revenue cycle management
Medical Billing Patient Payments Revenue Cycle Management

Technology to the Rescue of Your Revenue Cycle

The Healthcare Industry has always been on top of the game when it comes to technological advancements and usage.  Computers, ECG machines, even artificial intelligence h...
Change ICD-10
ICD-10

ICD-10 Embracing the Change

‘Change is constant’! No matter in what context we use this phrase, it does tend to give us chills.  Human tendency is to try and avoid change as far as possi...
1 month ICD-10
ICD-10

1 Month with ICD-10: Lessons Learnt

According to a recent report, post ICD-10, the American healthcare industry has successfully processed claims from about 2400 hospitals and 630,000 healthcare systems at a col...
Fibromyalgia ICD-10
ICD-10

Thank You ICD-10 – Fibromyalgia Finally Has A Code!

The human body is full of surprises and mysteries.  No two human bodies respond to an external factor in exact same manner.  Therefore, the medical field has to be o...
7th Character ICD-10
ICD-10

The Seventh Character’s Relevance – A, D & S in ICD-10

Start listing the major differences in the codes of ICD-9 and ICD-10 and this will probably the first on your list – the addition of seventh character extender.  This seventh ...
DiveintoICD10
ICD-10

Diving into ICD-10? Things You Must Know!

It’s been more than a few weeks since the implementation of ICD-10 across the country.  ICD-10 was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 1990; WHO member states starte...
Pt Pymts
Medical Billing Patient Payments

5 Ways to Improve Patient Payments

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) reported $212 million in bad debts for the fiscal year 2014. The numbers are not deniable – the reason for bad debt is higher de...
outsourcing medical billing
Revenue Cycle Management

Benefits: Outsourcing Billing & Coding

The healthcare industry is bracing itself for probable disruptions that the latest version of International Classification of Diseases will bring with its new set of codes for...
ICD-10 Hacks
ICD-10 Revenue Cycle Management

Last Minute ICD-10 Hacks for the Unprepared

With the implementation deadline of ICD-10 less than a week away, many healthcare groups and physicians are nervous about this inevitable transition. After all, for providers ...
ICD 10 Switch
ICD-10 Medical Billing Revenue Cycle Management

ICD-10: Prepare For the Big Switch

MedConverge helps physician practices become ICD-10 ready. A lot of discussion has gone into how ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision) will impact p...