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Three Best Practices to Ensure Data Security and Compliance in Medical Billing 

Health Prime

Safeguarding patient information and ensuring data security is always the highest priority in medical billing. With the expansion of digital healthcare information systems, security and regulatory compliance—such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) —have become not only best practices but also legal requirements.

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How to Streamline Your Medical Claims Management Process for Better Results 

CollaborateMD

Challenges of Healthcare Claims Processing A medical claim is a request made by a healthcare provider to insurance companies (payer) to receive reimbursement for services rendered. Not if you ask billing managers. Healthcare providers and organizations have the power to improve medical billing and collections. Easy, right?

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5 issues in the check-in process that impact your medical practice 

Health Prime

Learn more about this in our blog Improve your front desk processes with these best practices. Main issues in the check-in process 1. This failure to verify the patient’s insurance could lead to invoicing discrepancies, prolonged payment cycles, and a loss of credibility in the practice from the patients.

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Navigating Complex Payer Rules in Behavioral Health: A Guide for Providers and Billers

Valant

But understanding how to maintain compliance and bill properly is something that behavioral health clinicians and practice owners have to do. Every part of the billing process, front to back, is subject to these rules. More billing codes. Library of billing rules. Not all payers cover the same treatments.

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A Complete Guide to Medical Insurance Credentialing 

CollaborateMD

Whether you’re a physician starting a practice or a healthcare provider working to expand patient access, getting medical insurance credentialing is vital. It’s so time-consuming and cumbersome that states like California are considering a bill to simplify the process. Let’s dive in.

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Verisource Services Increases Data Breach Victim Count to 4 Million

The HIPAA Journal

The affected individuals included employees and dependents of clients who used its services, which include HR outsourcing, benefits enrollment, billing, and administrative services. At the time of the initial announcement, Verisource Services said names, dates of birth, genders, and Social Security numbers had been stolen.

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Your Billing Assistant: Using Artificial Intelligence for Medical Billing 

CollaborateMD

One of the most effective is artificial intelligence medical billing. If you’re considering integrating AI into medical billing, keep reading to understand how it works. Then review best practices in implementing AI into medical billing. An analysis by KFF found that insurance denial rates could be as high as 49%.

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