Medicare – Resources, Resources, R...

Many of you have heard the saying “It’s not what you know; it’s who you know.” From a Medicare perspective, that saying could be “It’s not what you know; it’s where to find it,” (especially as “it” continually changes). At our recent Client Appreciation Seminar in Chattanooga, TN, InHealth’s Senior Consultant Mary Kustermann demonstrated that she’s an expert when...

Revenue Cycle Management: The Patient Co...

In the past, a discussion of how to improve practice billing and collection procedures primarily focused on the back office and the practice’s insurance billing/collection processes. Over the past few years, we have seen a dramatic shift toward increased patient payment responsibility as evidenced by the following statistics: In its April 16, 2010 report, the Bureau of Labor...