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Empowering diabetes management through coordinated billing practices 

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Even if it can seem unrelated, medical billing plays a massive role in managing diabetes. By encouraging best practices in medical billing, your practice can ensure financial performance optimization and better patient outcomes. This disease management includes everything from regular check-ups to specialist appointments.

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The Craziest Medical Bills

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Patients around the country are getting stuck with enormous medical bills as hospitals continue to mark up the cost of their services, including those for routine medical procedures and advanced surgeries. For many patients and families, rising medical bills can be a nightmare. She soon underwent heart bypass surgery.

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3 effective strategies to minimize administrative burden during holiday peaks 

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The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration, but for medical practices, it can also significantly increase workload. One of the main purposes of medical practices is to achieve more income during the holiday season without additional administrative burden.

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Medical billing audits: A proactive approach to compliance and revenue protection 

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Medical billing audits are a great tool for achieving compliance and safeguarding revenue. Regular audits help medical practices stay on top of these changes and comply with coding and billing rules defined by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and private payers. Why do these audits matter?

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3 essential tasks for wrapping up your medical billing for the New Year   

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Being so close to the New Year, it is of high importance that your medical practice finishes its medical billing in good time. This will go a long way toward your medical practice’s financial health and operational efficiency. Here are three essential tasks to help you wrap up your medical billing for the New Year: 1.

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A translation guide for physician-speak

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Physician: “The patient presents with an interesting medical history…” Translation: ”Way too much to go into here; check out the previous doctor’s dictation.” Physician: “Emphasize proper follow-up care.” This post originally appeared in The Head Nurse blog. Physician: “This will feel like a pinch.”

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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

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The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr. Adam Fall , Corporate Medical Director of Utilization Management at Erlanger , and Dr. Jeny McNair , President and Chief Physician Advisor at Physician Advisory Services of Med-Metrix.

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