Accounts receivable (AR) is one of the key performance indicators for a medical practice. But when monitoring your days in AR make sure you know what impacts that metric.

Accounts receivable (AR) is one of the key performance indicators for a medical practice. But when monitoring your days in AR make sure you know what impacts that metric.

Ensuring that your practice is functioning efficiently involves monitoring many things. One of the parts of your practice that needs to be working smoothly is your billing pro…

A question we are often asked is how long it takes to get a claim paid. It sounds like a simple question, but it isn’t. Certainly, every billing company and every biller wishes it were so simple. The reality is that it depends on many factors. Let’s break it down.

No one likes the beginning of each year when deductible resets start. Patients don’t like it because they must pay more out of pocket; clinic staff doesn’t like it because they don’t want to have ‘those’ discussions with patients, and practice administrators don’t like it because it slows cash flow.

It seems every few months Onpoint Medical Solutions is asked how to get reimbursed for incident-to billing. So, it seems like a good time to provide the six basic requirements.

There is a lot to consider when you are deciding to take your practice out-of-network. It is best to discuss the decision with your entire team and take into consideration how your patients will respond, your competition, and potential financial impact.

Why is credentialing so slow? After all, doesn’t it seem like you complete an application, submit it and it could be reviewed and approved in a couple of weeks? Let’s take a closer look at the process.

Once upon a time, a practice could forget to get a pre-authorization or maybe exceed the scope or maybe even provide the pre-authorized service on a different day and the carriers would allow for retro-authorizations so the claim would be paid.

The digital age opened a Pandora’s Box of new threats and security concerns for all businesses—especially clinical practices. Federal agencies, like the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and legislation drive guidelines…

Sheila Johnson of WellSheila has some suggestions that may help. You don’t have to be a yoga enthusiast or even someone who has tried yoga in order to benefit from these 5 tips.

Practice owners review many valuable metrics that help monitor the practice’s finances. Some industry experts say the key metric is the clean claims ratio and insist it is essential for real success.

You’ve heard it said that real estate is all about “location, location, location.” But when it comes to customer service, it’s all about “communication, communication, communication.”

Running a successful practice takes exceptional patient care, outstanding customer service, business acumen and timely accurate billing. You need a team you can count on, and you need a medical billing company that can adapt to the ever-changing healthcare billing landscape.

Historically, most practices were geared toward government and commercial payers for the majority of their collections. However, the shift to greater patient financial responsibility has increased the resources needed in order to collect the money owed to you.

Did you know that claims for services that do not meet the requirements of medical necessity are getting denied instantly? Payers are increasingly more focused on the issue of medical necessity.

2020 is well underway. I don’t know about you, but I found myself juggling my ‘to-do’ list. Every day, it seemed I was jumping from one thing to another and adding more things to my already robust list.

Playing the prior authorization game is an art, not a science. There is nothing more frustrating to physicians than knowing a patient needs a certain diagnostic test or medication and having them not be able to get it because their health insurance company won’t cover it.

Extra money - everyone is always interested in how they can make extra money. What if you were offered an extra $30,000, $50,000 or even $100,000 more per year? And, what if you learned you could get the extra money without seeing one more patient?

Employing a non-physician practitioner (NPP) e.g. physician assistant or nurse practitioner has many benefits. It increases patient through-put, enhances the patient experience and increases a practice’s revenue.