Check the Vital Signs of Your Medical Practice-Part 3

A Medical Practice is a unique business in many ways, but it is still a business and must be treated as such.  Checking the health of your practice is similar to checking the health of your patients.  In this three part series, we will look at these Vital Signs, pulse, blood pressure and temperature, to help you assess the financial …

ASTRO 2012 – October 28th – 30th – Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

Medical Business Systems will be exhibiting at ASTRO again this year!  Please stop by Booth 6011 to learn more about our medical billing software, Iridium Suite.  Let us show you how to work smarter, not harder with Iridium Suite. Iridium Suite is the most advanced billing software on the market with the highest degree of automation available.  To learn more about Iridium …

HIPAA Medical Billing – 5010 and ICD-10

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) establishes national standards for electronic health care transactions.  HIPAA was enacted to establish standards for moving away from paper medical records and transactions to electronic medical transactions.  The Act also places an increased emphasis on the security and privacy of health data. HIPAA was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed into …

ICD-10 Compliance and Medical Billing

ICD-10 is the acronym for the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision.  As of October 1, 2014, ICD-10 is scheduled to replace the current ICD-9 codes, and ICD-9 codes will no longer be accepted.  All HIPAA covered entities must make the change.  HIPAA covered entities include:  health care providers that are required to send or …

5010 – The New Health Care Electronic Transactions Standard

What is 5010? 5010 is an abbreviated way to reference Version 005010 of the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Technical Reports Type 3 (TR3s).  5010 will replace the current health care transaction standards, Versions 4010/4010A1. Why is there a need for new standards? The current 4010 standards are limited in their ability to transmit certain data elements that are required …