HAP has long advised our clients and blog readers to utilize technology to enhance the revenue cycle process. Our article The Importance of Accepting Electronic Payments at Your Radiology Practice is the most recent, but electronic transactions have also been highlighted in our Best Practices in Radiology Patient Billing article. Most practices today accept credit or debit cards in one way or another, but they might not be aware of the need for security protocols surrounding them.
Categories: medical billing, patient experience, credit cards, security
In our article Best Practices in Radiology Patient Billing, we identified a greater focus on practice billing processes as a critical element in improving patients’ satisfaction with the practice, and we encouraged practices to accept electronic payments. According to the InstaMed Trends in Healthcare Payments Eighth Annual Report 2017 released in May 2018, “Consumer loyalty is increasingly tied to the healthcare payments experience as 65 percent of consumers would consider switching healthcare providers for a better healthcare payments experience.”
Categories: radiology reimbursement, medical billing, patient billing, patient collections, radiology, patient experience
If you currently outsource your revenue cycle management, you know that the performance of your billing company is paramount to your practice’s financial success. Reimbursement continues to decline, and the migration to value-based payments from fee for service will continue to jeopardize your practice finances if your revenue cycle partner is not performing.
Categories: revenue cycle management, medical billing, outsourced RCM
Physicians’ Medicare reimbursement in the coming years will be impacted by their participation in CMS quality programs in 2014. Quality reporting programs such as PQRS, Meaningful Use and the new Value-Based Modification Program have allowed physicians to earn incentives for compliance with their requirements, but beginning in 2015 that carrot will become a stick. Medicare will apply penalties that reduce reimbursement for physicians that are eligible but do not participate in the programs. Payment reductions for 2015 have already been determined by participation in 2013, but there’s still an opportunity to take steps in 2014 to avoid a reduction in 2016 payments.
Categories: radiology reimbursement, physician reimbursement, regulatory, medicare reimbursement, medical billing
