It is a sad state of affairs.
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On January 1, 2016, the minimum wage increases will be in effect for the following states. What are the Consequences?
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True Costs of Cancer-Compassion
Approximately 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women has a lifetime risk of developing cancer. The American Cancer Society reports that approximately 1,658,370 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2015. Despite the advances in detection and treatment, 1,620 people die of the disease every day in the US.
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Are unexpected Medical Debts in your Future?
43 million Americans have medical collection accounts on their credit report.
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Why and When a Medical Billing Office should start over
How is your medical billing department doing? Most would say “okay”. But how can you be sure?
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I am your hospital
If you fall off the highest point of your life, I will no longer be your net. I will be the concrete.
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Risk in the Medical Billing Industry
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”-William Faulkner
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October 1, 2015. ICD-10: Game On
October 1, 2015, did it come too soon? A deadline dictated by unwise policymakers? Our opinions differ. But, agree or not, the time has come.
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Outsourcing Self Pay Receivables
Medical practices have struggled with the decision to outsource self-pay receivables for decades. A recent HFMA study discussed a myriad of choices available and each choice presented a compromise of one trade off or another.
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The “Truth”
The past couple of months have been prime territory for bashing ICD 10 and having some fun with the craziness we don’t understand.
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2015 National Survey Results: Radiology Billing Practices
A new national survey administered by Emerald A/R Systems www.emeraldar.com shows that the majority (77.3%) of radiology practices are receiving only a 12% rate of recovery from collection agencies working on their behalf. The remainder of the practices are
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Cancer is Ugly. Getting paid doesn’t have to be.
Cancer is ugly. The effort to get paid doesn’t have to be.
We believe that billing and collections for cancer patients has to be compassionate to be successful. There is no other way. We all know we need to get paid for our services. If there is ever a time in life when those financial transactions need to be handled with great care and careful consideration it is when cancer shares the picture.