Barbara Conrad 12/18/2013 CMS to Deny Imaging Claims without Proper Order Information CMS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has announced that it will begin full… Read More
HAP USA 09/11/2013 Radiology Billing Denials - Don't Take No for an Answer Unfortunately denials are a fact of life, but in radiology billing, there isn’t much room for… Read More
Barbara Conrad 05/29/2013 Radiology Billing – Don’t Lose Legitimate Revenue to the MPPR In recent years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened its use of the… Read More
Barbara Conrad 05/07/2013 Monitoring Physician Reimbursement for Underpayments in Radiology Imagine that your radiology practice realized a $750,000 in underpayments in two years. Now… Read More
Barbara Conrad 03/07/2013 Medicare Place of Service - Logistical Problems for Radiology Billing Radiology practices using teleradiology – servicing both hospitals and imaging centers – will have… Read More
Barbara Conrad 02/13/2013 Managing Communication in Radiology Coding to Improve Reimbursement Clinical documentation is the foundation of the health record, while the conversion of this… Read More
Barbara Conrad 01/17/2013 Regulatory Changes Affecting Radiology and Radiation Oncology in 2013 Even though Congress has averted the across-the-board SGR fee schedule cut (26.5%) for another… Read More
Barbara Conrad 10/17/2012 Improve Radiology Charge Capture for Financial Health It seems like a simple premise: Identify the services provided, substantiate the reason, interpret… Read More