Medical billing is most people’s least favorite part of working in healthcare administration. Typically, there is a team of individuals who can handle this task in larger businesses. However, if you work in a small practice, you may find yourself [...]
Medical billing and medical coding are complicated in their own right. The healthcare system in the United States is a behemoth in all proportions and medical billing is no exception. Due to what is termed “healthcare bloat”—or something along those [...]
We live in an age of near-complete digital rendering of paperwork and other associated procedures. Whether it’s getting a car, getting a loan, receiving bank statements, or dealing with medical billing, most things are done online now. It’s easy to [...]
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 [...]
