It’s Time to Pay Up! Medicare Accelerated Payment Recoupment to Begin A Whole Year! It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year since we first were introduced to the terms COVID-19 and the word Pandemic became part of our everyday dialogue. But here we are, one-year later, and the time has come to repay […]
Succession Planning: Why Bother? By Ed Marasco, MPM, CMTE, EMT-P (Ret.)* Long In The Tooth And Short On Plans EMS is a relatively young profession and some of the challenges faced by our community today are “old world problems” for many of our peers around the healthcare and public safety sectors. As the early leaders […]
The Tale of Two Studies…and…COVID-19 Gesundheit! At this very moment, 365 days ago, if you would have looked at me and said “COVID-19”, I’d have said “gesundheit!” and handed you a tissue to wipe your nose. No pun intended (well maybe a little pun), but who in the world would have dared to guess that […]
ALERT: Georgia Passes State Legislation on Surprise Medical Bills and Balance Billing by Adam Patterson, CADS As discussed in previous articles, “Surprise Medical Bills” and “Balance Billing” have been recent hot topics. The U.S. House and Senate leaders recently passed legislation that would alter commercial insurance billing practices nationally. Georgia became one of many states […]
ALERT: Proposed Legislation on Surprise Medical Bills and Balance Billing There has been a lot of talk about “Surprise Medical Bills” and “Balance Billing” in the news over the last few years. While the matter is a broader health care delivery issue, there has been a great deal of consternation about the impact of balanced […]
The Transfer of Power and the Implications for EMS The Election is Over: Now What? Election Day 2020 has come and gone. While the matter is not completely settled in all the races around the country, it seems that we know a few things about the balance of political power in Washington, DC. Leadership in […]
Medicare Appeals By Kellie Mattos, C.A.C. How to be a WINNER with Medicare appeals. Medicare appeals can be time-consuming and tedious with, frequently, no positive outcome for your effort. Today I am going to talk about the importance of appeals and how to win them! Anatomy of an Appeal- Time Consuming and Tedious When a […]
AIF Announced for Calendar Year 2021 Christmas-like Anticipation Do you remember what it was like when you were a kid and Christmas was right around the corner? You probably couldn’t wait for the big day when Santa would bring you that awesome new bicycle, video game or Barbie doll, right? Well, if you’re an ambulance […]
Revised Repayment Terms for COVID Accelerated and Advance Medicare Payments A few months ago… When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency was announced in Washington, DC and quarantine at home orders led to the unprecedented nearly complete shuttering of America, the Federal Government gave healthcare providers and suppliers the opportunity to receive accelerated and advance payments […]
Claim Rejections vs. Claim Denials ─ What’s the Difference? Claims Errors The healthcare billing industry has seen its ups and downs over the years – but one would surely think that advances in billing technology would have made claim errors a rare occurrence. Think again! The industry still experiences an 80% error rate! According to […]
