It has been a particularly busy time around the Support Department in the first third of 2016. We have had the pleasure of adding several new private medical practices and a couple of billing service customers. Not a customer yet? Get your free demo today! In the process of training those new customers to use their Iridium Suite practice management …
CMS Reverses View on Bundling 77300 Into 77290
On January 5, 2016 in the medical billing blog titled “Radiation Oncology Billing – An Ever Moving Target” we talked about numerous CMS radiation oncology coding changes. One of the more financially negative ones was the implementation of a NCCI edit effecting 3D radiation therapy treatment planning. CPT code 77295 was going to include the basic dosimetry calculation(s) represented by …
Radiation Oncology Billing – An Ever Moving Target
Click Here to Learn more about Iridium Suite Software For 2015 radiation oncology medical practice management was thrown into a billing conundrum with the temporary “G” codes introduced by Medicare for radiation therapy treatment delivery and image guidance. Hospital based providers were told to use them, unless a commercial payer wanted the “77” codes. Free-standing providers were directed to …
Your Account Receivables Can Get Out of Control. 3 Ways to Protect Yourself
We are just over a month into ICD10 and just over a month away from 2016. This is the optimal time to take a good look at your Account Receivables. You want to make sure denials and rejections have not increased due to the ICD10 codes transition. Reviewing service lines with old or untouched balances can help identify issues that …
Biller’s Blog Halloween Special Edition – Iridium Suite and the Invisible Man
Most of us are familiar with the science fiction novel The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. A scientist experiments on himself to test his theory of changing a body’s refractive index to that of air. This way it will absorb light instead of reflecting it and poof, he’s invisible. The premise of invisibility has been used in many movies and …
