1. July 2013
In This Issue
Effective Steps to Avoiding Denials in Radiology Billing
The truth is, without the right foundation, your claims submissions may be
fraught with errors or omissions that increase returns and denials. Often,
the cornerstone necessary for a strong claims submission foundation
is overlooked. The most critical step in submission is the gathering of
information; if you don’t have the right information,
you cannot submit a proper claim.
In this free eBook, we outline the following steps, to
help you avoid denials in radiology billing:
• Information Gathering Begins with the First
Contact
• Preauthorization or Precertification
• Maintaining Core Structure during Appointment
• Building the Claim
• Filing the Claim: Mandatory Submission
Procedures
• Advance Beneficiary Notices
Click here to access this eBook.
ICD-10 Impact on Radiology Billing
1.1
Effective Steps to
Avoiding Denials
in Radiology Billing
1.2
ICD-10 Impact on
Radiology Billing
2.3
Healthcare
Insurance
Marketplaces:
What You Need to
Know
2.4
Recent Legislation
About Radiologist
Assistants
Could Affect Your
Radiology Billing
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It’s suggested that radiology
practices start planning immediately
for the October 2014 implementation
of ICD-10, if they have not done so
already. New strategies will need to
be invoked so that the conversion
is swift and successful. Setting up,
performing, testing and training on
the new system will take some time.
But what kind of impact is ICD-10
going to have on radiology billing?
Click here to read the full article.
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Healthcare Insurance Marketplaces:
What You Need to Know
Whether or not you agree with
healthcare reform, it’s important to
know how it’s going to affect you.
Unfortunately, it seems like there’s
a lot of conflicting information out
there. That’s why here at Healthcare
Information Services, we think it’s
important to lay out the facts.
Click here to read the full article.
Recent Legislation About Radiologist Assistants
Could Affect Your Radiology Billing
The usefulness of RAs in the radiology
office is so great and their need so
evident, that representatives at the
federal level have introduced legislation
regarding their status. HR 1148 would
allow Medicare to treat an RA as a non-
physician provider (NPP) of health care,
and they would be eligible to receive
reimbursement for services provided
to Medicare patients at 85% of the
professional fee component.
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