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March 5, 2014 by Evan J. Albright in Medical Debt

Hospitals Ask Feds to Treat Medical Debt Differently

The American Hospital Association wants the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to know that medical debt is unlike other consumer debt and should be treated differently. Since November the CFPB...

February 25, 2014 by Evan J. Albright in Billing and Coding

CMS Agrees to Expand ICD-10 Testing

In the wake of the disaster that was the launch of Healthcare.gov, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will allow limited end-to-end testing of Medicare claims filed under ICD-10...

February 24, 2014 by Roberta Schultz in Billing and Coding

The Two Pillars of Partner Compliance: Transparency and Information Security

This is the second of two parts dealing with compliance and your partners. You can read part one, “Compliance and Your Partners: Is Everyone Doing Their Part?” by clicking here....

February 21, 2014 by Roberta Schultz in Medical Debt

Compliance and Your Partners: Is Everyone Doing Their Part?

This is part one of a two-part article on compliance and your partners. You can find a link to part two, “The Two Pillars of Compliance,” at the end of...

February 11, 2014 by Jeffrey Hearn in Medical Debt

Overcoming "Moral Challenges" to Point-of-Service Collections

Derek Stein,RevSpring Employing point-of-service collections can be a drastic cultural shift for healthcare organizations. Even the word “collections” remains taboo in some segments of the healthcare industry. But in light...

February 4, 2014 by Shanna Rogers in Billing and Coding

Putting the 'Management' in Denials Management

This is the second and final part of a series on denials management from Prosource. The first part, “The Three ‘Rs’ of Denials Management,” can be read here. There is...

January 31, 2014 in Medical Debt

Ease Transition to Obamacare with Early-Out Partner

The bumpy ride that has been the implementation of Healthcare.gov, the health insurance mandate, and the overall transition of federal healthcare reform has healthcare providers scrambling to keep up. Now...

January 30, 2014 by Shanna Rogers in Billing and Coding

The Three "R's" of Denials Management

The fight you are fighting this month is not the fight you will be fighting the next month. The challenges you overcame in 2013 will be replaced by new challenges...

January 28, 2014 by Derek Stein in Medical Debt

The Secret to Successful Point-of-Service Collections

Derek Stein,RevSpring In response to the continued increase in patient payment responsibility and rising bad debt across the healthcare industry, more and more providers are collecting patient balances during pre-service...

January 22, 2014 by Charles Seviour in Medical Debt

Getting the Most from Your Preadmissions Process -- Conclusion

This is Part III of a series on maximizing your pre-admissions through effective preregistration and scheduling, prior authorization/pre-certification, and post-contact follow-up. Part I can be found here; click here for...

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