Often overlooked, front desk staff is the life force of any medical practice. As the first ones to greet your patients when they walk in the door, it’s imperative that they are provided adequate training and support. Front desk managers are typically multitaskers who possess the magical quality of somehow being present at more than
Federal Price Transparency provides insight into cost of medical services for hospital price transparency. The requirements regarding transparency for hospitals, as provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), are a helpful guide that patients and doctors can access. Ideally, this should translate into better compliance and fewer surprises. However, it is challenging
As a healthcare practitioner, it’s important that you are paid on time for the services rendered. While it may seem like a simple ask, it’s unfortunately not so straightforward. Revenue Cycle Management is a labyrinth of strict requirements, rigid timelines, and complex regulations. Then when you add in operational inefficiencies, labor shortages, and an ever-evolving
Do you have trouble keeping up with claims? AR days piling up? Overwhelmed by denial? It doesn’t have to be that way. Back-end functions of your business are central to maintaining cash flow for your practice. Here are 10 tips to make it more manageable. They WORK! With these strategies in place, you can improve
Telemedicine services have increased more than 30 fold since the onset of the COVID-19, Public Health Emergency (PHE). Despite the fact that, the PHE has begun to wind down and telemedicine waivers are nearing their end, digital health modalities remain relevant. It is important to ensure appropriate access to telehealth services to know changes in
1. Introduction: The problems surrounding Revenue Revenue goals across many hospitals in the US remain unmet due to staffing issues, claims’ denials, inability to access updated information, lack of uniformity, inflation amongst other reasons for cost of medical coding. This results in significant loss of income for your healthcare practice. In response, various hospital executives
The American Medical Association (AMA) has released changes to the Evaluation and Management(E/M) codes and guidelines set to go into effect January 1, 2023. For new and revised CPT codes Current Procedural Terminology CPT 2023 brings with it 225 new codes, 93 revised codes and 75 deleted codes. And with the exception of anesthesia, there
The great resignation coupled with growing competition for skilled workers has led to staffing crises for numerous industries with intelligent automation. With the highest number of resignations being recorded in the tech and healthcare industries, providers are grappling with the execution of administrative duties with Intelligent Automation. However, with its ability to alleviate administrative burden
The maze-like world of health care can be challenging to navigate. Presently, the industry is faced with unprecedented road-blocks, and the fact that the people who are trained to provide care have to deal with them is a waste of precious resources for revenue cycle partnerships. EMPClaims values the role of healthcare practitioners and aims
