Category Medical Billing & Revenue
The Medical Billing & Revenue Blog delivers practical guidance on medical billing, improving revenue cycle management, training administrative staff, boosting front desk collections, and strengthening overall practice operations.
Insurance Benefits Verification Basics
Medicare Rules When You Can’t Opt-Out
Here are the details on the Medicare rules for healthcare practitioners who can’t opt-out of Medicare. This applies to Chiropractors as well as Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists in private practice. I was asked by a Chiropractor, so this answer…
Improving Patient Collections
What are the first steps to take in order to improve your rate of patient collections?
Printing Claim Forms From Jane
For those using Jane App for billing, here’s a hack that will let you print claims from Jane directly onto your red CMS-1500 forms.
Common Medical Billing Terms
This list of terms is posted here as a supplement to the Medical Billing Basics, Part 2 video: Common Abbreviations in Billing: AOB – Assignment of benefitsCMS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCPT– Current Procedural Terminology. (Procedure codes)DME – Durable Medical EquipmentDOS – Date…
Medical Billing Basics, Part 2
Medical Billing Basics, Part 1
How to Submit a Corrected Medical Claim
Medicare: Chiropractic Cheat Sheet
I spent some time on LinkedIn the other day and got this message from a Chiropractor. He said: “Hi Kat, What I really need is to understand the Medicare billing process. I have some patients getting older and I have…
Medicare Billing for Chiropractors
What to Ask Your Insurance Patients at Every Visit
A couple of things I recommend asking your insurance patients every time they come in, and a tip on relaying insurance benefits to a patient. These things can save you loads of time and money!
Personal Injury Billing for Auto Accidents
What you need to know in order to get paid on your Personal Injury cases. This is a longer video, but if you need the info, it’s all here!
A Biller Can Help Keep Patients Happy
How NOT to lose patients, from a biller’s perspective.
What Does a Remote Biller Do?
What is the job of a remote medical biller? What should your biller be doing?
How to Tackle a Billing Mess
When you’re faced with a billing mess of mysteries and missing reimbursements, what steps can you take to get it under control?
Should You Hire a Biller Who Doesn’t Know Your Software?
Should you only hire a biller who knows your software? Does it matter?
How to Check Up On Your Biller
How do you know if your billing is going well, or if it’s a disaster? Here are some pointers on how to check up on your billing dept.
Where Medical Claims Can Go Wrong – A Checklist
Where could a claim go wrong? This is a brief list of things to check for and correct on a medical claim.
How Not to Lose Patients
Recently, I spoke to a Chiropractor who had lost a long-term family of patients and was understandably distressed. The patient involved was an older man whose family had been seeing this Doctor for years. The man was confused about why…