Medical billing errors are a common problem that can be extremely costly for consumers, unless those errors are discovered and corrected before payment. But with America’s complex medical insurance ...

A Midtown-based health startup aiming to reduce medical coding errors and payment denials to hospitals and health care providers launched out of stealth with $3.1 million in funding on Thursday.

New research estimates that a single primary care physician could add $124,435 in preventative services to their practice's annual revenue if coding and billing practices were rectified. Physicians ...

Streamline your medical billing process – and receive payment for your services faster – with these suggestions.

The medical billing process can be frustrating. Converting your patient notes to numbered claims can introduce human error and insurers can be strict about how claims ...

Medical coding requires a deep understanding of medical terminology and procedures, as well as the ability to make judgment calls when necessary. Human coders are better equipped to handle these tasks ...

Jessica Edmiston, coding manager, and Tamara Wagner, coding audit manager, with National Medical Billing Services, discuss eight common coding errors that create compliance problems and decrease ...

For medical practices, quick and accurate claims processing saves patients, providers and insurers time, money and energy. However, when claims are riddled with errors, no one gets paid and everyone ...

Karen Bowden, senior vice president of consulting services at Craneware InSight, points to five coding errors or other actions that are most likely to draw RAC attention in the hospital setting. 1.

According to Lolita M. Jones, RHIA, CCS, independent coding consultant, the CPT Codebook includes two categories of CPT codes for a hydrocele excision. If the hydrocele is removed from the tunica ...