Improve Patient Collections with Transparency, Simplicity & Efficiency
The structures that govern healthcare reimbursements to providers have shifted drastically in the last few years, with the result being that patients are carrying increased financial responsibility for their care. Patients are not only making an increased number of healthcare payments, with one source stating that the number of patient payments has increased almost 200%1, […]
Managing Performance With Billing Software Updates
Software and technology is a mainstay in today’s ASC business office. Whether it’s to gather and analyze data, verify insurance or estimate a patient’s financial obligation, IT-based automation keeps the revenue cycle management (RCM) process moving quickly and efficiently. With that in mind, it’s important to keep your RCM software up-to-date. Just like your home […]
Billing Total Joint Replacements
Total joint replacements are among the most common procedures in America—more than 1,000,000 of these surgeries are performed every year. Historically, total joints have been a hospital staple. But as demand for these procedures grows, and as medical technologies continue to advance, many physicians have opted to move total joints into ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), where […]
ASC Billing Audits — Paving An Unexpected Path To Success
Too many people hear the word “audit” and believe it signals trouble. But generally speaking, audits are actually a preventative measure, not a reactionary scrutinizing of financial history triggered by tax evasion. In fact, for surgery centers, hospitals and similar healthcare facilities, audits can be key to financial health by preventing denials and optimizing reimbursement. […]
Elevating RCM Success By Embracing Value-Based Healthcare
“Consumer-driven” and “value-based” are the buzzwords you’ve been hearing from every corner of the healthcare community, and it makes sense. Throughout 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are leveraging the “value-based payment modifier” in the physician fee schedule and beginning to tie reimbursement to overall quality of care, rather than simply services rendered. […]
Hitting the Road with in2itive Business Solutions
Summertime is on the horizon and that means in2itive is on the move. We’re packing up our presentation booths and key members of our team and heading out to healthcare’s biggest events—looking for the best opportunities to see you and learn how we can take our work to the next level. Take a look at […]
Making December Merry & Bright
I hate to tell you this—because I’m really not sure how it happened—but it’s almost Christmas. You have precious few shopping days left on the calendar and a dwindling amount of time to plan your feast. (But if you’re lucky, you’re simply planning to join someone else’s feast, and there’s plenty of time still to […]
The ICD-10 Apocalypse—Are We Surviving?
Weeks ago, people in the revenue cycle and healthcare industries were looking to October 1, 2015, like it would be the dawn of the zombie apocalypse. Even as they were training and preparing for the ICD-10 switchover, professional coders, billers and revenue cycle managers feared there would be a sudden breakdown in their system and […]
The Magic Word in Medical Dictation — “Specificity”
Early this summer we looked at the serious costs of poor dictation, so let’s now take a closer look at the shortcomings often seen in the dictation itself. The truth is, incomplete and untimely dictation has long plagued healthcare facilities—it’s nothing new—but now it’s more important than ever to keep physicians accountable for dictation habits. […]
in2itive After Hours: Taking Becker’s Annual Meeting To The Lounge
Nearly every business industry you can imagine is one that thrives on networking—the idea that “it’s all who you know” isn’t pretentious, it’s true. Who you know determines who you can call for help and who you can rely on for insight, assistance and success. No one goes it alone. That’s why in2itive Business Solutions […]
