Archive for Practice Management Issues
7 Steps to Clean AR
7 Step AR Recovery Process:
1. VERIFY PATIENT INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY( this and accurate demographics are a must for collecting Insurance and Patient AR)
2. Evaluate Insurance Contracts to ensure they adhere to current CPT guidelines.
3. Adjust your charges with a consistent formula based on a percentage of Medicare.(This allows for an accurate gross and net collection percentage)
4. [...]
Cosmetic Dermatology Referrals
Physician World Online is the exclusive partner with CosmeticDermatology.net and FractionalC02.com and provides an easy way to increase revenue through Cosmetic Referrals. You simply pay a small $25 fee per cosmetic patient when they book their appointment. Most of these patients are being seen for botox, laser resurfacing and injectables to it is a great [...]
Easy way to for Physicians Increase Revenue 8%-12%
Dermatologists are often the hardest hit specialists and is largely in part due to the dependency in recent years on the cosmetic side of their business. Most dermatologists do not remember the last time their contracts were renegotiated and this is the easiest way to increase or lose revenue. Insurance companies will not ask you [...]
Focus on Medical Dermatology-Hire a NP,PA
One problem that we see with many dermatologists is that during the economic boom everyone was focusing on the cosmetics and now with the economy in the tank dermatologists are scrabbling to get their medical patients back. It is important that Dermatologists never count on the cosmetics and remember that when the shit hits the [...]
Dermatology Coding Alert
Dermatology Coding Alert give you the up-to-date answers to your toughest coding questions.
Dermatology Coding Alert is a practical, how-to billing and coding publication that tracks dozens of trends and provides plain-English tips and strategies to ensure your practice is coding correctly. Recent topics have included:
Consultations
Review of Systems
Modifier -51 [...]