How to handle secondary insurance denials

Secondary insurance plans often pay deductibles, co-pays, or coinsurance that is due after the primary insurance plan has paid on the claim. Secondary claims process through the insurer’s regular claims progression, so it may be somewhat of a surprise when a denial EOB shows up for a secondary claim. Remember, a patient’s secondary insurance plan has its own benefits and …

Visit MBS at SATRO May 3rd & 4th, 2012 in Atlanta, GA

Members of the MBS Team will be attending SATRO at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta, GA.  Stop by our booth to learn more about our robust medical billing software, Iridium Suite, and enter our iPod drawing.  We hope to see you there!

BMSi Seminar – March 8th & 9th, 2012- Anaheim, CA

Join the MBS team at the Bogardus Seminar in Anaheim on March 8th and 9th, 2012.  The experts at BMSi will teach you how to properly bill Radiation Oncology charges.  Stop by the MBS table to enter the iPod Drawing!

The importance of a good medical claim scrubber

Coding claims is tricky. Radiation oncology is especially difficult because of the planning and staging processes that occur prior to treatment. On a bad day a coder can create future problems that are difficult to remedy.  Fortunately, Iridium Suite offers a safety net to help you avoid the pitfalls of improper coding. A claim scrubber is a built-in editor, like …

How do insurance companies process medical claims?

COMPATIBILITY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME IN INSURANCE BILLING Have you ever wondered what happens to your claim once it has been sent, either electronically or by mail? An electronic claim is sent directly to the insurance company's computer system to begin a series of compatibility checks. A paper claim is always scanned first and may be manually entered into …

Billing Claims to Secondary Insurers

After those payments come in from primary health insurers, it is imperative to have a reliable system for billing secondary insurers. Staying on track with sending secondary claims can be a challenge.  Consider that using a manual process to bill secondary payers requires pulling patient charts, making copies of primary Explanations of Benefits(EOB), generating secondary claims, attaching all the required …

Iridium Suite and 5010

5010 is the new health care electronic transactions standard that will be put into effect on January 1, 2012.  The new standards cause sweeping changes to the manner in which electronic billing transactions are coded.   Iridium Suite will be fully compliant with the new 5010 standards prior to the January 1, 2012 deadline.  As a result, each of our customers will also …