Tag: medical billing

Medical Revenue: Planning Your Service Charges with the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in Mind

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) applies to healthcare provider services such as office visits, lab work, types of therapy, surgical procedures and more. It gives providers guidelines on what Medicare will cover for services and how much it will reimburse the provider. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rates The rates are determined based on input… Read more »

SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) delays – again!

Why isn’t Congress supporting our healthcare providers? Every year we go through this agonizing time frame of facing a 20% cut in Medicare payments, while Congress constantly bypasses their responsibility. Congress can’t be penalized for their lack of appropriate actions, so they do what is in their best interests. Typical political selfishness. Our government expects our healthcare providers… Read more »

Maintaining Low Employee Turnover Crucial to Bottom Line

Turnover rate, defined as the rate at which employees are hired and either leave a company or are fired, is a strong indicator of what to expect from a company. The higher a turnover rate within an organization, the less a potential client or customer sees, and for good reason.   Turnover rate is the… Read more »