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Patient Cost Shares: Managing Deductibles, Copays, and Coinsurance in Medical Billing
Learn how to turn a processed claim into an accurate patient balance. This guide explains...
How Medical Practices Can Manage Patient Messages From Contact to Resolution
Patient communication depends on what happens after a call, text, or portal message arrives. This...
Medicare Open Enrollment and January Coverage Changes for Medical Practices
Medicare Open Enrollment is usually discussed from the beneficiary’s perspective: compare plans, review prescription coverage...
How to Identify a Claim Rejection or Denial and Choose the Next Step
A claim rejection and a claim denial call for different follow-up. This article helps medical...
Understanding Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D: Coverage, Billing, and Verification for Medical Practices
Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D describe different kinds of coverage, but the letters...
Claim Denial Prevention: How Medical Practices Can Reduce Avoidable Denials
Claim denial prevention is often treated as a billing responsibility, but many denials begin long...
Improving Patient Satisfaction Through Better Practice Operations
Patient satisfaction is often treated as a customer-service issue. When scores decline or negative reviews...
How Medical Practices Can Manage Vendors Without Losing Operational Control
Outsourcing can give an independent medical practice access to expertise and operational capacity that would...
Making Patient Rights and Responsibilities Part of Daily Practice Operations
Patient rights and responsibilities are often presented as a document posted in the waiting room...