October 2013 - PracticeSuite

Strategies for Specialties Most Affected By ICD-10

Posted on October 31, 2013 By Michael Sculley

Although the changeover to ICD-10 will affect virtually everyone in healthcare, there’s a consensus among experts that general practitioners will have an easier time than specialists. The question then becomes: Which specialists will be most affected, and what can they do to mitigate the effects? ...

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About To Purchase CMS 1500 Claim Forms? Read This First…

Posted on October 30, 2013 By Michael Sculley

The AAFP says don’t buy too many just yet, here’s why: The NUCC (National Uniform Claim Committee) has revised the old Standard CMS-1500 (version 08/05) in order to allow for the new ICD-10 codes. The new claim form, known as the 02/12 version of the CMS-1500 Form has a deadline date of ...

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10 Key Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Medical Billing Company

Posted on October 29, 2013 By Michael Sculley

Outsourcing your billing activities makes sense for many medical practices, but finding the right billing service can be time consuming and a hit-or-miss. Here are some essential questions to ask the companies you’re considering. 1. How long have you been working in this field and how many years o...

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Growing Your Medical Billing Service – Full Speed Ahead

Posted on October 28, 2013 By Michael Sculley

With the advent of ICD-10, there are plenty of opportunities out there for medical billing companies to gain new clients. But we understand that every minute spent marketing is time away from customers and claims. The good news is that social media and digital publishing mean getting your message ...

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Medical CRM Boosts Value for Practices and Medical Billers

Posted on October 15, 2013 By Michael Sculley

As a medical billing company, you’ve helped your clients with thorny practice management issues for years. Today, competition is intense and seems more ferocious each day. Fortunately, you can offer your clients Care Relationship Management, a service to help them grow and strengthen their patient...

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Is Cloud-Based Billing Software Really Better?

Posted on October 10, 2013 By Michael Sculley

Imagine enterprise software that’s easy to install and access — exactly what cloud-based applications are about. Instead of purchasing servers and software and hiring IT experts to install and support them, you subscribe to a software service and pay a monthly fee. This model is similar to you...

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Laying the Foundation for ICD-10

Posted on October 8, 2013 By Michael Sculley

There’s a lot riding on the ICD-10 transition, including your 2014 financial picture and potential staff upheaval. The bottom line is this: the better prepared you are, the less likely you’ll see a revenue dip from the changeover.That preparation starts with making sure everyone in your office u...

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10 Changes Coming With ICD-10

Posted on October 3, 2013 By Michael Sculley

The ICD-10 changeover is a year away, and pundits are ramping up their rhetoric. True, there’s a lot of work to be done, but looking at the facts is always helpful. Here are 10 things that will be true starting October 1, 2014: Claims will be denied if they include an ICD-9 code. Because it alrea...

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ICD-10: Time to Start Dual Coding

Posted on October 1, 2013 By Michael Sculley

With the ICD-10 changeover just about a year away, some practices are preparing to start dual coding their encounters. In other words, they’ll code each encounter in ICD-9 and ICD-10. A contrast to double coding, in which forms are coded in ICD-9 at the time of the encounter and later translated i...

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Strategies for Specialties Most Affected By ICD-10

About To Purchase CMS 1500 Claim Forms? Read This First…

10 Key Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Medical Billing Company

Growing Your Medical Billing Service – Full Speed Ahead

Medical CRM Boosts Value for Practices and Medical Billers

Laying the Foundation for ICD-10

10 Changes Coming With ICD-10

ICD-10: Time to Start Dual Coding

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