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Are You Ready for ICD 10?
The new Internal Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, is on its way, with the year 2013 being the deadline for compliance for all medical services to be using the new coding system. The new ICD...
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Get Ready for 2010 CPT Codes
Just when it seems like we have all the 2009 codes down, it’s time to get ready for the changes in medical billing and coding for 2010! The new CPT code books will be arriving soon, and there are over...
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Negotiate Your Own Health Care Reform
No one can argue that health care costs are out of control. Health care reform is being discussed in Washington, but is there anything we can do now about the average $15,000 of medical costs per year...
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No More Consulting Codes?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently decided to eliminate the codes for consulting, forcing doctors to code such patient interactions as regular visits, which are reimbursed at...
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Medicare Paycut May be Delayed
On our other blog at Cloe Sill Bookkeeping and Tax Services we discussed the current jobs bill that is under review in Congress. One of the measures on this bill is a delay in the reduction of...
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Are You Billing for All Services?
Most doctors would answer this question “Of course I am!” But are you? Are you billing for services not conducted in the office – hospital visits, nursing home care, etc.? Many doctors get so busy...
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What Will Health Care Reform Do to Medical Billing?
Now that the Health Care Reform bill has passed, it is time to stop debating it and start figuring out exactly how it is going to work and who will be affected by it. As a professional billing and...
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Article Discusses Outsourcing Billing – What to Consider
Many physicians offices, faced with large patient loads and ever increasingly complicated compliance and insurance issues, are now considering outsourcing their billing procedures to third-party...
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Will Medical Billing Errors Decrease With Reform?
It’s an important question, considering that it is estimated that 3% of all health care spending, around$68 billion dollars, is lost due to intentional fraud and medical billing errors. Stories abound...
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