Reimbursement essentials for the orthopedic practice.
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Sarah Wiskerchen
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Ten tips for streamlined surgery scheduling.
Despite its operational importance, there are few academic references available related to efficient and effective surgery scheduling. This article outlines ten practical tips for streamlining the process of scheduling surgeries.
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Billing basics for physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
In recent years, physicians have increasingly looked to nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) as a resource for delivering care to patients. While historically more prevalent in primary care groups, nonphysician practitioners have expanded their presence within medical subspecialty and surgical groups as well. Along with planning for appointment scheduling, credentialing, and introducing the nonphysician provider to patients and referring physicians, the savvy practice will thoroughly review how services for a nonphysician can and should be billed. In this article, we focus our attention on basic Medicare billing parameters for physician assistants and nurse practitioners, two types of nonphysician practitioners.
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Achieving success with billing and collections.
Practices of all sizes and specialties cite reimbursement management as a continuing issue of concern. This article identifies seven categories where practices can develop or tighten processes to achieve improved billing and collections success. Established and developing practices alike can use these categories and components to perform an internal check-up. In addition, this approach can act as a prompt for investigating new tools to support internal efficiency.
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