For The Love of Revenue Cycle

Today's episode is part 2 in a series in which Quiana Craig shares with us her journey in growing her company.  If you didn't catch part 1, press pause on this one and go back to listen.  If you have been thinking about starting your own company or are looking for ways to freshen up your current one, stay tuned and get some great tips from a pro. 

Are you feeling overwhelmed with how to properly create and submit an appeal.  Well, In this live Q&A we talked all about appeals.  Be sure to stay tuned to the end because there are a lot of great questions from the attendees.

Today we have a treat for you.  Quiana Craig will be hosting the podcast. She is a certified professional biller, licensed AAPC approved instructor and the owner of Express Medical Billing & Consulting.  Quiana reached out to me last summer to bolster my courage in starting the podcast.  She had so much belief that she agreed to be the first sponsor.  Words cannot express how much I have appreciat...

As the title suggests, today's episode is all about managing the revenue cycle.  I'll share with you the processes that I've used over my career to improve and maintain best practices and KPIs.  You might want to take notes on this one!  I will be sharing the various reports that I use and it might get tough to retain the details.  Let's get to it!

Have you ever been overwhelmed with denial management? Maybe you are responsible for a list of denied claims or maybe you are responsible for reducing the number of denials. In today's episode we will reduce the overwhelm by simplifying common denials by breaking them down into what they are, how they are caused, suggestions for resolution and best practice tips for prevention.

Have you ever been overwhelmed with denial management? Maybe you are responsible for a list of denied claims or maybe you are responsible for reducing the number of denials. In today's episode we will reduce the overwhelm by simplifying common denials by breaking them down into what they are, how they are caused, suggestions for resolution and best practice tips for prevention.

Have you ever been overwhelmed with denial management? Maybe you are responsible for a list of denied claims or maybe you are responsible for reducing the number of denials. In today's episode we will reduce the overwhelm by simplifying common denials by breaking them down into what they are, how they are caused, suggestions for resolution and best practice tips for prevention.

In this live Q&A we had a great conversation about difficulty resolving PTAN issues, emergent denials and is bundling a payment or coding issue.  There are also some big announcements.

Have you ever been overwhelmed with denial management? Maybe you are responsible for a list of denied claims or maybe you are responsible for reducing the number of denials.  In today's episode we will reduce the overwhelm by simplifying common denials by breaking them down into what they are, how they are caused, suggestions for resolution and best practice tips for prevention.

We had some great collaboration on today's live Q&A.  The attendees shared their struggles with being new to billing, billing and coding without a software and some great modifier questions.  Take a minute and listen!

Have you ever been overwhelmed with denial management? Maybe you are responsible for a list of denied claims or maybe you are responsible for reducing the number of denials.  In today's episode we will reduce the overwhelm by simplifying common denials by breaking them down into what they are, how they are caused, suggestions for resolution and best practice tips for prevention.

In today's Live Q&A we had a great discussion regarding operational challenges with the Good Faith Estimate as required by CMS' No Surprise Act.  We also discussed a challenge that Ashley is having with out of network denials on inpatient procedures stating non-emergent.  As referenced in the recording, Stephanie Thebarge and Ashley Szocinski can both be reached through LinkedIn.  If you are inter...

Hello friends and welcome to episode 10 of For the Love of Revenue Cycle.   Today's episode is a continuation of last week's episode in which my friend Georgi shared with us his experience in starting his own billing company.  This week he is going to share with us how to market a billing company.  The dos and don'ts that he learned firsthand.  If you are thinking about branching out on your own,...

I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to sharing this episode with you. We are taking a little break from our Nuts and Bolts series and will be hearing from a friend of mine.  I met him years ago when I was an officer of the AAPC Des Plaines Local Chapter.  I will let him introduce himself because he will do much better than I.  I'm really looking forward to hearing him tell his stor...

In today's live Q&A we discuss some tips to be on the lookout for when sharing and receiving resources on social media, articles, webinars, documents, etc.  

Hello friends and welcome to episode 9 of For the Love of Revenue Cycle.   I am so excited to be back here again with you.  I would like to thank you for tuning back in and I want to give a big welcome to our new listeners.   This episode is the first segment of part 6 in a 7-part series on the Nuts and Bolts of Revenue Cycle.  Due to the amount of content regarding denials, I decided to split par...

In this live Q&A, we discuss in more detail some of the topics that Elisa Garn and I discussed in the most recent episode.  We talked about how to create positivie work environments and how to effectively work with direct reports that we may not see eye-to-eye with. Finally, we discussed the advantages of managing teams with a more "human" approach then "employee" approach.

I am so thrilled that Elisa Garn was willing to share her expertise in human resources and recruiting with us today.  I hope that you find this conversation as interesting and helpful as I did. I learned so much!  Before we get started, let me tell you a little bit about Elisa. Elisa has 15+ years of experience with HR, with an expertise in modern, progressive and human-centric strategy. She speci...

In this Q&A we discussed the No Surprise Bill Act.

Hello friends and welcome to episode 7 of For the Love of Revenue Cycle.   I am so excited to be back here again with you.  I would like to thank you for tuning back in and I want to give a big welcome to our new listeners.   I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to sharing this episode with you. We are taking a little break from our Nuts and Bolts series and hosting our first subjec...

In today's Q&A we discuss handling denials, credits and patient balance.

Hello friends and welcome to part 2 of episode 6 of For the Love of Revenue Cycle.   I am so excited to be back here again with you and welcome to our new listeners.   This episode is a continuation of episode 6 in which we discuss AR followup in our series on the Nuts and Bolts of Revenue Cycle. AR followup is kind of our intro into the big one about denial management.  For those of you who may j...

Today's scheduled Q&A did not actually take place because of a power outage in my area.  This recorded episode is the planned topic for that day and it is a sneak peek into the top denials.  I dive into COB and duplicate denials.

Hello friends and welcome to episode 6 of For the Love of Revenue Cycle.   I am so excited to be back here again with you and welcome to our new listeners.   This episode about AR followup is another part of our series on the Nuts and Bolts of Revenue Cycle and it will be a little different because it will be split into 2 parts. AR Followup is kind of our intro into the big one about denial manage...

In this Q&A we started off with a great conversation regarding 2022 coding updates and the best practice for distributing this information within an organization. Then we talked about the Medicare surprise billing ruling.  Here is a link to more information on CMS website.  We finished our call by talking about coding departments that are responsible for helping denials.