5 Unethical Medical Billing Practices

5 Unethical Medical Billing Practices

(Updated Nov. 2, 2021) Health care providers rely on medical billing professionals to adhere to the law and to the highest standards of integrity and honesty. Medical billing errors cost practitioners time and money that could be better spent treating and caring for...
Do Medical Bills Affect Your Credit?

Do Medical Bills Affect Your Credit?

You may have great benefits from your employer or other health care coverage, but there may be times when a procedure could cost tens of thousands of dollars. Even with outstanding health care benefits, chances are you’ll need to pay some of that. You may even have to...
What is ICD-11?

What is ICD-11?

Healthcare organizations and medical practices around the world have become accustomed to the ICD-10 medical coding standard. But the ICD-11 standard is slated to become the new norm in some countries beginning January 2022, with the US expected to follow behind...
Telehealth Billing

Telehealth Billing

Although there have been some allowances for remote delivery of health care in the Medicare and Medicaid programs for years, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for telemedicine visits. Where telehealth visits and other virtual care may have been a...