Medical Billing Blogs

Here at 24/7 Medical Billing Services, we specialize in outsourced medical billing, coding, consultancy, auditing, and A/R services for healthcare facilities. While these various facilities may seem vastly diverse regarding the services, professionals, and coding they suggest, they all have one thing in general — their revenue cycles have all been severely affected due to COVID-19. Like the rest of the business, the healthcare industry has continued utterly upended by this year’s unexpected pandemic, and this, unsurprisingly, means necessary changes to healthcare revenue cycle management. This blog post explains ways COVID-19 forces healthcare revenue cycle and provider investments and how you can improve your medical facility’s keep up. It also describes how telehealth is imposing new guidelines and helping to cope with this situation. The expertise, understanding, guidance, and issues your facility requires during this uncertain time turn to 24/7 Medical Billing Service...

Retail health clinics may be increasing health costs, instead of lowering them, based on a Boston-based Harvard Medical School study, according to CNBC. Health Affairs published the study. The researchers analyzed visits for 11 types of “low-acuity” conditions. Here are eight observations: 1. Retail health clinics have resulted in increased use of medical services. 2. The researchers found three-fifths of the visits were labeled as “new utilization,” indicating the patients would not have received treatment if the clinics weren’t available. 3. About two-fifths of the visits were considered “substitution” treatments, in which the patients would have otherwise received more expensive treatment from emergency rooms or their primary care physicians. 4. The authors found the increased spending for “new utilization” visits outweighed the savings seen from “substitution” visits. 5. The retail clinics did not cut spending, but contributed to 21 percent higher spending for low-acuity conditions...

The technology goes up above in reaching the highest peaks. In the path of highest peak telehealth is also an aspect which has made patients more comfortable than anything. It is the time where the technology is fully bloomed. The heights of technology are crossing all the limits which we thought impossible. We the people are fast developing and we are becoming little addicted and more lazy because of the usage of technology. It is a positive aspect that we have reached up to the highest point in implementing technology regarding telehealth. Why telehealth? It is easy and comfortable in simple. You can keep track of all your medical records just within the palm of your hand by using any of your latest gadgets like mobile phone, tablet or mini personal computer. There are many patients using telehealth for time saving and fast processing purposes. Benefits of telehealth Time saving Easy to pay Accurate data Claiming of insurance is easy Reliable Accessed from anywhere These are all some...