Kathy McCoy

Key CMS Changes for 2011 Affecting Third Party Medical Billers and Physicians

First in a Series on the 2010 Compliance Update from the AMBA National Medical Billing Conference During the AMBA National Conference a few weeks ago, I attended a very interesting presentation by Robert Liles, Esq., of Liles & Parker on compliance ris... Read >

Key CMS Changes for 2011 Affecting Third Party Medical Billers and Physicians: ZPICs and RACs

Second in a Series on the 2010 Compliance Update from the AMBA National Medical Billing Conference Continuing the very interesting presentation by Robert Liles, Esq., of Liles & Parker at the AMBA National Conference a few weeks ago on compliance risks... Read >

Web-Based Medical Billing Software: Is it Right for Your Office?

Software as a service (SaaS), On Demand software, web-based software—these are all terms for the same thing: software that is provided over the Internet rather than residing on your office computers. The question is whether web-based medical billing softw... Read >

Improving Your Medical Billing: Three Easy Steps to Getting the Co-Pay Upfront – Every Time

When you collect a co-payment, you know it’s in your contract with your payer. However, it’s not uncommon for some patients to question the need to make a co-pay, or say they can’t afford to make a payment, both of which can be very challenging to your fr... Read >

Medical Billing Software and Practice Management Software: How Do They Impact Revenue?

We recently received a report issued by Gateway EDI (one of Kareo’s clearinghouse partners) and professional services firm LarsonAllen on The Impact of Technology on the Physician Revenue Cycle, which we believe contains important information for every pr... Read >

Improving Your Medical Billing: Reduce Delinquencies and Increase Your Bottom Line with a Better Col

In general, people intend to honor their debts. Others, of course, are not as responsible. In addition, intending to pay and actually paying are not the same thing. So, delinquencies are part and parcel of operating a healthcare practice, even in the best... Read >