Tag: HCC Codes

Outpatient Medical Billing Process

8 Steps to Clean Up Your Outpatient Medical Billing Process

Is your outpatient medical billing process feeling more like a tangled web than a well-oiled machine? You’re not alone. In the fast-paced world of healthcare, billing errors and inefficiencies can easily creep in, leading to delayed payments, increased denials, and a significant drain on your practice’s resources. The good news? You don’t have to overhaul […]
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OIG Intensifies Medicare Audits

OIG Intensifies Medicare Audits: Vascular Interventions, HRAs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is intensifying its oversight of Medicare expenditures and billing practices through focused audits across three crucial domains, a move that can be summarized as OIG Intensifies Medicare Audits. These reviews are strategically designed to fortify Medicare’s fiscal soundness and guarantee the […]
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Early Warning: Hospital Billing Errors Portend Bleakness

Hospitals across the nation are seeing lower profits, and it’s all because of a sudden tsunami of Medicare and Medicaid provider audits. Whether it be by Recovery Audit Contractor (RACs), Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPICs), or otherwise, hospital audits are rampant. Billing errors, especially “supposed bundling,” are causing a high rate […]
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