Key Takeaways on the Barriers to Telehealth The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telehealth adoption almost overnight. But for rural hospitals and clinics, the barriers to telehealth haven’t disappeared, they’ve simply evolved. Today, the most common barriers to telehealth are: This article breaks down these common barriers to telehealth adoption for rural providers and what healthcare organizations […]
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Key Takeaways for RVU Analysis RVUs, or Relative Value Units, are non-monetary units used to quantify the relative value of medical services. RVUs are part of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS). The RBRVS is a reimbursement methodology developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help determine reimbursement rates for medical
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Key Takeaways on the Insurance Allowed Amount A tricky part of medical billing is the insurance allowed amount, because each payer and even payer plans have different allowed amounts. And those amounts rarely match your actual billed amount. Billers can end up tracking allowed amounts for 10 to 20 different reimbursement schedules against billed charges
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Key Takeaways on Medical Practice Financial Management Originally published October 2017. With electronic billing and digital medical records, medical practices have a lot of valuable data at their fingertips The key to mastering medical practice financial management is knowing which date to look at, how to find it, and how to put it to use
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Keys to Reduce Claim Denials in Healthcare From 2022 to 2024, 75% of providers reported increased denial rates.1 And in 2025, 41% of providers reported denial rates of 10% or higher.2 That’s a larger percentage than in 2024 meaning denials are still going up. The time required to work denied claims combined with the ones
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Key Takeaways on Why to Outsource Fertility Clinic Billing Fertility practices face unique challenges. Billing challenges included. Bundled services, complex payer rules, and detailed coding make fertility billing demanding. Not every clinic wants to handle billing these challenges. That’s why many clinics outsource fertility billing to specialized revenue cycle management billing partners. By outsourcing, clinics
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Key Takeaways on the IPPE Medicare Wellness Exam What Is the IPPE Medicare Exam? The Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE), or IPP Medicare exam, is a one-time, Medicare-covered, face-to-face preventive visit that happens in the first 12 months of a patient’s Medicare Part B enrollment. It includes a review of medical and social history, basic
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Key Points of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Checklist In this article, find a medicare annual wellness visit checklist along with billing codes and tips. What Is the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit? The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV), or PPPS visit, is a preventive service visit that Medicare enrollees have with their provider each year.
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Key Takeaways on AI for Medical Billing Healthcare billing has long been a complex and often frustrating task for hospitals and clinics. Traditional billing processes rely on manual effort, which can lead to inefficiencies, errors, and high administrative costs. But times are changing. AI billing systems offer a modern solution for healthcare billing. They use
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