Gaining insight into the procedures that are most commonly denied by payers and evaluating the reason codes that accompany the denials can help suppliers modify their clinical documentation and billing practices to prevent denials, reduce claims rework, and improve their cash flow.
I log onto the Internet several times a day (OK, dozens) to check out news and headlines, and, yes, celebrity gossip. Today, I kept seeing the headline "Theresa Faiss dies." Who, I kept wondering, is Theresa Faiss?
Another Halloween, another moral battle with myself. I won't keep you in suspense. I lost. This year, I will once again be handing out seasonal tattoos but instead of supplementing the tattoos with, say, pretzels, I opted for candy (Nerds, in case you're wondering). Sigh.
I had an interesting conversation with Bob McCoy this week. McCoy is a respiratory therapist (RT) and the managing director of Valley Inspired Products.
As most of you probably remember, the female lead in Grease is named Sandy, so I've had Grease songs in my head all week. Can't you hear John Travolta's voice? "Oh, Sandy."
As users of our HME Databank very well know, we still don’t have 2011 data for Provider Share (top providers) and Product Share (product utilization), and I’m profusely sorry about this.
In the beginning of the Sept. 19 PMD demo congressional hearing, the two senators there thought that mobility companies that advertise on TV were pulling something over on American taxpayers.
The HME News team got back from Medtrade last night via what turned out to be a fairly bumpy airplane ride. I felt better knowing, though, that Jim Greatorex (Black Bear Medical) was on the plane.
After helping to put together two Show Dailies in 48 hours, I'm pretty worded out.
