CPT Coding Updates & the Insurance Claim Follow-up Process
Healthcare provider’s revenue cycle is heavily reliant on insurance claims reimbursements. However, managing these claims effectively is a challenge. Specialized office procedures must be followed if practitioners expect to receive timely payments...
Health Care Providers: Facing Mental Health Concerns, Burnout and Stigma
The recent pressures placed on hospital staff and first responders due to COVID-19 is a reminder to society of the mental health toll that frontline health care professionals face. Yet, even before the outbreak of Coronavirus, healthcare workers...
Using Practice Management Software & Electronic Remittances
Practice management software is a vital part of any medical practice’s revenue cycle. Yet, some clinicians are not aware of the capabilities and uses of this essential software or how it is supported by other associated technologies. Medical...
Revenue Cycle Management Advice for Ohio Family Medicine
Ohio family medicine providers (family practice) need to consistently stay ahead of shifting payment models, insurance changes and legislative updates. In addition, they must learn multiple software, systems and online portals. These systems range...
Health Insurance Companies Expand into Telehealth Services
Issues surrounding access to healthcare are a concern for individuals living in remote locations or during periods of self-quarantine. These concerns have rapidly expanded the demand for telehealth. This has likely motivated United Healthcare’s...
Reimbursement and Billing Updates for Telehealth Services
What is Telehealth, Telemedicine and Telepsychiatry: Telehealth or telemedicine is an all-encompassing term for the delivery of healthcare treatments through the use of modern telecommunication technologies. Other terminologies are also used to...
Relaxing of HIPAA Requirements for Telehealth Solutions
The federal government recently announced that it was relaxing the regulations around HIPAA regulations. This is in response to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. More news stories on this topic will likely be available in the coming months. A...
UnitedHealthcare is Limiting Payments for Outpatient Surgery in Hospitals
United Healthcare (UHC) is implementing a new policy that would help to push outpatient surgical procedures to non-hospital sites like ambulatory centers. UHC argues that this move is necessary in order to control cost, yet hospitals likely...
Type 84 & 95 Providers: Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHC)
At ABCS, one of our specialties is delivering revenue cycle management services for behavioral health and addiction treatment professionals. With this in mind, here is advice for utilizing some of the features and tools available for community...