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July 14, 2022
Preparing for the Enhancing Oncology Model: What Practices Need to Do Now
The Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM) will begin in July of 2023, giving practices a 12-month runway to prepare for the new value-based care program. Here’s what prospective participants need to do to…
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July 11, 2022
Revenue Cycle Management: How to Make Your “Front-End” Office More Efficient with Automation
Healthcare staffing challenges continue to prevail in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted how healthcare organizations manage their revenue cycle. Staffing shortages mean that providers are forced to hire inexperienced…
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June 03, 2022
From ASCO: Early, rapid genetic testing can improve survival rates among late-stage lung cancer patients
Byline: Jeffrey A. Scott, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Integra Connect Advances in genetic testing have made it possible to determine, at a molecular level, which treatment options will best target…
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January 11, 2022
How the crew documentation drives medical necessity?
In this post, we will define medical necessity and how the determination of medical necessity is driven by the crew documentation. CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) defines medical…
Read moreDecember 19, 2021
Good practices that ambulance service providers can adopt to help ensure EMS billing is effective and successful
There are several good practices that ambulance service providers can adopt to help ensure EMS billing is effective and successful. Effective EMS billing is defined as billing that produces timely…
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December 13, 2021
Hospital to Hospital transports from an RCM perspective
Revenue Cycle Management(RCM) in the ambulance industry has a lot of moving parts to monitor to ensure the bottom line is met. Lower DSO, maintain a steady cash flow, keep…
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December 05, 2021
Factors that contribute towards patient centric billing approach
As recent as ten years ago, healthcare expense was straightforward from the patient perspective. You paid your employer a premium, then paid the physician $25 for an office visit, the…
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November 20, 2021
Compliance from a health care perspective – Are you covered?
Are you aware that payer enrollment is the Gatekeeper of your revenue cycle? Enrollment, along with credentialing, prevents fraud by validating all your company information. The CMS program utilizes the…
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