Archive for April, 2008

Rehabilitation Therapy Management

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Missing modifier 59 or as complex as documentation failing to prove medical necessity can still add one thing called lost reimbursement. Don’t accept denials as a fact of life: fight them. If you’re like any other rehab practice owner, department director or manager, you understand the pain of denials.

It is not easy to go ahead with coding, billing, and reimbursement in the CVIR area, but one can learn tips & techniques that make the charge master part a little easier when it comes to the bottom line. Thorough documentation is critical for timely and appropriate reimbursement.

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Cardiology Transcription - counterpulsation and smart patient care – intra-aortic balloon pumps

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Admissions for acute coronary syndrome are more than 1.5 million every year and are still rising in hospitals. Obviously, this means more opportunities for intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) usage. IABP usage carries a great deal of risk, and many lawsuits have emerged because an IABP was not properly set up or cared for, resulting in injury and/or death. The newer IABPs are automated, but providers tend to overly rely on the machines and the numbers while overlooking or being careless about the basic mechanics and the need to ensure proper timing.

Practitioners dealing with acute heart patients need to remember the basic principles of counterpulsation. MTS gives you a refresher course on counterpulsation and the physiology behind why practitioners use the pump as well as how to determine if you are safely reaching these goals.

Our medical transcription service package takes care of all your counterpulsation and Smart Patient Care coding tasks. Our expert team of coders will ensure optimum reimbursements for your claims, while our transcriptionists will deliver timely and accurate transcripts. Our package deal is real value for money.

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Essentials of Advance Beneficiary Notices and Medical Necessity

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A firm grip on the complete process is essential otherwise it is easy to lose your practice’s hard-earned payments to medical necessity denials in today’s healthcare world where reimbursement is very important. While the US is working hard to adopt health information technology, it must also accommodate a robust 21st century classification system. Adoption of national electronic health records (EHRs) and interoperable information networks need modern classification systems for summarizing and reporting data.

Major health initiatives that rely on complete and accurate data are compromised by the continued use of ICD-9-CM. These initiatives include quality measurement, pay-for-performance, medical error reduction, public health reporting, bio-surveillance, actuarial premium setting, cost analysis, and service reimbursement. MTS provides insider tips and helpful strategies that will help you secure every dollar your practice rightly deserves.

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Medicare Denials - Top 10 Reasons and how to stop them

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Medicare denials cost your practice staffing time and limit your practice’s cash in hand, and this eventually prevents an appeal. If we work together, you can stop the denials in their tracks. Your practice can design a system that involves everyone from front desk, clinicians, and back office.

Medicare’s most common reasons for denying claims are:

· Software glitches.

· Diagnosis coding mistakes.

· Services provided were deemed to be not medically necessary.

· Medicare did not cover the service.

· The beneficiary was not eligible for Medicare.

· Claims did not meet the requirements outlined in Medicare statutes.

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You do not have to spend as much time puzzling over EOBs. If you can design a process that stops the most common denials, you will have more time to appeal the denials based on more unusual reasons.

The points that doctors must be aware of regarding new coding guidelines are:

1. Uncover software glitches that are triggering denials

2. Check for coding mistakes.

3. Check whether services provided are medically necessary.

4. Check whether Medicare coverage is available.

5. Check whether the beneficiary is eligible for Medicare.

6. Check whether the claims are in consonance with Medicare statutes.

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Case Management Systems - Negotiations between Human Services Providers

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Case Management Systems (CMS) are used by many agencies to keep track of clients and provided services. These systems are very useful in-house for reports, planning and development, sharing case information between agencies, and they can also help provide “wraparound” services for clients.

Ensuring privacy policies and reducing dependency while sharing case information helps patients get all the services they need. For example, the “Central Indiana Community Network” (CICN) system allows case information to be shared between agencies and workers.

It is essential for medical coders to keep tabs on the changing guidelines to be followed. There are CMS regulations for ordering radiological studies and screening coverage issues, CPT and ICD-9 coding rules, etc.

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Our compliance has already been regarded as one of industry’s best practices. MTS medical records documentation and physician notes dictation services is a step in the right direction as far as measures to comply with industry-level best practices are concerned. Our package takes into account all your medical transcription service requirements and also extends top-grade medical billing services leading to higher rates of claims recovery.

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OB-GYN Transcription - Practices reclaim big money from Write-Offs

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

In order to facilitate appropriate and timely reimbursement for the services you provide to patients, it is important to have a good handle on the documentation that is needed for coding and billing purposes. Finding out methods of getting reimbursement from insurance companies is a tricky task nowadays. iSource’s transcription service detects common coding mistakes that can lead to these write-offs and increase your understanding of certain carrier practices, thus enabling you to collect all dues.

MTS facilitates your getting back most of the money that your OB-GYN practice has already lost, and we will guide you through a process by which you can prevent any future revenue losses.

The points that doctors must be aware of regarding new coding guidelines are:

1. Why carriers do what they do to deny your claims.

2. Steps you can take to monitor your losses and prevent them.

3. How participation with some PPOs leads to a decrease in revenue for your OB-GYN clinic.

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You do not have to be out of the coding loop anymore. Medical Transcription Services focuses on how to save the client’s time and expenditure related to coding and transcription, so that you attain an accurate and error-free result. In order to provide clients with price benefits and serve them better at prices less than half of what local US-based services offer, we have outsourced our coding and transcribing services to our offshore center in India.

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Wound Care Essentials - Nurses, Assistants and Clinical Staff

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Diabetic and ischemic foot wounds are a chronic problem for most patients. Healthcare centers primarily strive for optimal patient care while trying to avoid embarrassing legal issues if and when there are any unforeseen complications. It is critical to have an accurate medical records transcription and billing service. Having a periodic review on proper techniques to stay in touch with the latest developments is paramount. This helps to boost your confidence and takes your wound care techniques up a notch.

The persons who are involved in wound care are expected to be aware of and offer a hands-on approach of what it takes to offer the best wound care. MTS provides you with the latest updates where you can obtain a firm understanding of the principles of wound care and practical applications to optimize patient care.

Transcriptions Service can streamline your wound care medical billing processes with an effective medical coding service. We ensure HIPAA compliance in wound care transcription. Coding can be done from multiple documents like chart notes, free slips, encounter forms, charge sheets, transcriptions and many more.

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Psychiatric/psychological and Behavioral Healthcare Services - Management Systems - Right Edge for Transcription and Coding in Long-term Care

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Due to mental or physical problems, there may be some sort of mood or behavioral issues in many patients in the long term, and qualified physicians are addressing these in the best possible way. From behaviors as serious as screaming and violence to more passive ones such as withdrawal, you need a good system to identify the root cause and then help foster a positive change.

The points that coders must definitely be aware of regarding new coding guidelines are:

1. A good assessment is only the first step to avoiding an F-tag: Here is how to create effective and unique mood and behavioral plans of care.

2. Five not-to-be-missed tips on mood and behavior management.

3. Six smart types of activity interventions to help patients along.

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Our medical billing/medical transcription services package takes care of all your Behavior Management System tasks. Our expert team of coders will ensure optimum reimbursements for your claims, while our transcribers will deliver timely and accurate transcripts. Truly, the package deal is real value for money. For a Free Trial Offer and Toll-free phone dictation, please Call: 1 (877) 323-4707.

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Child Psychology and Psychiatry – Working effectively with Transcription

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Discovering the root cause of child risk and parental resistance can help to understand how to approach and solve them. It is essential for medical coders to keep tabs on the changing guidelines to be followed like CMS regulations for ordering radiological studies, screening coverage issues, and CPT coding rules.

Nowadays, parents are stressed out from working hard to keep up to the demands made by their children and their lifestyles. They become bogged down often with their responsibilities. These behaviors can slow down counseling progress a lot as one working with children and parents in counseling situations. Understanding the close relationship picture with the family helps to get more insight into child risk and resistant parents while gaining empathy and promotes positive results.

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This fulfillment has already been regarded as one of the industry’s finest practices. A medical transcription-cum-medical billing/coding service is a step in the right direction as far as measures to abide by with industry level best practices is concerned. The package takes into account all your medical transcription service requirements and also extends top-grade medical billing services resulting in a higher rate of claims recovery.

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Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology - Knowledge of the charge master design process - Transcription and Coding.

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

General practical knowledge is very important in cardiovascular hospital services and design processes in the charge master. In order to facilitate appropriate and timely reimbursement for the services you provide to patients, it is important to have a good handle on the documentation that is needed for coding and billing purposes. A good place to start with is cardiovascular interventional radiology. There is a chance of having multiple possibilities for capturing charges for CVIR services, but we need to make sure that the facility is utilized as the best one, while staying compliant.

It is not easy to go ahead with coding, billing, and reimbursement in the CVIR area, but one can learn tips & techniques that make the charge master part a little easier when it comes to the bottom line. Thorough documentation is critical for timely and appropriate reimbursement.

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You do not have to be out of the coding loop anymore. Medical Transcription Services focuses on how to save the client’s time and expenditure related to coding and transcription so that you attain a quality result. In order to provide clients with price benefits and serve them better with prices lesser than half of what local US-based services offer, we have outsourced our coding and transcribing services to our offshore center in India.

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