Friday Tactical Reimbursement Strategies

If you code correctly and your business office doesn’t function perfectly you won’t be paid optimally! The option of an otolaryngologist working harder or longer to make up for reimbursement cuts is over. Ninety percent are running at full capacity now.

• Institute Effective Financial Benchmarking
  For the efficient otolaryngologist—here are the reports you need to look at with an explanation of why these are the keystones. Gain valuable insights about benchmarking your own practice.
  
  
• Diagnosing the Ruts in Your Revenue Cycle
  You’ll see what you can do from the first phone call to registration to the appointment and after. Does your encounter form measure up? Is charge capture timely and accurate? We’ll provide a review of errors we frequently see.
  
  
• Lower Your AR by Effective Tactics—not Write-offs!
  
  
• Reduce the Risk of Audits from Health Plans and Medicare
  Find out if you are a likely target of take-backs, withholds, and/or refunds.
  
  
• Improve Non-physician Provider Billing
  We make complex rules simple.
  
  
• NEW! Running an Efficient Out-of-Network Scheduling and Collection System
  If you have opted out of plans or are thinking about doing so, attendance is mandatory. We will show you how to avoid the most often made mistakes–what the ideal process is and how to get paid!
  
  
• Detecting Insurance Under-payments and Improving Appeals
  Don’t be a victim! Insurance companies count on medical practices NOT reading their EOBs and NOT vigorously appealing based on facts.
  
  As a bonus, you will receive fresh appeal letters and some proven favorites—free downloads for course attendees.
  
  
• Avoid Frustration: Build a Better Team; Avoid Inertia and Achieve Results
  Tired of “nothing happening?” So many physicians are discouraged by a lack of real improvement due to a lack of implementation. Use our practical, tactical, trackable approach to getting things done in your office.

As a result of this course participants will:

• Diagnose ruts in the revenue cycle in their office.

• Institute effective financial benchmarking.

• Detect insurance underpayments and improve appeals.

• Avoid inertia and achieve more staff productivity.