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Practice Management: Making Medical Billing Easy for FQHCs

Practice Management has been cultivating expertise in medical billing management for more than 2 decades now. With their experience in billing for FQHCs and various other medical practices, the company has been in a position answer more than 100 frequently asked questions about Federally Qualified Health Centers medical billing and all aspects of the health facility revenue. Medical facilities and healthcare service providers are often faced with a dilemma of which services are eligible for FQHC billing. Consultants at Practice Management have diversified their services to helping clients with reimbursement, patient claims, etc. This company knows that numerous medical issues arise, and most of them are unique to the hospital or service provider. Therefore, it's the medical billing company's responsibility to determine whether the new or unique services are eligible for billing hence reimbursement under the FQHC patient billing. The scope of the Practice Management is ...

FQHC Billing Services: How to Protect Your Investment

Most physicians and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) will face this one questions sooner or later: whether or not outsource your patient billing demands to more specialized medical and FQHC billing companies? While there are many different FQHC billing software platforms  and FQHC billing webinars available in the market, they are unable to outdo the efficiency of proficient medical billing companies. Hiring a third party to manage your FQHC medical billing is specially a good idea if you have a high staff turnover or you are someone who has stayed away from technology all your life. These medical billing companies are capable of significantly increasing your revenue. You will finally be able to do without your inadequate billing staff. The company you hire will not only generate claims, they will also follow up with patients and ensure that all due payments are made in time. Since there are many FQHC billing companies operating in the market, you must practi...

How to Outsource Medical Billing Services to the Right Company

It is important for medical clinics and health centers to maximize their reimbursements to ensure they do not lose money and at the same time remain compliant. Medical billing and coding normally entails reading notes and medical files of medical practitioners and translating the prescriptions, diagnosis, and services provided into the appropriate codes for purposes of insurance claims. A medical billing service provider submits the claims to the insurers and follows up on any denied claims. Medical billing mainly involves talking to insurers on phone to follow up on late payments or denied claims. Outsourcing medical billing and coding eliminates stress and headache involved when performing these functions. It is highly advisable to leave such tasks to the experts. Here are tips for choosing the right billing services for a health center or clinic. Sympathy & Diligence All health providers should get paid for services rendered based on clinical guidelines, medical nec...

3 Trusted Providers of OB/GYN Billing Services

OB/GYN practices involve a lot of billing-related hiccups to get paid (on time) for medical treatment and services provided. Sometimes insurance carriers can underpay an OB/GYN clinic for the services offered. In other cases, patients of the practice are slow to make medical billing payments on time. The financial strength of one’s OB/GYN practice is directly linked to timely medical billing and reimbursement of accounts. It is essential for any provider of OB/GYN services to work with a professional billing company for quick follow ups and timely filings. However, OB/GYN practices that need to make a choice of a good billing company can find such a search an overwhelming task. Here is a compilation of the top three trusted providers of OB/GYN billing services. 1. Practice Management Practice Management has been offering unmatched OB/GYN medical billing services since 1995. They have served a broad range of physicians and with reliable billing solutions to aid them to opera...

Top 3 FQHC Billing Companies in Review

For over 50 years, Federally Qualified Health Centers or FQHCs have been providing quality and comprehensive primary health care services to deserving citizens across the US. One of the major challenges that FQHCs have faced over the years involve effective and efficient billing, and getting patients to fulfill their medical bills in a timely manner. To help FQHCs establish an effective and efficient billing systems and comply with all legal requirements when it comes to billing, most FQHCs outsource these functions to FQHC billing companies. The value in working with an FQHC billing company has led to the growth of numerous FQHC billing service providers around the US. With many FQHC billing companies available, it might be difficult selection the best one. Here is a review of some of the top three FQHC billing companies. Practice Management With several years of experience in the health sector, no other firm can match the level of professionalism and service provided by Prac...

Effective Medical Billing Strategies to Increase Healthcare Reimbursements

It is an undisputed fact that the healthcare reimbursement system (as it is) can be described as brutal . The present set of processes and rules that some payers and insurance companies have put in place are not only complex but also confusing. This leads to the emergence of other problems like underpayments, denials, ignored or at times lost claims. This has hugely contributed to issues when it comes to paying doctors in time as well as medical practices getting the revenue they generate in full. This begs for there being in place effective strategies and insights that will help medical practitioners and health centers to improve their patient billing processes . This will help them generate more revenue as well as increase their healthcare reimbursements . Use of Technology Whenever a medical practice realizes that a claim is not paid for when they submit the claim for the first time, they should brace themselves that it will not be paid. In order to escape losing out on...