CMS, CDC Add More than 5,000 Codes to ICD-10 Coding System
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Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced some major news for the ICD-10 coding system. The two organizations have added more than 5,000 new ICD-10 diagnosis codes to be used in healthcare claims next year... Click Here to Read More
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It's Time to Get a Second Opinion Before Paying That Medical Bill |
The next time you get a medical bill, don't pay it — at least not right away. It pays to check for errors first. A 2014 NerdWallet study found mistakes in 49 percent of Medicare claims. Groups that review bills on patients' behalf, including Medical Billing Advocates of America and CoPatient, put the error rate closer to 75 or 80 percent. Click Here to Read More
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Four ICD-10 Coding Mistakes To Avoid
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Now that ICD-10 is almost six months old, coders are figuring out which mistakes are the most common. Let's take a quick look at some of those that a coding website reported:
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CDC Ends Freeze On New ICD-10 Codes |
It comes naturally to want to help your patients; especially the ones struggling to get by on a meager income or retirement. At first blush, it may make sense to waive the patient portion of a medical bill after the insurance has paid. But before you waive a patient's financial responsibility, consider the legal consequences of doing so. Click Here to Read More
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Don't Write Off Patient Co-pays |
It comes naturally to want to help your patients; especially the ones struggling to get by on a meager income or retirement. At first blush, it may make sense to waive the patient portion of a medical bill after the insurance has paid. But before you waive a patient's financial responsibility, consider the legal consequences of doing so. Click Here to Read More
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Is the Cloud Safe for Medical Billing Data? |
Just how safe is the cloud and can we trust online software to keep sensitive medical billing data secure from a breach? In theory, the cloud is supposed to do little other than make our lives simpler; but in reality it can absolutely drive us nuts (not-so-scary) and leave us open to cyber threats from malicious thugs (very scary).
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