Filing claims correctly is a tricky subject to bring up with staff. It’s estimated that 80% of medical claims and billing documentation are submitted containing at least one error. That error, singular or plural, prevents the payment from being submitted to you. Keep in mind that there are 80,000 diagnostic and procedure codes, your medical…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or so they say. It’s the day after Thanksgiving, the food was delicious, but all you could think about was the mountain of claims that you’re still waiting to see payment on. Why can’t we just get the holiday miracle of payment on all of our claims?…
Working in tandem, medical billing and coding translate your doctor’s visit into languages that form the claim that is submitted for the purpose of reimbursement. The processes are separate, but both are pivotal for the practitioner to receive payment from the insurance company of the patient. The entire process of medical billing and coding begins…
Normal thought process: “I have jumped through all the proverbial hoops, dotted every i and crossed every t, even some x and dotted j’s too… why are my claims still being denied?” Well, if this isn’t a tale as old as time, we don’t know what is. Let’s go through some steps we like to…
