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WCH Removed Physician from the OMIG Exclusion List The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) is an independent entity established within the New York State Department of Health. Its major aim is to promote and protect the integrity of the Medicaid program by preventing and detecting frau...

WCH Organized Webinar on NYS Requirements – Medicaid Update Recently, it has been announced that all Medicaid Managed Care providers must be enrolled with State Medicaid programs no later than January 1, 2018. Otherwise, they will be removed from the Medicaid Managed Care Provider Network. E...

WCH Introduces Credentialing Live Link Considering the amount of ongoing processes in WCH Credentialing Department, it became crucial for us to inform our clients regarding their enrollment status in a more effective and efficient way. I would say even a more sophisticated way. Understanding that a...

Automation of Processes in WCH Oxford University study has predicted that about 47% of all jobs and services will be automated by 2033. We are not going to be left out of this automation movement. Being automated means being paperless, keeping all data and information under control, focusing more ...

We are muchmore than just a billing company The Healthcare industry is a wide extensive field and does not include only treating of patients, just as the WCH Service Bureau does not provide solely Medical Billing Service. Along with treating patients, there are still many things that medical provi...

The Secret behind Your Practice High Reimbursement Here at WCH, OUR GREATEST ASSET is that we provide medical practices with up to 98% reimbursement on claims. We don’t only cross all “t’s” and dot all “i’s” to make this happen, we also fight back on behal...

WCH Revenue Text is already in operation. We are pleased to announce that WCH Revenue Text service was successfully launched this month. This new live account update service sends texts to WCH clients with billing and payment flow summaries. Now WCH clients can track claims created, claims sent to...

WCH recognized and cancelled anincorrect overpayment request Many providers, when receive overpayment notices from commercial insurance payers, start investigating the reasons, digging into the old documentation, writing appeals or some providers just pay the balance. Billing department specialist...

WCH i-Smart is getting Smarter. i-Smart EHR introduces comprehensive, productive, easy and user-friendly MIPS-dashboard. Today the new MIPS-dashboard gives an opportunity to manage and track performance data on each MIPS (Merit Based Incentive Pay System) program category – Quality, Im...

One Click: Checking Patient Eligibility with WCH iSmart Just Got Smarter The WCH iSmart EHR just got smarter. A new feature lets providers connect to any insurer to verify patient eligibility instantaneously. No more searching multiple payer portals or working through multiple phone prompts to wait...

WCH Trains Practice Staff and Nearly Doubles Reimbursements When a dermatology clinic came to WCH with too many zeros on their EOBs (explanation of benefits), WCH Account Representative Alla Keinig quickly analyzed their in-house billing and turned reimbursements around from less than 50 percent t...

MIPS Reporting Countdown: Act Now to Avoid Penalties By Nargiza Nurlybaeva, WCH Billing Group Supervisor It's been six months since the MIPS (Merit Based Incentive Pay System) program began. Do you know what you need to do to comply in 2017? Or if you even need to start reporting quality and impr...

WCH Reinstates and Recovers Claims for Clients Disenrolled From UHC in Error When two podiatrists were terminated from United Healthcare (UHC) without reason, WCH Account Representative and Medical Biller Yuliya Ogay got them both reinstated and recovered thousands of dollars in claims.Since neither...

Profitable News for Providers WCH cares about its clients and recognizes the importance of letting you know about insurance updates that can positively impact revenue:Two major New York area payers, United Healthcare (UHC) and Fidelis Care, are making changes that affect reimbursable urgent care cod...

WCH Advocates for Healthcare Billing Reform WCH advocated for medical billing reform in D.C.WCH met with and educated legislators about a critical lack of oversight in the healthcare billing industry that puts healthcare providers at risk and costs taxpayers millions of dollars in fraudulent claims ...