News Updates

Our medical billing webinar series is designed to teach you the most important aspects of medical billing: diagnosis codes, procedure codes, preauthorizations, and the CMS claim form. Even the most seasoned dental biller can find billing medical insurance to be daunting at first! Let us teach you during our interactive webinars. You have the opportunity to ask questions during the webinar so that you don’t get lost AND 30 days after each session to watch it as many times as you need! If you are unable to participate on the day of the webinar, register anyway.

The CEO of a telemedicine company has pleaded guilty for his role in one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes the feds have ever investigated. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against 24 telemedicine executives, medical device company executives and physicians in April alleging the defendants were involved in a “complex, multi-layered scheme” to defraud Medicare, with losses totaling $1.2 billion. 

CMS-1500 Claim Form Step-by-Step Instructions

Dental carriers now require that any service that COULD be payable by any medical carrier, including Medicare; be submitted to the medical insurance first. Dental offices who have NEVER had to consider billing medical insurance are faced with the prospect of either being able to bill medical (correctly) or telling their patients that they will not assist them in getting the benefits, and possibly care, they deserve.

The Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act (PIMA) or HR 2143, has been introduced to Congress that seeks to update Medicare policies by preventing self-referrals related to advanced imaging services, radiation therapy, anatomic pathology and physical therapy.

The new legislation has been designed to have a direct impact on the services provided by physicians who self-refer for the performance of certain designated health services. If passed, PIMA would provide for increased penalties for Stark law violations involving the specified non-ancillary services.