by admin | Jun 27, 2025 | Denials Management
.Bad debt is rising among some hospitals, largely driven by an increased burden on patients to cover the costs of care. Bad debt refers to revenue that providers were expecting to receive from patients or payers, but did not end up collecting despite multiple...
by admin | Dec 30, 2019 | Billing Terms, Codes, Denials Management, Patient Billing
Changes coming in 2021 2020 looks to be a transition year on the payment front, as many programs and changes expected to go into effect this year have been delayed until 2021. These include new CMS-created primary care models and a streamlining of evaluation and...
by admin | Sep 19, 2018 | Rural Hospitals
https://www.ruralcenter.org/ Collaborating and innovating to improve the health of rural communities. Share...
by admin | Sep 4, 2018 | Denials, Denials Management, Health Care Finance, Hospital Revenue Cycle, Medical Billing, Revenue Cycle KPI's
Two metrics important to the discussion of creating claims most likely to be immediately reimbursable are Clean Claim Rate (CCR) and First Pass Rate (FPR). Though sometimes confused for one another, these are separate statistics, each worthy of optimization....
by admin | Jul 10, 2017 | Accronyms, Acronyms, BCBS, Billing Systems, Billing Terms, Insurance Claims, Patient Billing
Blue Cross Blue Shield Enhanced Ambulatory Patient Grouping (EAPG) methodology for calculating reimbursement for outpatient procedures http://www.okoha.com/OHA/Hotline/2015/April15/Taking_charge_of_the_EAPG__Improve_your_negotiations_with_BCBS.aspx Share...
