Medical billers worried about ICD-10, HITECH Act

By Anne Zieger

Want to know what’s on medical billers’ minds? Largely, they’re in a stir over the implementation of ICD-10 5010 and compliance with the new HITECH Act, according to speakers at a national conference for the industry.

Panel members speaking at a session of the National Conference of the [...]

Two studies assess cost of doc-office paperwork

While how much of a medical practice’s administrative overhead can be classified as “waste” is still open to debate, two new studies posted on the Health Affairs Web site attempt to put a price tag on these clerical tasks and on how much a medical practice must spend before it can extract a [...]

Medical Billing

Medical Billing is a procedure adopted by most clinics and hospitals globally, to sort the problem of late payments due to insurance claims and inter departmental co-ordination issues or delays. It is an extension of the fraternity to adopt corrective measures as far as payments are concerned.

Hospitalization and [...]

Billing Outsource – Where and When

The health care industry is booming and the competition is increasing everyday. The best possible way for a company to survive in this competitive

economy is to cut costs and the best way to do it is by outsourcing services.

In the health care industry, medical billing is [...]

Outsource Medical Billing Services

The process of collecting fees for medical services is called medical billing. The medical bill which is issued by the physician is said to be a claim. Medical billing may be handled directly by the physician and his or her staff, or it may be administered by a third party. The third party is an [...]