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Where Do I Get the Best Medical Billing Service Near Me?
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Where Do I Get the Best Medical Billing Service Near Me?

Whether you need to improve your revenue collection or harmonize the billing process of your health practice, outsourcing some services would help. It would help if you talked to different medical billing companies for a variety of options. Additionally, you can save yourself from endless searches for “where to get the best medical billing service...

Your Front Office: The Bridge Between Service Provided and Payment
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Your Front Office: The Bridge Between Service Provided and Payment

As Published on Orlando Medical News:  https://www.orlandomedicalnews.com/article/4186/your-front-office-the-bridge-between-service-provided-and-payment​. by Karen Rumbley, Director of Operations, MedUSA Healthcare Services Everyone is aware of how important the front office staff is in a medical office.  This is the first person that will make an impression (good or bad) on how efficient your office is.  It is always good to have someone who is friendly and shows patients individual attention and concern...

Billing Checklist for Office Staff
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Billing Checklist for Office Staff

FOR NEW PATIENTS Must have: Patient’s First and Last Name Patient’s address Patient’s date of birth Patient’s gender Nice to have: Social Security number Patient’s phone number Patient’s email address INSURANCE INFORMATION Must have: Insurance name Billing claims address Insurance ID # Insurance group # (if any) Nice to have: Insurance phone number Subscriber’s name...

Protecting Patient Privacy and Staying HIPAA Compliant: a Word for Counselors
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Protecting Patient Privacy and Staying HIPAA Compliant: a Word for Counselors

As published in Orlando Medical News (https://www.orlandomedicalnews.com/article/4067/protecting-patient-privacy-and-staying-hipaa-compliant-a-word-for-counselors​) By ANN BIERMAN With many changes occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic, MedUSA has two recommendations that should be reviewed and implemented in order to conform with HIPAA guidelines. First and foremost, with regards to the separation “safe keeping” of Progress and Psychotherapy notes: It is important to maintain Progress...

Behavioral Health Screenings – Are you performing them?
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Behavioral Health Screenings – Are you performing them?

If you are not currently participating (screening and evaluating your patients for behavioral/mental health status) and would like to determine if you can (how you might incorporate these tools into your practice, contact MedUSA and we can get the ball rolling for you. Use the contact form below, or e-mail us at [email protected].

How to Get Paid While Maintaining Patient Privacy and Staying HIPAA Compliant
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How to Get Paid While Maintaining Patient Privacy and Staying HIPAA Compliant

Of late, there has been an increase in the number of requests we are seeing for progress notes by Payers.  While most of these are reasonable requests, primarily in support of higher levels of coding, others fall into a gray area of need to know, especially in the case of behavioral health providers. It is...

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How to Get Paid While Maintaining Patient Privacy When Ordering Generic Medicines

Erectile dysfunction is the real scourge of modern society. Despite the fact that since the 20th century much more attention has been paid to safe working conditions than before, and closer to the 21st century a healthy lifestyle, healthy diet and good physical shape have become fashionable, for more than two decades, the World Health...

Custom Reporting and Real-Time Access
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Custom Reporting and Real-Time Access

For any business that chooses to outsource their billings and collections, not being in the know is a big concern. At MedUSA, we understand the importance of being able to check on the status of your claims, payments and financials in real-time. That’s why our business and operating model is based on complete transparency. With...

Medical Necessity and Utilization
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Medical Necessity and Utilization

LCD (Local Coverage Determination), NCD (National Coverage Determination) and LMRP (Local Medical Review Policy) define Medicare, Intermediary, and/or Insurance Carrier guidelines as to whether a specific procedure will be covered based on medical necessity and/or utilization (frequency).