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By Scott Ablin – Claims and clearinghouse services encompass everything from verifying patient eligibility to claims processing to handling all forms of payer payments.
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CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative FAQs
By Jeff Jones – What should you know before submitting your application? Don’t forget all applications for CPD+ must be submitted by September 15, 2016 at 11:59 EDT
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By Satish Maripuri – Economic pressures and demand for quality, patient–centric care are impacting the role of radiologists. I recently sat down with Dr. Tarik Alkasab, a radiology leader at Massachusetts General Hospital and member of the ACR, to discuss how.
A Surfeit of Software Snafus
By William Hyman – We are of course increasingly dependent on software in our professional and personal lives. We are also increasingly familiar with software problems ranging from malfunctions to cybersecurity holes.
More Small, Midsized Firms Choose To Pay Workers’ Medical Costs Directly
By Michelle Andrews – Instead of buying a health insurance policy to cover their workers, a growing number of small and midsized companies are opting to pay their employees’ medical claims directly, a potentially riskier practice financially called self-insuring, a recent study found.
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Tracking and Measuring RCM Metrics
By Kim Straub – When it comes to revenue cycle management, there is a large amount of data that you could track, but what are some of the most important metrics to measure and track regularly?