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Preparing Your Clinic for the Busy Season During COVID-19
As the healthcare industry continues to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, providers across the country will have to also deal with the beginning of fall and winter: aka, busy season. More common illnesses like the cold and flu will start to spread, which will most likely increase the need for testing and worsen the load of a clinic that’s performing those tests. Whether or not your clinic does those tests, it could still put a damper on your day-to-day scheduling and billing as contagious diseases potentially comes in and out of your office.
COVID-19 Response from Top Health Insurance Providers
As the COVID-19 event continues to evolve, health insurance providers have been updating policies to change with it. Here are important updates from the top 4 insurance providers in the Midwest that healthcare billers should be aware of. Keep reading to learn more.
A Sign of the Times: Moving Forward During the Pandemic
As practices and providers have had to adapt to the COVID-19 health crisis, many services have moved online and clinics forced to implement new procedures.
Ambulance Billing Best Practices
Ambulance billing reimbursement is just like clinic or hospital medical billing: it requires specific knowledge of relevant codes, processes, and regulations. However,these services have their own nuances to consider for optimal revenue results, which all ambulance service billers should comply with.
How Outsourcing Can Improve Your School Billing
With schools focused on working around COVID-19 and trying to implement telehealth services, their billing may have fallen to the wayside—especially as regulations continue to change and evolve. Reimbursement through Medicaid can be especially complicated if the right steps are not implemented, and all it takes are a few incorrect codes to cause a denied claim. To give some relief and ensure school revenue does not suffer, districts should consider the benefits of outsourcing.
School IEP Medicaid Billing and Effective Documentation
One of the most important aspects of effective medical billing: proper documentation. Healthcare providers require precise systems to ensure their staff are taking proper notes and service documentation, but sometimes those processes can get lost in the hectic school environment. Without proper documentation of the Medicaid-based services offered in an educational institution, a school district can start to lose revenue. One way to help with this challenge is to implement a routine study for staff involved in those services.
Reasons Ambulance Claims Are Denied
As with clinic and hospital billing, ambulance claims have their own procedures for billing. To keep on top of changes, ambulance crew members should receive continuous training and continually updated on the procedures and codes necessary for the claims. Patient care reports (PCRs) need to be expertly prepared by the crew for the claims to go through correctly.
Signs of Staff Burnout in Specialty Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the age of COVID-19, the healthcare industry has had to rework procedures and the overall system to protect both workers and patients. These changes will most likely continue as the country and states begin to open at their own speed and will become the new normal for many sections of healthcare. As specialty clinics prepare to open, are the staff prepared for all these new accommodations?
Common Issues Medical Billers Face: Claim Denials
One of the most important elements in your clinic is your billing since it requires protocols that start at the very first patient interaction. If front desk staff are not prepared to ask the right questions,
Telemedicine Software Options to Consider
As healthcare providers transition to remote services, they have been searching for the right software to meet COVID-19 guidelines while also keeping in mind the safety and privacy of their patients. Here are two telehealth software platforms we’ve found that are ideal for getting started in remote work:
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