What is ICD-10? ICD-10 stands for the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. It is a revision of ICD-9, which is the system currently being used by physicians to code all symptoms, diagnoses, and procedures. ICD-10 is set to go into effect on October 1, 2015. Because ICD-9 is over 40 years old, this is […]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is changing the way reimbursement processes are handled. To make sure you receive the payments you are due, it is important that you understand these changes. More People Insured Means More Business For Your Practice Thanks to the ACA, over 30 million new participants are expected to have some form […]
There are a number of developments occurring to implement national healthcare and central to the remittance scheme is bundled payments. Other names for bundled payments are; episode based payments; evidence based case rate, global bundled payments and package pricing. I like bundled payments. Many healthcare reformers believe that the solution to the "fee for service" […]
Welcome to MBM web site and we wish you a happy and prosperous 2011. I wonder what will happen to the health care industry this year? At 12 o’clock today (Jan 5, 2010) the 112th Congress will be “called to order.” Surely their agenda will include reductions in government spending. In my opinion, that should […]
Welcome to Medical Business Management’s blog page. As a medical billing and collections service for many health care providers and hospitals, we come across a wide variety of health care payment issues. These include; provider credentialing, coding, fee schedules, payer issues, billing techniques, revenue cycle processes and a slew of provider productivity verse payment concerns. […]
