Archive for The Day of June 27th, 2006
Archive for the Day of June 27th, 2006
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the day of June 27th, 2006.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during June 27th, 2006.
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PHI – Is Yours Safe?
Billing and reimbursements are the life’s blood of any practice. They keep the offices up and running. Without proper claims submissions and payments, there would be no money to run the practice. PHI is a big element when submitting claims. Keeping PHI safe is important for your patients’ safety and the longevity of your practice. PHI information is confidential information that only your patient, you, and covered entities should have access to. This medical billing PHI would include a patient’s social security number, diagnosis, treatment plan, medical history, and other personal and pertinent information. Since the content of your medical billing claims is so sensitive, it is important to always …
Correctly Using POS Codes in Your Medical Billing
More and more carriers are cracking down on medical billing claims that have a lack of or incorrect place of service code. Even with the correct current procedural terminology code for E/M services, a medical billing claim that does not have a correct POS code will get your claim denied. It is a common occurrence in medical billing for the place of service codes to be misused or left out. There are several current procedural terminology codes for an evaluation and management session that correspond to different medical billing place of service codes. When using CPT 99341 (Home visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient) through 99350 …