PHYSICAL THERAPY DOCUMENTATION
Medical Payer : Who Is It and Who Has the Money? Part 2
Most patients have a commercial healthcare insurance plan that pays a portion of the cost should they become ill or require medical attention. Commercial plans account for the bulk of a practitioner’s reimbursements, but an extensive array of government operated... read more
Why Medical Necessity is Necessary
Medical professionals must prove that that a particular service or treatment was necessary before a patient’s healthcare insurance provider will pay for it. Medical necessity trumps other criteria in the adjudication process and Nitin Chhoda provides new insights into... read more
The Life of a Claim: How You Get Paid
The clock starts ticking on the life of an insurance claim the moment a patient makes an appointment and doesn’t end until the practitioner is paid. To better understand the life cycle of an insurance claim, Nitin Chhoda offers a first-hand look at the process. First... read more
Payer : Who Is It and Who Has the Money? Part 1
Medical professionals collect reimbursement payments from a variety of sources. Known as payers, they encompass commercial insurance companies, third-party administrators and government-funded programs. In part 1 of this revealing article, Nitin Chhoda identifies the... read more
Medical Billing — Its Role and What it Means to Your Office Structure
A structured medical practice is essential to ensure that reimbursement claims are submitted in a timely manner. Missing, lost, misplaced or improperly filed patient records creates unnecessary medical billing delays and interrupts the flow of funds into the practice.... read more
Health Insurance and Its Top Three Mistakes or Issues
There are three major mistakes within the office setting that are contributing to a loss of revenue through non-payment. The errors can easily be prevented and some can be eradicated before patients ever arrive for their appointments. Clinics across the nation are... read more
Medical Terms Talking the Talk and How to “Get” Them, Part 2
Nitin Chhoda shares how to become familiar with terminology, tests, treatments and procedure. Becoming fluent in medical terms becomes easier with practice, but to many it may seem as if they’re speaking a foreign language at first. The prefixes, suffixes and root... read more
Medical Coder and Practice Staff’s Ethics are More Important than Their Typing Speed
There’s a code of ethics that automatically comes into play in medical offices and employees are cognizant of this. Staff and medical coder are aware that they can’t share personally identifiable information with outside sources, but what they don’t realize is that a... read more