#benefits of medical billing and coding

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Medical Billing Benefits

Medical billing is inevitable nowadays due to following reasons:

Improved Revenue Cycle Management: Medical billing streamlines the process of billing insurance companies and patients, ensuring timely reimbursement for services provided.

Reduced Errors: Professional billing services help minimize coding and billing errors, leading to fewer claim denials and rejections.

Faster Payments: Accurate billing and claim submissions result in quicker payments from insurers and patients, improving cash flow for healthcare providers.

Compliance with Regulations: Medical billing ensures compliance with complex healthcare regulations, including ICD codes and insurance requirements.

Increased Efficiency: Automated billing processes reduce administrative workload, allowing healthcare providers to focus more on patient care.

Improved Patient Satisfaction: Clear and accurate billing statements reduce confusion and disputes, leading to better patient experiences.

Reduced Operational Costs: Outsourcing medical billing to professionals can reduce the need for in-house billing staff and related overhead costs.

Enhanced Tracking and Reporting: Medical billing systems allow providers to track payments, outstanding claims, and revenue trends more effectively.

Better Financial Insights: Regular billing practices give healthcare organizations better insights into their financial health and performance.

Streamlined Denial Management: Medical billing services help quickly identify and resolve claim denials, reducing delays and lost revenue.

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Optimizing Financial Management with Chiropractic Billing Services

In the healthcare sector, chiropractic care plays a vital role in managing musculoskeletal conditions, improving mobility, and enhancing patients' overall quality of life. However, managing the financial aspects of a chiropractic practice can be challenging due to the unique nature of treatments, frequent patient visits, and varying insurance policies. This is where medical billing services come into play, ensuring that chiropractic practices can focus on providing care while their financial operations run smoothly. These services streamline the billing process, minimize errors, and enhance reimbursement rates, which ultimately leads to better revenue management for chiropractic practices.

What Are Chiropractic Billing Services?

Chiropractic billing services are specialized financial solutions designed to meet the unique needs of chiropractic practices. These services are a critical component of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services, which oversee the entire process of patient billing, from claim submission to final payment. Chiropractic billing services handle everything from insurance verification and coding of chiropractic adjustments to following up on claims and managing denials. Since chiropractic care often involves ongoing treatments and multiple patient visits, these billing services ensure that claims are submitted accurately and promptly, reducing delays and maximizing revenue.

The Importance of Medical Billing and Coding in Chiropractic Care

Accurate medical billing and coding is essential for chiropractic practices to ensure that they are compensated for the services they provide. Chiropractic care involves various treatments, such as spinal adjustments, physical therapy, and other therapeutic services, each of which requires precise coding to avoid errors. Incorrect or incomplete coding can lead to claim denials or underpayments, which can negatively affect a practice’s cash flow. By partnering with experienced billing professionals who specialize in medical billing and coding, chiropractic practices can ensure that their claims are submitted correctly and in compliance with industry standards, leading to improved financial outcomes.

Benefits of Healthcare IT in Chiropractic Billing

In the digital age, Healthcare IT has transformed the way billing services are managed, offering numerous benefits for chiropractic practices. Advanced billing software and electronic health record (EHR) systems streamline the billing process by automating tasks such as claim submission, coding, and patient record management. Healthcare IT reduces human error, speeds up payment cycles, and allows for better communication between chiropractic providers and insurance companies. Additionally, real-time tracking and reporting features enable chiropractic practices to monitor the status of claims and payments, ensuring that revenue is managed efficiently. Healthcare IT enhances both the accuracy and efficiency of chiropractic billing, leading to improved practice operations.

Chiropractic Billing Services at Mediclaim Management

Mediclaim Management offers specialized Chiropractic Billing Services designed to meet the needs of chiropractic practices. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges that chiropractors face, their team of billing experts ensures that all aspects of the billing process are handled with precision and care. Mediclaim Management’s Chiropractic Billing Services help providers reduce billing errors, increase claim approval rates, and expedite reimbursements. By partnering with Mediclaim Management, chiropractic practices can focus on delivering high-quality care to their patients while ensuring that their financial operations run smoothly in the background.

With Mediclaim Management’s Chiropractic Billing Services, chiropractic providers can optimize their revenue cycle, reduce financial stress, and ensure that their practice remains financially healthy. This allows chiropractors to focus on what truly matters—improving the health and well-being of their patients.

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All The Women’s News You Missed This Week

3/10/25-3/17/25

Furious protests erupt in Bangladesh after an 8-year-old girl succumbs to injuries she sustained after being brutally raped. Indian health workers strike for better working conditions. The Queen sends a letter of support to Giselle Pelicot. The Supreme Court will take up conversion therapy bans in a Colorado case and in Kentucky state lawmakers have voted to protect the practice. Ukranian women’s organizations struggle without US funding.

In a piece of good news, Fatou Baldeh, a campaigner against the practice of FGM, has been named Time’s Woman Of The Year.

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Opinion and Investigative:

As the US backslides, can China claim moral high ground on women’s rights?

Why US abortion restrictions matter beyond borders

Serbia’s Femicide Record Undermines Claims of Progress on Women’s Rights

The GOP’s Next Target? No-Fault Divorce and Women’s Right to Leave

Lorraine Kelly: Diversity push is leaving working-class people behind

Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities

“IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD”: ENDOMETRIOSIS PATIENTS AND THE PROMISE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

LGBT:

Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case

Angry response to how transgender lawmaker Sarah McBride introduced

A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software

North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking US Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling

Kentucky GOP lawmakers vote to protect conversion therapy

Women’s Rights:

Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty

Louisiana woman pleads not guilty to a felony in historic abortion case

Risks of state abortion reporting mandates outweigh the benefits, an advocacy group says

Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code

Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban

Driving ban puts brakes on young women in Turkmenistan

Ukrainian women’s rights organisations struggle as US aid suspended

Male Violence:

Search for US student in Dominican Republic intensifies

Things to know about the former megachurch pastor charged with child sexual abuse

Airman charged in killing of Native American woman who went missing 7 months ago in South Dakota

UN experts accuse Israel of sexual violence and 'genocidal acts' in Gaza

'He strangled me without asking' - experts say choking during sex now normal for many

Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to updated indictment

Disabled author swamped by hate speech after social media post on feminism

Women Fight Back:

Haitian women commemorate International Women’s Day spotlighting broken justice system

How Iran's 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Protests Live On Today

FGM campaigner honoured with Time magazine title

Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'

Mother of woman who died after Georgia’s six-week abortion ban calls for law’s repeal

Women Radio amplifies African feminist voices

Texas midwife accused by state’s attorney general of providing illegal abortions

BBC presenters settle sex and age discrimination dispute

Queen sent letter of support to Gisèle Pelicot

Yasmeen Lari rejects Israel's Wolf Prize over "continuing genocide in Gaza"

Fierce protests as eight-year-old rape victim dies in Bangladesh

India's frontline health workers fight for better pay and recognition

US arrests second pro-Palestinian Columbia University protester

Women in the News:

Democrat Rebecca Cooke to again challenge US Rep. Derrick Van Orden

Brown Medicine professor and doctor deported to Lebanon despite having valid visa, court filings claim

Woman arrested in US for allegedly holding stepson captive for 20 years

WATCH: Woman trapped in car films as tornado hits Central Florida

'For holding a wombat, thousands threatened my life'

Judge says Fani Willis violated open records law, orders her to pay $54K in attorneys’ fees

Feel Good Stories and Feminist History:

The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher

The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business

Early members of Philly’s roller derby league face off in a match circa 2005-2006. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-ND Philly Roller Derby league turns 20 - here’s how the sport skated its way to feminism, anti-racism and queer liberation

'We couldn't get jobs in sexist garages - so we set up our own'

5 Major Historical Movements Led By Women In Rajasthan

Arts and Culture:

‘Just be radical’: the feminist artist giving Matisse a modern punk twist

The film exploring loneliness of migrant workers

'Santosh' review: Feminist police drama confronts harsh truths

Shabana Azmi On Feminism And Her Powerful Role In ‘Dabba Cartel’

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: I want my books to be read in Africa

Cannes award-winning actress Dequenne dies at 43

Legendary Russian composer Gubaidulina dies in Germany

Book Review: Patrycja Humienik’s powerful debut poetry collection is a conundrum worth mulling over

13 Nonfiction Books to Read This Women’s History Month

As always, this is global and domestic news from a US perspective, covering feminist issues and women in the news more generally. As of right now, I do not cover Women’s Sports. Published each Monday.

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Maybe it isn't that I actually hate medical professionals? They just suck and are weird sometimes, and a lot of them shouldn't be practicing, but I don't hate them as a group, like, personally.

What I hate is their ability to make my life harder in ways that are often completely opaque to me, and a lot of the crap things they do are not really possible to challenge. And I hate the fact that holding them responsible fort dogshit behavior in any way that will actually benefit me is almost always impossible.

And I also hate the fact that they have to do stupid things sometimes because that's how the system is set up, and those things sometimes mean patients actually get harmed. They aren't fond of that part either! They don't want the system to be the way it is! But they don't have a choice, so sometimes people like me get forced by bureaucracy into doing things that are re-traumatizing. And I can't imagine that feels good for them at all, knowing that their patients are sometimes only "consenting" because that bureaucracy will not let them be helped in any other way. Which isn't consent at all. I imagine that must be pretty traumatizing for them, too, sometimes.

If it were easier to actually access medical care without tremendous delays in this country right now I would have much less trouble finding providers who are good at what they do and are not horrible people, and who have clinic staff who can do their fucking job.

Oh and I also don't appreciate how evasive and unwilling to commit they are out of fear of being held to an answer that turns out to be inaccurate, but I can't make an informed decision about my own care unless they give me at least some information about probabilities and trajectories and typicalities. Genuinely, how the fuck am I supposed to navigate that shit. I get that some patients are really fucking difficult, but I should be able to get a special stamp on my file or something that says I understand that sometimes medicine isn't an exact science and the best answers that my doctors can give may not always prove to be accurate in the long term. I know they don't like being in that situation either.

A lot of medical professionals are fucking assholes, and unfortunately the ones who are not are still hamstrung by a system set up to actively prevent people from getting care.

I miss my old doctor. He gave no shits about anything that wasn't the patient. He prescribed scheduled meds based on what the patient needed and not based on fear of consequences potentially being imposed on him by the punitive patient-hostile drugs-are-bad moral panic machine developed to force suffering people into buying more dangerous drugs off the street in order to prevent far fewer people from maybe getting high off of drugs that at least weren't laced with lethal substances. (The purpose of a system is what it does.) Did he get sanctioned and become locally unhireable? Unfortunately yes he did. Does he now provide concierge care to rich people? Yes he does. He found a way to make it work, God bless him.

Everything about the medical system in this country is fucked. Hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacies, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, phlebotomists, clinic administrative staff, insurance companies, medical schools and schooling, licensing boards, drug advertising to both providers and patients, pharmaceutical reps, researchers, research, publishing, medical trials, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers and distributors, medical equipment, charting software, billing and billing codes, diagnostic criteria, charity and low income services, accessible transportation, home care, the lack of independent individual patient advocates, dietitians and nutritionists, access to physical and occupational therapy and physical and occupational therapists, the massive bigotry of every kind rampant in every corner of the medical field, social work, senior care and assisted living, deprioritization of informed consent and harm reduction, disability applications, inaccessibility of medical records, especially psychiatric notes which are specifically allowed to be withheld from patients, lack of continuity of care for disadvantaged people, care that is equitably accessible to disabled people, telemedicine, patient portals, phone systems, clinic hours, every single aspect of inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, facility security, all sorts of things going on with therapists who are nevertheless probably the least malicious group of people in this entire charade, aaaaaand patients themselves.

Also hospital toilets that are too tall and make it literally physically impossible for me to poop while I'm there waiting for somebody to come out of surgery. I just needed to take a crap, guys. You didn't need to make the toilets so tall that my feet didn't even touch the floor. It is very clean but there is no shitting for short people at St Francis.

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Jasmine Mithani at The 19th:

A network working to end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) in the United States and globally says President Donald Trump’s January 28 executive order attempting to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth “wrongly and dangerously” conflates the two.

Opponents of transgender rights have sought for several years to co-opt anti-FGM/C laws to further gender-affirming care bans, mostly in state legislatures. The executive order builds on these efforts by directing the Department of Justice and state authorities to review and prioritize the enforcement of laws banning FGM/C, which are unrelated.  FGM/C is a human rights violation and one of the most extreme forms of gender-based violence. According to the World Health Organization, FGM/C “comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.” It is practiced across many cultures and takes many forms, and is most commonly performed on young girls who are unable to consent. There are no health benefits to FGM/C, and it is more likely to cause medical complications.

In contrast, gender-affirming genital surgeries like phalloplasty or metoidioplasty are medically necessary and done only with the consent of the patient. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, the international body that publishes research-backed standards of care, does not recommend genital gender-affirming care surgeries for patients under 18. Extensive documentation from medical professionals is required for any medically necessary gender-affirming care surgery.  It is estimated that in 2012, over half a million girls in the United States had either undergone FGM/C or were at risk based on the country of origin of their parents. Survivor advocates think the number could be much higher now.

FGM/C has been a federal crime since 1996. The law has been revised several times — most recently in 2020, when Trump signed the STOP FGM Act, which prevented defendents from using religious or cultural reasons to avoid prosecution. 

[...] Anti-trans extremists have warped these laws to ban health care for trans people “despite clear medical and ethical distinctions,” said Ash Lazarus Orr, press relations manager at Advocates for Trans Equality. Orr also pointed out that this rhetoric excludes non-consensual surgeries performed on intersex youth. Many bans include a carve-out ensuring “corrective” surgeries remain legal for minors with intersex characteristics. Republican lawmakers in Idaho and Texas introduced bills in 2022 that would remove the word “female” from current legal codes banning FGM/C. Anti-FGM/C advocates helped defeat those bills, but Idaho ended up passing a separate law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth the next year. Excluding the word “female” means these laws no longer prevent FGM/C because they then refer to something else entirely, said Kaitlin Mitchell, policy and advocacy coordinator at the U.S. Network to End FGM/C. Using the laws to restrict gender-affirming care instead of addressing the specific issue they were designed to make it harder for advocates to campaign for more funding or research on this little-known, severe form of gender-based violence.

Donald Trump’s false and transphobia-laden characterizing of gender-affirming care for trans youths as “mutilation” served as the basis for Executive Order 14187, which bans gender-affirming care services for trans youths and adults under 19.

The false characterization of GAC as “mutilation” trivializes the real issue of female genital mutilation.

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By: Genspect

Published: May 15, 2025

In May 2025, Texas passed Senate Bill 1257 (SB 1257) with an 87-58 vote in the House. This law requires insurance providers covering sex-trait modification treatments, such as hormone therapy or surgeries, must also fund complications, reconstructions, and recovery care. Genspect has worked on this bill since 2022, and we believe it should inspire similar legislation across the nation and the world. Why is this significant? How will it reshape Texas and potentially influence other regions? Let us explore.

So called gender transition treatments and procedures—hormone therapy, surgeries, and related interventions—are often promoted as solutions for distress by organizations like WPATH, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Endocrine Society. However, recent findings, including the HHS report and the Cass Review, reveal weak evidence for the safety and efficacy of these treatments. President Trump’s Executive Orders on gender, which cut funding for institutions offering such procedures, will likely reduce their prevalence. Yet, as long as insurance providers and Medicaid cover these interventions, they will persist.

While insurance often funds medicalized sex trait alterations, it often excludes costs for addressing complications, reconstructions and on-going health monitoring. This gap is not merely a practical issue for tens of thousands of individuals; it conceals the crisis of iatrogenic harm caused by these procedures.

Proponents of sex-trait modification treatments have long dismissed detransition as a myth and claimed complications are rare. They sustain this narrative partly because the system operates like a conveyor belt: when initial interventions fail to deliver desired outcomes, further procedures are presented as solutions. For those seeking to reverse course, returning to the practitioner who initiated their path is often the last thing they want to do. Additionally, the medical system lacks diagnostic and billing codes for unique complications—like vaginal atrophy in a 25-year-old masculinized woman or fistulas in a surgically constructed anatomy—rendering these adverse effects invisible.

Senate Bill 1257 addresses this issue directly. It requires insurance providers covering such procedures to also fund care for complications or reconstruction and on-going health monitoring. Imagine undergoing surgery only to discover that insurance will not cover follow-up care if healing falters—that is a crushing burden. This bill prevents such scenarios, offering critical support for individuals who detransition, a group gaining increasing recognition. It ensures assistance is available, regardless of the path chosen.

How will this change the landscape? The legislation will likely encourage greater caution among physicians and insurers. Doctors may perform more rigorous evaluations before recommending medicalized sex alteration, ensuring patients understand the risks. Insurers may become more discerning about what they cover; however, they must continue to care for those who have already undergone these treatments. The bill will also reveal the true scope of post-medicalization complications, reducing cases of individuals facing unaffordable bills after procedures go wrong. Furthermore, it may foster more transparent discussions about the risks and benefits of these interventions, benefiting all involved.

What can we expect in Texas and beyond? In Texas, Senate Bill 1257 aligns with existing policies, such as Senate Bill 14 (2023), which restricts sex-trait modification treatments for minors. This new law extends some protection to adults, addressing a critical gap.

Could this approach spread? We hope so. Other regions, particularly those with similar healthcare perspectives, are observing Texas closely. If Senate Bill 1257 proves effective, other states may adopt comparable measures. Unfortunately, most insurance plans are regulated federally. To ensure protection for all citizens, similar policies must be adopted in Washington.

Ultimately, Senate Bill 1257 ensures individuals facing challenges are not abandoned. Though not flawless and likely to face opposition, it marks a vital step toward a healthcare system that supports people navigating gender distress.

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If detransition is "rare," then there should be no opposition to this bill. Nobody is going to need it, right?

Some of these retards even tout that Rogaine, liposuction and haircuts are "gender affirming care." But somehow, a girl with a beard, no breasts and a baritone voice trying to detransition to look female again is not.

[raynbow-shimmer]

Listen to me, as someone who used to work in health insurance billing and customer service, I have seen some fucked up things. My best paid claim from insurance was over a million dollars billed. You know how much worker's compensation insurance paid? 700k. The rest of 300k+ was a write off. I don't want to think about what would have happened if my patient didn't get hurt on the job. I wish they hadn't gotten injured given what happened to them, but it is what it is sadly. If that patient would have had a copay and coinsurance, I am sure the bill would have been outrageous. That's fucked up. I don't want to think about what would happen if the ACA is walked back. Lifetime maximums? Go fuck yourself.

I also worked for a company that made custom prosthetics for children. I actively watched them hike their prices so that they could get more out of parents/renegotiate prices with insurance. The prosthetics weren't always covered by the insurance either. Texas Medicaid? You better have a generous relative because the prosthetic was not covered under any circumstance. That would leave parents with a bill of 1600 to 3400 depending on the state to get a prosthetic that their child really might need. Fucked up.

Don't get me started on supplemental insurance either. Worked there too doing customer service. I got really good at looking at the billing codes to see what was covered and what wasn't. Observation for 23 hours and 59 minutes in the ER? Too bad, you need 24 hours to get paid out. And cancers and heart attacks, oh my god. Carcinoma in SITU? Welp, it's not classified as malignant yet, so no cancer payout for you. Minor heart attack? It has to be a major heart attack for that to be covered. Someone died in a car wreck with a BAC over like 0.08? Sorry, you're not getting that life insurance payout. It's fucked up. Soul sucking work.

I get why someone would have done something about it. (Luigi is still innocent until proven guilty, so I am not blaming him at this time.) For profit healthcare is a scam. It's not just the insurances, it's the for profit healthcare systems too, including hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies owned by the insraunces, and the medical equipment supply companies. It's the for profit hospitals who bill an elastic bandage at 35 dollars (!!! Just looked this up on my local for profit hospital system's chargemaster, jesus christ!) so they can get the tiniest bit of a higher payout than what it is worth from people who lack insurance. It's the drug companies owned by the insurances who hike up prices. It's the durable medical equipment companies who think they can get away with charging outrageous prices for any sort of assistance device. It's not the independent doctors who are trying to run an office (usually). It's not the nurses who are just trying to do the best they can while being underpaid and overworked so that the for profit system can do it's job for the shareholders. And it certainly is not the poor customer service agent you are screaming at over the phone. Policies are policies, which means that the customer service agent's hands are basically tied. All the red tape. It's insane. It's the bloated for profit healthcare system that is to blame for our problems.

Elizabeth Warren and other Senators have currently proposed a bill that would break up healthcare conglomerates and force them to sell off their stakes in pharmaceuticals. This would possibly be a game changer. Health insurances would have to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to get the best prices on drugs. Because we know they don't want to pay. It wouldn't benefit them to recommend a higher cost drug anymore. That money wouldn't be going in their pockets. I highly suggest you look at the information behind the bill as it develops. I have also read there is a similar bill that was just proposed by the House too.

Please, contact your representatives. Tell them about the Senate's Patients Before Monopolies Act. Get impassioned and tell them what it would do for you. You voted for them, tell them what you want. These are your representatives. And if they don't care, try your hardest to fire them next go around. Healthcare is of the utmost importance to the people. It's literally a life or death situation at times. More people should care because it affects everyone. The time is now, it's time to push for a better future.

P.S. Please don't yell at the customer service workers. It's not their fault. It's a shitty job with shitty moments. I've cried with people because something wasn't covered before. The for profit healthcare industry is fucked up.

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[foxymoxynoona]

First of all congratulations I’m very happy for you and your family

I heard that giving birth in the USA is very expensive. Excuse if my question is too intimate or rude but how people can afford it if it’s true and how they can pay?

And how can afford more than one child? No offense really I’m just curious

Hospitals are expensive absolutely so if you don’t have insurance or depending on your insurance plan you can be responsible for a ridiculous amount of a very high bill. There are some ways to get a lot of it dismissed if you don’t have the money and don’t have insurance but it also depends on the hospital and your circumstance and how much time you have to fight the bills.

Tbh I don’t remember what the total was for either of my previous deliveries though because I have INCREDIBLE insurance so I didn’t pay a thing for either of them. It’s a large part of why I’ve been with my same company for so long, good insurance is a really important benefit in this country especially if you have kids who also will have medical needs. I think it’s completely fucked up to have to worry about medical and dental insurance though, the whole system needs to be abolished, it literally ends and ruins lives

If you remind me I can share what my total is after my baby is born haha. I know for all my medical stuff last year I think it was like $400k which was less than I expected honestly but I was also very glad to not pay any of it. The surgeon was joking with me about how since he didn’t actually remove any of my intestines (just gallbladder and tumor) he would have to bill for a lesser surgery (because the surgery I had has no precedent and so no insurance billing code) so I got a “discount” lol. So fucked up and yet here we are! Also interesting is that my 5 day emergency hospital stay in one state was almost the same cost as my major surgery and two week hospital stay in another, so rates vary big time by state and hospital!

Anyway. It sucks 🙃 but I am sooooo grateful for my insurance (both medical and dental including 100% orthodontics which is good because my oldest is starting orthodontics now and it’s $$$)

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UGH!

Don't mind me as I take a minute to vent about the ridiculous overwhelming nature of healthcare.

Long story short, I don't like going to the doctors, and I'm not the best at keeping up with regular check-ups, etc. (Other than the dentist and annual gyno appointments, those I'm pretty regular with, at least I'm making sure some parts of me are healthy. 🤷‍♀️😅)

I'd found a primary care provider after turning 30, did pretty good about seeing her regularly for a few years then didn't for a year or two. She was fine, but I didn't feel a great connection with her or anything and her office was at least 45 minutes away. Then about 2 years ago, I found out she was moving out of state, which was a bit of a relief because it gave me a reason to try to find someone new that I liked better.

Well, because, again, the whole trying to find a new PC is overwhelming, I put it off for another year or so. Until finally this summer I forced myself to find someone after a specialist visit determined I needed to follow up with a primary on some things. Well, I did, and I really liked her! Then only a few months later in the fall, after just one visit, she ends up closing her small practice, leaving me yet again, without a primary doctor and needing to go through the effort of finding someone new... again. 😫

On top of that, I called my gynecologist's office today needing to reschedule my annual appointment that was supposed to be later this week, only to find out that the doctor I've been seeing for years is retiring and I have to switch to seeing someone new. I went ahead and switched my appointment to one of the Nurse Practitioners that the office worker suggested scheduling with, but I'm left going in blind to a new provider and wondering if that's the best choice. 😬

Finally, the icing on the cake, is we got an almost $1000 bill a few days before Christmas for blood work that my now closed primary doctor ordered at my appointment back in AUGUST, saying that our insurance denied it because they aren't our "primary carrier" even though it's the only medical insurance we have. 🤦‍♀️ I called the lab's billing help line today to try to figure that out, but they were not any help at all and basically said maybe the coding or reasoning they had was wrong and suggested checking our benefits schedule with our insurance company. 😒🙄 😡 And because this office is permanently closed, I can't even go back to them to try to get any help.

So everything is just annoying and unresolved and ugh!

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Why You Need to Outsource Medical Billing Services to a Third-Party Medical Billing Company

In today's complex healthcare landscape, managing medical billing can be a daunting task for healthcare providers. From coding and claims submission to payment posting and denial management, the intricacies of medical billing can significantly impact a practice's revenue cycle. Outsource medical billing services to a third-party medical billing company can streamline operations, improve efficiency, and ultimately boost your bottom line.

Benefits of Outsourcing Medical Billing Services

Enhanced Efficiency: A dedicated medical billing company has the expertise and resources to streamline your billing processes. They can automate tasks, reduce errors, and accelerate claim processing, leading to faster payments.

Increased Revenue: By outsourcing, you can ensure accurate and timely claims submission, minimizing denials and maximizing reimbursement. A specialized billing company can identify and recover lost revenue, optimizing your revenue cycle.

Reduced Administrative Burden: Offloading medical billing tasks to a third-party company allows your staff to focus on patient care and other core competencies. This frees up valuable time and resources, improving overall productivity.

Compliance Adherence: Staying up-to-date with ever-changing healthcare regulations can be challenging. A reputable medical billing company has the knowledge and experience to ensure compliance with HIPAA, ICD-10, and other relevant regulations, mitigating legal and financial risks.

Improved Cash Flow: Timely claim processing and efficient payment collection can significantly improve your cash flow. A dedicated billing company can optimize your revenue cycle, ensuring you receive payments promptly.

Challenges of In-House Medical Billing

High Staffing Costs: Hiring and retaining qualified billing staff can be expensive, especially in competitive markets.

Complex Regulations: Keeping up with the ever-evolving healthcare regulations requires specialized knowledge and ongoing training, which can be a significant burden.

Time-Consuming Tasks: Manual data entry, claim submission, and follow-up can be time-consuming and prone to errors.

Limited Expertise: In-house staff may lack the specialized expertise to handle complex billing scenarios and appeals processes effectively.

Services Offered by a Medical Billing Company

Claims Submission: Accurate and timely submission of claims to payers.

Coding and Billing: Correct coding of medical services and procedures.

Payment Posting: Efficient posting of payments and adjustments.

Denial Management: Effective handling of denied claims, including appeals and resubmissions.

Follow-up on Claims: Timely follow-up on outstanding claims to expedite payment.

Financial Reporting: Detailed financial reports to track revenue and expenses.

Staffing Cost Savings

By outsourcing medical billing, you can significantly reduce staffing costs. You won't need to hire and train in-house billing staff, saving you money on salaries, benefits, and overhead expenses.

Overhead Cost Savings

Outsourcing can also help you save on overhead costs. You won't need to invest in billing software, hardware, and other infrastructure. Additionally, you can reduce office space requirements, further lowering your overhead expenses.

How Right Medical Billing LLC Can Save Your Money and Time

Right Medical Billing LLC is a leading medical billing company that can help you streamline your revenue cycle and improve your bottom line. Our experienced team of billing experts offers a comprehensive range of services, including:

Expert Billing Services: Our team stays up-to-date with the latest industry regulations and coding guidelines to ensure accurate and timely claims submission.

Advanced Technology: We leverage cutting-edge technology to automate tasks, reduce errors, and accelerate the billing process.

Dedicated Account Managers: You'll have a dedicated account manager to oversee your billing operations, ensuring smooth communication and timely resolution of issues.

Improved Cash Flow: Our efficient follow-up and denial management processes help you collect payments faster, improving your cash flow.

Reduced Administrative Burden: By outsourcing your medical billing, you can free up your staff to focus on patient care, leading to increased productivity and patient satisfaction.

Why Choose Right Medical Billing LLC?

By choosing Right Medical Billing LLC, you can:

Increase Revenue: Our expertise in coding, billing, and claims submission can help you maximize reimbursement.

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Reduce Costs: Our cost-effective solutions can help you save money on staffing, technology, and overhead expenses.

Improve Patient Satisfaction: By freeing up your staff to focus on patient care, you can enhance patient satisfaction and loyalty.

In conclusion, outsourcing medical billing services to a reputable company like Right Medical Billing LLC can provide numerous benefits, including increased efficiency, improved revenue, reduced administrative burden, and enhanced compliance. By partnering with us, you can streamline your operations, improve your cash flow, and focus on what matters most: providing quality patient care.

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Medical Coding and Billing Training 

Transorze results offers an exceptional Medical Coding and Billing Training Program in Kerala, India, designed to equip scholars with the chops necessary for a successful career in healthcare assistance. There’s a blog script that highlights the crucial features and benefits of this training program.

Course Overview

Medical billing and coding programs prepare students for careers in the healthcare industry, focusing on the essential functions of coding healthcare services and managing billing processes. These roles are critical for ensuring that healthcare providers receive accurate reimbursement from insurance companies.

Key Learning Objectives

Students will learn to:

Understand Medical Terminology: Build and interpret medical terms relevant to various healthcare settings.

Apply Coding Systems: Utilize coding systems such as ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS to accurately code diagnoses and procedures.

Navigate Insurance Processes: Gain insights into health insurance principles, including the claims process and regulatory compliance (HIPAA).

Utilize Software Tools: Develop proficiency in electronic health records (EHR) and medical billing software, preparing them for practical applications in real-world scenarios.

Prepare for Certification Exams: Students are typically prepared to take national certification exams like the Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), or Certified Coding Associate (CCA) upon course completion

Unleash Your Future with Transorze Medical Coding and Billing Training

Are you looking to launch a satisfying career in the healthcare sector? Look no further than Transorze results, the leading provider of medical rendering training in Kerala. Our comprehensive program is acclimatized to meet the requirements of aspiring coders and billers, icing you gain the moxie needed to exceed in this high- demand field

Why Choose Transorze for Medical Coding Training?

CPC- Certified Coaches Our preceptors are n't only largely educated but also CPC- certified professionals. They bring a wealth of knowledge from the field of medical coding, icing you admit top- notch education from assiduity experts

Hands- On Training At Transorze, we believe in literacy by doing. Our training includes hands- on experience and exposure to real- life scripts, preparing you for the challenges you'll face in your career.

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Transorze offers comprehensive placement backing, helping you secure a position in estimable healthcare associations upon course completion.

Access to rearmost AAPC Accoutrements Our scholars profit from access to the rearmost coding accoutrements from the American Academy of Professional Coders( AAPC), which enhances their literacy experience and prepares them for instrument examinations

Course Highlights

In- Depth Class Our class covers essential motifs similar as medical language, rendering systems( ICD- 10, CPT, HCPCS), compliance regulations, and more. 

Flexible Learning Options We offer both online and offline classes, allowing you to choose a mode that fits your schedule and literacy style.

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Career openings

Upon completing our Medical Coding and Billing Training, graduates can pursue colorful places in the healthcare assiduity, including

Medical Coder

Medical Biller

Health Information Technician

Compliance Officer

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Comprehensive Pharmacy Billing Services by iMagnum Healthcare Solutions                

Introduction: Pharmacy billing services are crucial for ensuring that pharmacies get reimbursed accurately and on time for the medications they dispense. With increasing complexity in billing and claims processes, pharmacies require specialized support to handle everything from insurance claims to resolving denials. iMagnum Healthcare Solutions offers tailored Pharmacy Billing Services designed to streamline the billing process, minimize errors, and enhance cash flow for pharmacies.

What Are Pharmacy Billing Services? Pharmacy billing services encompass managing claims submissions, verifying patient eligibility, and handling insurance rejections. iMagnum Healthcare Solutions specializes in providing efficient Pharmacy Billing Services that allow pharmacies to focus on patient care while we manage the financial aspects of the business.

Challenges in Pharmacy Billing: Pharmacies often face challenges such as insurance rejections, complex medication codes, and billing errors that delay payments. iMagnum Healthcare Solutions’ Pharmacy Billing Services help overcome these challenges by utilizing expert billing teams and advanced technology to ensure smooth and timely reimbursements.

The iMagnum Healthcare Solutions Approach: At iMagnum Healthcare Solutions, we handle every step of the pharmacy billing process, from submitting claims to following up on payments. Our team ensures accuracy and efficiency, reducing the chances of denials and rejections. We also offer real-time reporting so pharmacies can stay informed about their revenue cycle performance.

Key Benefits of Pharmacy Billing Services: By partnering with iMagnum Healthcare Solutions for Pharmacy Billing Services, pharmacies can reduce billing errors, improve cash flow, and ensure timely reimbursements. Our services help pharmacies maintain compliance with payer regulations and free up valuable resources for patient care.

Conclusion: Pharmacy billing can be complex, but with iMagnum Healthcare Solutions' expert Pharmacy Billing Services, pharmacies can reduce errors, ensure timely payments, and focus on what matters most—patient care. Contact us today to learn how our services can benefit your pharmacy.

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Kate Aronoff at TNR:

As Republicans attempt to slash Inflation Reduction Act subsidies for renewable energy and electric vehicles, drastic cuts to programs that ostensibly have nothing to do with climate change could put more people at risk of getting sick and dying from extreme heat. Case in point is the relatively low-profile Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP. Created by Congress in 1981 as a means to help people afford the costs of heating and cooling their homes, it currently helps some 6.2 million people pay their bills. In early April, the Trump administration fired the program’s entire staff of fewer than 30 people, whose jobs were housed within Robert F. Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services. Congress allocated $4.1 billion to LIHEAP this fiscal year, about 90 percent of which had already been distributed to states by the time the administration decided to purge its staff. That leaves $378 million left to be given out, and no one left to do it. The White House’s 2026 discretionary budget proposes eliminating LIHEAP altogether.

LIHEAP’s budget isn’t a massive line item for the federal government, but it could be the difference between life and death for those who depend on it to keep their homes from turning into ovens. Roughly two million households across the Northeast rely on the program. In some of those states, more than 50 percent of LIHEAP users are over the age of 60—populations that are especially vulnerable to extreme heat. One Virginia-wide study found that zip codes with higher percentages of residents 65 and older were associated with a 23 percent higher risk of heat-related emergency room visits and hospital admissions in high temperatures.

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Soaring electricity bills force lower-income households to choose between keeping the air on and necessities like food and childcare. Discussions about Republican attacks on climate policy in recent weeks have focused mainly on the House’s budget bill, which would gut IRA programs that incentivize corporations and homeowners to invest in low-carbon manufacturing, energy-efficient appliances, and renewable energy. Yet that bill’s sweeping cuts to welfare state programs like Medicaid and SNAP benefits—which would kick tens of millions of people off both—could leave millions at risk of dying in heat waves in ways that are harder to track, as more people are forced to make dangerous trade-offs between staying cool, seeking out medical treatment, and putting food on the table. These pressures are especially acute for the country’s 45 million renters. While states typically require landlords to keep renters’ homes above a certain temperature in the winter, there are many fewer provisions to protect tenants against extreme heat. Some historically hotter municipalities—like Tempe, Arizona, and New Orleans—have put in place cooling standards and maximum temperature ordinances, but such protections are rare. Even rarer are rules that keep landlords from raising rents by exorbitant amounts if they do install air conditioners.

More GOP insanity: Their budget bill seeks to put Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) on the chopping block, meaning that for low-income Americans that have to make a decision between paying electricity and food, it could be a decision between life and death.