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Surgery Modifiers Require Specific Documentation

Surgery Modifiers Require Specific Documentation

Using surgery modifiers to accurately represent the role of assistant surgeons has become increasingly important over the past three decades. Initially, a simple mention of the assistant surgeon’s name in the operative note header sufficed. However, as the healthcare landscape evolved, payers began demanding more granular details about the assistant surgeon’s role and contributions to […]
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Price Transparency and RCM: A New Era

The healthcare industry has traditionally been a black box when it comes to pricing. Patients, providers, and payers alike have often struggled to understand the complex web of costs associated with medical services. However, a seismic shift is underway. The advent of price transparency regulations and the evolving role of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) are […]
Boost Your Bottom Line: 4 Keys to Healthcare RCM Success

Boost Your Bottom Line: 4 Keys to Healthcare RCM Success

In 2024, factors like declining reimbursement rates, the shift towards value-based care, and ever-changing regulations demand a proactive approach to improve RCM. Here, we explore four key strategies to optimize your healthcare revenue cycle and ensure financial stability in the coming year. 1. Break down Silos: Merging Front-End and Back-End Functions Many healthcare organizations struggle […]
Boost Revenue & Reduce Denials: Expert RCM for Healthcare Providers

Boost Revenue & Reduce Denials: Expert RCM for Healthcare Providers

RCM Company has been at the cutting edge of making a difference in healing centers and wellbeing frameworks addressing patient-involved (coordination of benefits) and clinical dissents, recouping on low-balance accounts, and resolving complex claims. Getting these ranges of the income cycle settled rapidly and effectively is becoming tall need these days, as healthcare providers confront […]
EHR-RCM Integration Can Improve Revenue Cycle Efficiency

EHR-RCM Integration Can Improve Revenue Cycle Efficiency

Partnering with a vendor that provides EHR and RCM capabilities helped one healthcare organization boost communication and improve revenue cycle efficiency for 150 care centers. Leveraging automation for revenue cycle management (RCM) processes can streamline tasks and improve efficiencies. Specifically, partnering with an EHR vendor helped a healthcare organization to achieve $1 billion in patient […]
Prior Authorization Reform in Medicare Advantage

Prior Authorization Reform in Medicare Advantage

Prior Authorization reform in Medicare Advantage would help relieve administrative burden for medical groups and reduce patient care delays, MGMA said. The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has urged CMS to implement policies that support prior authorization reform and value-based care contracts within the Medicare Advantage program. MGMA submitted comments to CMS Administrator in response […]
CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs

CMS Proposes Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs

On January 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs proposed rule, representing CMS’ first major policy proposals for these programs in the Biden Administration. The changes proposed are, overall, modest in scope. In the […]
How The Affordable Care Act Impacted Small Group Coverage Trends

How The Affordable Care Act Impacted Small Group Coverage Trends

Small group coverage did not pursue the trends that many experts anticipated after the Affordable Care Act went into effect. From 2013 to 2020, small group coverage has maintained a fairly stable environment, researchers from the Urban Institute found. The researchers used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) in order to assess changes […]