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Billing Outcomes

Better Billing Workflows Boost Reimbursements

March 30, 2026 / Alex J. Lau / Articles, Billing, Billing Accuracy, Billing Best Practice, Billing Challenges, Billing KPIs, Billing Outcomes, Billing Workflow, Denial Management, Medical Billing, Medical Billing Workflow
Better Medical Billing Workflows

If your practice is seeing more denials, slower payments, or shrinking margins, the problem might not be your patient volume or your payer contracts. It might be your billing workflow. The way a claim moves from patient check-in to final payment touches dozens of steps, and a breakdown at any one of them can quietly […]

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Billing, Billing Accuracy, Billing Best Practice, Billing Challenges, Billing KPIs, Billing Outcomes, Billing Workflow, Denial Management, Medical Billing, Medical Billing Workflow

Top Motivation Hacks to Keep Medical Billing on Track

November 4, 2024 / Alex J. Lau / Articles, Automated Billing, Automation, Billing, Billing Automation, Billing Challenges, Billing Goals, Billing Outcomes, Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Billing Artificial Intelligence, Medical Billing Automation, Motivation Hacks
Medical Owner White Businessman

Medical billing can feel like a chore. For many providers, it’s not exactly the reason they got into healthcare. But staying on top of billing is essential to running a smooth, profitable practice. Plus, accurate billing means fewer denied claims, less time chasing down payments, and ultimately more focus on what matters most—caring for patients. […]

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Automated Billing, Automation, Billing, Billing Automation, Billing Challenges, Billing Goals, Billing Outcomes, Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Billing Artificial Intelligence, Medical Billing Automation, Motivation Hacks

Are Medical Billing Codes Universal?

October 8, 2024 / Alex J. Lau / Artificial Intelligence, Billing Codes, Billing KPIs, Billing Outcomes, Blockchain, ICD, ICD Codes, ICD-10, ICD-10 to ICD-11, ICD-11, IHTSDO, Non-Universality Coding, SNOMED CT
Female Medical Coder

Medical billing codes are the backbone of healthcare administration worldwide, serving as a standardized way to communicate diagnoses, procedures, and treatments between healthcare providers, insurers, and government agencies. However, the question of whether these codes are truly universal is complex and multifaceted. We dissect the various medical coding systems used globally, their similarities and differences, […]

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Billing, CPT, CPT codes, EHR, EMR, Healthcare Billing, ICD-10, ICD-10 coding, ICD-11, IHTSDO, Medical Billing, Non-Universality Coding, Outsourced Billing, Revenue Cycle, Revenue Cycle Management, Revenue Cycle Optimization, Robotic Process Automation, RPA, SNOMED CT, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, Value Based Care

10 Tips to Optimize Medical Billing

June 2, 2024 / Alex J. Lau / Articles, Billing, Billing KPIs, Billing Outcomes, Billing Software, Billing Staff, Billing Technologies, Healthcare Billing, Medical Billing, Outsource Medical Billing, Outsourced Billing
Medical Billing Tips

Most practices are not losing revenue because they are billing the wrong services. They are losing it because of process breakdowns that are easy to overlook until the numbers start telling a different story. Denied claims that never get appealed. Patient balances that go uncollected because no one followed up. Coding errors that get resubmitted […]

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Billing, Billing KPIs, Billing Outcomes, Billing Software, Billing Staff, Billing Technologies, Healthcare Billing, Medical Billing, Outsource Medical billing

What Makes Mental Health Billing So Difficult?

October 24, 2020 / Alex J. Lau / Articles, Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Billing, Behavioral Health Codes, Behavioral Health Reimbursement, Billing, Billing Outcomes, Medical Billing, Mental Health Billing, Outsourced Billing, Outsourced Medical Billing
Mental Health (Billing), spelled out with scrabble letters

The healthcare industry is vast and complex, even more so for mental health providers. This is especially true when it comes to the mental health billing process. The variety in the types of services, the time, scope and restraints put on mental health treatments make the billing process quite demanding. If a patient visits his […]

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Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Billing, Behavioral Health Codes, Behavioral Health Reimbursement, Billing, Billing Outcomes, ICD-10, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Mental Health, Mental Health Billing, Outsource Medical billing, Outsourced Billing, Outsourced Medical Billing

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    Which CPT Codes are Used in Dermatology Billing?

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