For those providers servicing Medicare beneficiaries, Men’s Health Awareness Week is a good time for you to re-familiarize yourself with the wide range of covered preventive services. To read more visit our Biller's Blog.
Key Medicare Benefits for Men’s Health
For those providers servicing Medicare beneficiaries, Men’s Health Awareness Week is a good time for you to re-familiarize yourself with the wide range of covered preventive services. Identifying risk factors and utilizing screening tests for early detection can mean the difference between life and death. As demonstrated by the chart below, several of leading causes of death in males age …
Men’s Health Week
The week leading up to Father’s Day, June 10-16, is National Men’s Health Awareness Week. It is a time to focus on getting and/or keeping yourself or the man in your life healthy. Weight-related diseases are a growing cause of men’s health issues. To read more visit our Biller's Blog.
Men’s Health Week
The week leading up to Father’s Day, June 10-16, is National Men’s Health Awareness Week. It is a time to focus on getting and/or keeping yourself or the man in your life healthy. Weight-related diseases are a growing cause of men’s health issues. What kinds of health problems are linked to excess weight? · type 2 diabetes · high blood …
Appealing a Medicare Denial
If you have received a claim denial from your Medicare contractor you do have the right to submit an appeal. Minor errors or omissions on some Part B claims can be corrected for reprocessing using the clerical reopening process. To read more visit our Biller's Blog.
How Does the American Taxpayer Relief Act Affect You?
Want to know some key points of the Taxpayer Relief act? To read more visit our Biller's Blog.
Appealing a Medicare Denial
If you have received a claim denial from your Medicare contractor you do have the right to submit an appeal. If you do not take assignment on the claim, your appeal rights can be limited. See section at the bottom on Clerical Reopening when an appeal is not indicated. First level of appeal: Redetermination A redetermination is an examination …
How Does the American Taxpayer Relief Act Affect You?
MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT UPDATE The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to pay physicians at 2012 levels through 2013. Physician payments were scheduled to be cut 26.5 percent. 2013 is the second consecutive year with no inflation increase in physician payments. Medical claims reimbursement for some services will be the same as they were in 2011. Revisions …
Medical Office Workflow Steps 4-6
Medical Office Workflow: Collecting Your Charges and Filing Claims, Payment Posting, and Accounts Receivables were published this week. To read more visit our Biller's Blog.
Medical Office Workflow Step 6: Accounts Receivables
If you followed the advice given in the previous articles, you have properly identified the patient benefits, obtained the necessary authorizations, and carefully produced clean claims. If you missed the blogs discussing these important steps, follow these links: Step 2, Step 3, Step 4. Each one of these steps is an integral part to keeping a “young” Accounts Receivables (ARs) …
