Tag: Prior Authorizations

Streamline Prior Authorizations and Reduce Stress for Your Patients

Streamline Prior Authorizations and Reduce Stress for Your Patients

Streamline Prior authorizations can be a real pain, but with a few adjustments, you can make the process smoother and save yourself and your patients some stress. Here are 5 tips to streamline prior authorizations: Know Your Triggers: Become familiar with medications and procedures that frequently require prior authorization. Identify alternative options, like generics, that […]
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AMA Aims to Streamline Prior Authorization Billing with New Codes

AMA Aims to Streamline Prior Authorization Billing with New Codes

New billing codes: Medical experts might consider creating new billing codes for the time doctors and their support staff spends working on prior authorizations. The American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Board meets May 9-11 in Chicago. On the meeting’s agenda are three potential new CPT codes “for reporting services (physician, QHP, […]
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Revenue Cycle Strategies for Managing Patient Accounts Receivable

Revenue Cycle Strategies for Managing Patient Accounts Receivable

A Guide to Accounts Receivable (A/R) The healthcare practice’s Accounts Receivable (A/R) encompasses various complexities and subtleties. The Accounts Receivable process is continually evolving, presenting numerous challenges. Although A/R challenges may not solely determine success, improving A/R turnaround time can have a significant impact. Based on an MGMA Stat poll, 56% of medical groups reported […]
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Is Medicare Advantage Really a Disadvantage?

Is Medicare Advantage Really a Disadvantage?

It’s autumn, and along with leaves changing color, pumpkin spice lattes, and cooler weather comes an avalanche of TV ads, commercials, and telephone marketing calls, all entreating us to believe that Medicare Advantage (MA) is the best thing since the invention of the cell phone. With open enrolment season upon us, it’s critical to examine […]
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