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With the COVID-19 pandemic still at its highest, many outpatient healthcare offices are experiencing decreasing practice revenue for various reasons.Today, we would like to share a tangible strategy that can help you keep your cash flow in good order regardless of the circumstances.I. Dedicate yours...

Claim collection is an extremely complicated process. Healthcare providers and their staff constantly have to make sure that their claims are paid by insurance carriers, let alone paid appropriately. While payers rush to make their clinical reimbursement policies more and more compli...

With over half a million cases currently reported in the US every day, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from being over. A constant feeling of responsibility mixed with a trivial fear of getting sick from yet another new variant of the virus has encouraged millions of Americans to get a jab.As safe as t...

The new pandemic has had a shocking effect on an entire world. With many businesses ceasing their operations in times of a universal turmoil, healthcare providers have been those suffering the most. Not only do you risk your lives when treating COVID-19-positive patients, but some of you may have al...

Do you treat Medicare patients? If so, you may have heard of Advance Care Planning (ACP) services. These are voluntary treatment sessions aimed at discussing a patient’s health care wishes if they become unable to make decisions about their care in the future. For example,...

Did you know that insurance enrollment complicated process that can take up to 180 days to be completed? Moreover, surgeons like you have to dedicate lots of their time & effort to the preparation of each application form. The struggle always begins before the enrollment process is e...

Insurance claims billing has never been easy. At WCH Service Bureau, we know how hard it is to balance between providing top-quality services to your patients and submitting thousands of claims to benefit plans. In fact, some of our clients believe that revenue cycle management is at tim...

Since early 2020, you may have experienced a shortage of patients. It is clear that millions of people nationwide, including those whom you treat, have been cautious or even afraid to visit the doctor’s office. While this fear has strongly decreased over the years, COVID-19 is still around. Mo...

New York Providers,  This month, United Healthcare sent contract termination letters to all providers having active privileges at Northwell Health’s Hospital, effective March 2022!Those providers affected by the termination with the UHC Medicaid plan who want to remain in the network...

If you are a mental health provider, you have probably heard about the 21st Century Cures Act, signed by President Obama back in 2016. Among numerous aspects, this legislation focuses on providing greater access to mental health services. In addition, one of its main aims is to minimize healthcare i...

Did you know that there are two types of Medicare reimbursement policies?When a Medicare Administrative Contractor makes a ruling as to whether a service or item can be reimbursed, it is known as a local coverage determination (LCD). It is always based on medical necessity and is valid only in the c...

COVID-19 still remains a central topic of discussion among healthcare professionals today. However, there are some other aspects of equal importance that you need to look at in 2022, such as:        The No Surprises Act       New rules of info...

Planning to expand your private practice? If so, you are probably concerned about how to find & accommodate new employees to their positions at your office. When new personnel is employed, many medical practices follow a structured procedure that lasts until the employees are socialized int...

Did you know that 10% of outpatient radiology services are underpaid or denied? According to our internal research, services performed by radiologists are among those for which insurances request medical records most frequently. Why wouldn’t they, considering how complex and costly many i...

Did you know that the CMS conducts various patient satisfaction surveys each year?Most of such surveys are in the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) family of surveys, overseen by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).CAHPS surveys ask patients to r...