Medical coding is an everchanging landscape. New technologies emerge and new ways to classify different procedures and categories of illness are common. As such, year-to-year, professional medical coders and billers should always be on the lookout for changes in the [...]
The diagnosis of mental health issues is constantly changing and experiencing a major uptick in recorded diagnoses. One might be tempted to think that mental health issues are on the rise—and they are in some categories, but overall more people [...]
Electronic Medical Billing Benefits Like many categories of administrative work, the proliferation of technology and accessibility through the internet has relieved some of the burdens of doing administrative paperwork. Medical documentation has also benefitted from this technology, going from being [...]
Medical Billing: A Costly Clerical Burden Whether you’ve outsourced your medical billing and administrative needs to professionals or you’re doing it in house, one thing is for certain: medical billing can be a complex and confusing part of the total [...]
Medical Billing is an unavoidable part of running a practice and an unavoidable part of being a customer and getting your bill. From 2006-2016, insurance deductibles rose by 255%. It's no secret to anyone that Healthcare in the United States [...]
Medical Coding Automation Automation is, to many workers, a looming threat to various industries. There is a fear that many workers will lose their jobs to technology which can do it in their place—in some cases, regrettably, even better. A [...]
According to Forbes, Doctor’s waste over 2/3’s of their time doing paperwork. The paperwork bloat in the healthcare industry is a well-documented (no pun intended) phenomenon, so much so that the costs of in house administration can cause serious problems [...]
Often, people will confuse a psychologist and a psychiatrist because of the similar functions they perform and their similar spellings; both medical professions help patients cope with mental health issues and offer varying treatment options based on the severity of [...]
Medical billing and coding can become complicated, fast. The large number of terminology, acronyms, and codes used for CPT, ICD-10, and the DSM 5 can make anyone’s head start to swim. Choosing even one wrong code during a claim can [...]
Mental health professionals often have their work cut out for them. Many people think that their biggest problems stem from seeing and scheduling patients; however, this is not the case. Rather, one of the largest issues is the collection of [...]
