Medical Billing is Critical to the Healthcare Industry

Medical Billing is Critical to the Healthcare Industry

Medical billing and coding are prominent issues in the healthcare industry. Physicians lose about $125 billion annually as a result of poor billing practices. Two major factors, billing errors and failure to stay updated on medical billing rules, are responsible for a loss in physician profits.

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Digital Generation Faced with Analog Healthcare

Digital Generation Faced with Analog Healthcare

The big question in the healthcare industry is how to cater to the Facebook generation, the generation with digital communication constantly at their fingertips. Digital healthcare has lagged behind and there are several barriers keeping it from becoming commonplace.

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Patients Prepare for Inaccurate Bills with New ICD-10 Codes

Patients Prepare for Inaccurate Bills with New ICD-10 Codes

Healthcare Consumers in the U.S. may need a whole lot more patience coping with highly erroneous insurance claims as well as denied health services amidst new ICD-10 codes. At least one analysis said that 1 in 4 of U.S. practices aren’t ready for the ICD-10 transition.

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Longer Clinic Wait Times in U.S. Linked to Race and Employment

Longer Clinic Wait Times in U.S. Linked to Race and Employment

According to U.S. data from 2005-2013, minorities and the unemployed spend more time traveling to and waiting for medical care. The researchers used survey responses from almost 4,000 adults as well as a separate survey of 150,000 office-based doctor visits between 2006 and 2010. Patients spent an average of 86 minutes in the clinic and 38 minutes travel time.

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