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Insurer Helps to Improve Rural Area Medical Billing
Insurance companies aren’t all about taking your medical billing money. They do good as well. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is an example of an insurance company that thinks of others. Blue Cross Blue Shield donated millions of dollars to help poor communities with medical billing expenses. A large donation of $10 million was given to north Carolina’s community practitioner program. This program is designed to assist under deserve communities with medical billing costs. It supports 95 health care professionals throughout the state. The insurance company is hoping and urging the north Carolina medical society to match their donation of $5 million. If the North Carolina medical …
New Medical Billing Nissen Code
Medical billing for a redo surgery originally done several years earlier can get a bit hazy. A Redo Nissen Surgery performed for a surgery originally done twelve years earlier should be coded the same as a regular laparoscopic Nissen procedure. The medical billing current procedural terminology code 43280 is appropriate for a redo Nissen surgery. The medical billing code CPT 43280 means: Laparoscopy, surgical, esophagogastric fundoplasty. All medical billing, whether a redo or an initial Nissen surgery would be billed using this code. However, when surgery is performed as a redo, problems may arise. For example, the first surgery may have been considerably difficult. Perhaps there was excessive scarring or …
Hazy RX Medical Billing Question
Medical billing denials can be a blessing if your facility is conducting dangerous practices. A common, yet dangerous practice used in many hospitals is the dispensing of medications without an examination. Not only is this type of practice illegal, but it also puts the health of your patients in jeopardy. A medical billing denial for such practices may mean there is something wrong with the way you conduct business. If a patient visits their local family practice doctor, and the doctor decides the patient needs a certain medication, they should receive that medication from a pharmacy. Some family physicians send their patients directly to an emergency department. They call the …
Rehab Services Turn to Free Clinic Medical Billing
Rehab Services Turn to Free Clinic Medical Billing North Carolina is seeing a switch over to free clinic medical billing. Health insurance is on the rise in America. Although health insurance costs may be rising, that does not mean salaries are rising in a parallel fashion. More and more Americans are turning towards free clinics for medical care. In future years we may see more free rehab services popping up on the medical billing scene. The Associated Press online estimates that there are 46 million Americans uninsured today. That would explain why there are over 2000 free clinics in the country. Together, these clinics service over $3 billion in eligible …
Foreign Body Removal Medical Billing: Take 1
Foreign Body Removal Medical Billing: Take 1 Performing medical billing for foreign body removal can bring up many questions. A common location to remove a foreign body is from the eye. A common medical billing question is whether or not the instrument dictates which code should be used when removing of foreign body from the cornea or conjunctiva. The quick answer to this medical billing question is: sometimes. Most of the time, instrumentation is not the most important element of foreign body removal coding. For example, when dealing with conjunctival foreign bodies, it is appropriate to use the medical billing CPT code 65205 (Removal of foreign body, external eye; conjunctival …
