Do you pay attention to the denials you receive from payors? How to you handle them in your office? Do you work all of them and look for patterns? Do you appeal your denials with the payors that processed them? This week, we want to provide...
An article in Crain’s Chicago Business this week highlighted several of the larger health systems in the Chicagoland area and the exchange that has occurred in their uncollectible debt from patients. As more patients have become insured, the amount of charity care provided has decreased,...
The main healthcare news that has been swirling this week has been related to the American Health Care Act – the bill that, as of the time of our publishing this blog is scheduled to go to the House floor for a vote today. In...
It probably feels to many of us like we can’t be on enough listservs to ensure that we’re on the right track when it comes to quality reporting for our practices. It seems there is a deluge of information, but it can be difficult to...
The main healthcare news item this week is the American Health Care Act – the bill introduced in the House of Representatives intended to repeal and replace certain elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Many of us subscribe to various listservs and...
speroMD conducts business nationally, but we are based out of Illinois which, therefore, is also the location of many of our readers. In the interest of our Illinois readers, this week’s blog is focused on the news that broke earlier this week regarding Governor Bruce...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday issued a CMS guidance extending the allowable period under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for grandfathered plans that do not meet all of the ACA requirements for health insurance policies. Previous to this...
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 was significant legislation that resulted in a variety of changes in the healthcare industry. There is now a great deal of talk in Washington about repealing, replacing, revising, (or some combination of...
An ABN is an “advanced beneficiary notice”, in other words it’s a waiver of liability. An ABN serves as a warning that Medicare may not pay for care that the provider recommends for a patient. When do you have to give a patient an ABN?...
When it comes to running a practice, whether you're a physician or practice manager, there are many aspects that should be treated no differently than running any other business. How you utilize your staff should be one of these! When we get into the monotony of...