billing. My recommendation is to utilize a calendar approach to change management. Most of these changes have an ultimate deadline but some of these can be implemented earlier… Read More Five Essential To-Dos to Prepare for 2012By Betsy Nicoletti, M.S., CPCOctober is too early for New Year’s resolutions, even if they are the same as last year’s: “Eat more fruit,” and “Renew my gym membership.” But October is the right time to plan for 2012 to insure your practice’s continued success… Read More Complimentary Webinar: What You Need to Know About
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Billing Tip of the Month
A System for Collecting Old Patient Balances and How to Pull Up an A/R of All Your Providers Quickly in Kareo
Sherry Marchand, CPMA and Melissa England
We're pleased to announce a tie this month for our Medical Billing Tip of the Month contest. One tip focuses on a system for collecting old patient balances, and the other on pulling an A/R report for your providers in Kareo. Both winners will receive the prize.
System for Collecting Old Patient Balances
Collecting old balances can be a difficult thing. Many patients may ignore these balances until services are required, sometimes in the future. I use the following policy to help manage this situation… Read More
How to Pull Up an A/R of All Your Providers Quickly in Kareo
This is a great tool to use in Kareo to pull up an A/R of all your providers’ info in a brief moment. From the main screen you will see a highlighted button named “Reports”; click on it… Read More
Top News and Ideas from Industry
MedPAC Votes to Kill SGR
Margaret Dick Tocknell and John Commins, HealthLeaders Media, Oct. 7, 2011
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Thursday voted to repeal the contentious sustainable growth rate formula and replace it with a controversial plan that would include reimbursement cuts to specialists and pay freezes for primary care physicians… Read More
Lawmaker Letter to “Super Committee” Makes Case for SGR Repeal
Margaret Dick Tocknell and John Commins, HealthLeaders Media, Oct. 10, 2011
Congressional support to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) program is growing. Some 114 members of Congress, including 21 Republicans, have signed a bipartisan letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, asking the committee to repeal the unpopular Medicare physician payment system… Read More
As Premiums Rise, Are Even the Insured Scrimping by Skipping Doctor Visits?
Victoria Stagg Elliott, Amednews, Oct. 10, 2011
Americans are spending more money on insurance premiums, and they're spending less out of pocket on health services. The trend doesn't reflect patients getting more health coverage for their insurance money, experts say. It reflects patients, even those with insurance, avoiding spending cash on health care they think can be put off… Read More
Medicare Sign-Up Question about Accepting New Patients Becomes Optional
Charles Fiegl, Amednews, Oct. 6, 2011
The agency overseeing the Medicare program will not require physicians to report whether they are accepting new Medicare patients or providing advanced imaging care… Read More
Medicaid Claims Audits to Begin in January
Doug Trapp, Amednews, Sept. 26, 2011
Physician and hospital organizations praised several changes federal health officials made to an earlier proposed version of a new Medicaid claims audit program authorized by the health system reform law. CMS adjusted the RAC program in several ways supported by doctors, including requiring auditors to employ them as medical directors… Read More
After Years of Big Increases, Practice Costs Drop 2.2%
Victoria Stagg Elliott, Amednews, Oct. 3, 2011
The cost of operating a medical practice declined an average of 2.2% in 2010, according to an annual report on multispecialty groups issued Sept. 20 by the Medical Group Management Assn. Doctors' offices are trimming expenses to deal with a stubbornly sluggish economy and bracing for payment cuts… Read More
CMS Launches New Primary Care Initiative
AAPC News, Sept. 29, 2011
Building on the patient-centered medical home concept, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) launched a new initiative Sept. 28, which the agency says will “help primary care practices deliver higher quality, more coordinated and patient-centered care.” Known as the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, the collaborative will seek to align… Read More
AMA Releases CPT 2012 Category II Codes
AAPC News, Sept. 29, 2011
The American Medical Association (AMA) has released new and revised CPT® Category II codes, effective Jan. 1, 2012. The changes were posted on the CPT® Category II Codes section of the AMA website on Sept. 14… Read More
HIPAA 5010: How Compliance Can Delay Reimbursements
Carl Natale, ICD-10 Watch, Oct. 04, 2011
It's the little things that can cause claims to be rejected after Jan. 1. Little things such as physical street address for providers and nine-digit zip codes… Read More
What to Say When Patients Haggle Over Their Bills
Victoria Stagg Elliott, Amednews, Oct. 10, 2011
How patients negotiate payments with their physicians has been the subject of numerous stories in the media. With patients having a harder time than ever affording health care, consumer publications are running articles on how to haggle with doctors over prices… Read More
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