Medical Claim Tracking Tool from Emdeon
Emdeon Vision for Claim Management is a new, free, self-service tool available to providers. Track your claims from submission through payment. This tool allows you the same claim views as payers....
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View ArticleObamacare and HIPAA Transactions
HIPAA legislation introduced the current standards for certain electronic transactions now familiar in the healthcare industry. These included the healthcare claim (837i and 837p), ERA (835), claim...
View ArticleMEDTranDirect Introduces Roster Billing
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View ArticleThe Impact of ICD-10 on the ANSI 837
Not since the introduction of HIPAA transactions over 15 years ago has there been a project that impacts healthcare data processing like the implementation of ICD-10. This code set conversion impacts...
View ArticleMedicare Eligibility through HETS and the Hospice Notice of Election (NOE)
Medicare maintains a computer system dedicated to the processing of eligibility requests through the HIPAA ANSI 270/271 transactions designed for this purpose. The system is called HETS which stands...
View ArticleThe National Health Plan Identifier – A Lesson in Restraint
The administrative simplification portion of the HIPAA legislation was intended to modernize healthcare transactions by creating a uniform data exchange that could be implemented by all healthcare...
View ArticleElectronic Claim Processing – Can Your Software Do Math?
As a vendor of software that edits and creates ANSI 837 claim files, we try to stay informed regarding the processing of these transactions. One method that I recommend for all Medicare providers is...
View ArticleOpposition to ICD10 – A Perspective of Self Interest
Last week I read several articles about the current efforts to delay the implementation of ICD10 by the AMA and some of our congressmen, possibly influenced by this organization. Their extremely weak...
View ArticleThe Double Standard for Healthcare Data
Healthcare providers collect an extensive amount of data regarding their patient’s medical history. Most providers understand the importance of maintaining accurate and complete health records....
View ArticleMoving from ICD9 to ICD10 – Dealing with the Transition and Learning from the...
As the healthcare industry prepares for the October transition from ICD9 to ICD10, many organizations are dealing with the obvious issues. Computer systems are being upgraded to handle the new codes,...
View ArticleA Summary of Pre-Claim Review for Home Health Agencies
By now, home health agencies are well aware of the new program under development by CMS to crack down on what they believe is a major problem with improper payments for their services. This is...
View ArticleNOE Happy Dance was Momentary
Many Hospice organizations breathed a sigh of relief when the headlines read, “CMS Allows Exception for Untimely NOEs When Hospice Cannot Make Corrections While NOE Processing through System“. But...
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