With the deductible season occurring at the beginning of the year and the fact that many of the practice’s patients had high-deductible health plans (HDHP), the patient A/R had soared to three times the level it had been at the time the staff changes had been made. We took steps to address those issues — and the billing team brought its total A/R balance down from 36 days of charges to 28 days

An alternative-medicine provider can offer your patients extra care and a new reason to come to your practice — if you make sure to do it legally and get the cooperation of your current providers.

Payment for most services done in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) would increase by 1.1% in 2016, under CMS’ proposed ASC payment changes detailed in the 2016 hospital outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule, released in early July.

It’s more important than ever to scrutinize how you or any third party stores and disposes of your practice’s medical records. Inappropriate record dumping by providers and their business associates is a sore spot for the government — and they’re taking action.

A patient was admitted to the hospital and died the same day. The hospitalist billed 99236; the cardiologist billed 99222. The cardiologist got paid, but hospitalist didn't. Why?

See the impacts of reimbursement changes in the proposed 2016 Medicare physician fee schedule by selected specialties.

The following are the proposed areas included in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model for hospitals: