Coding and Billing

Coding Insights: Tips to Enhance Practice Cash Flow

ROB Professional Editors Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD, and Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, share their insights of how to ensure accurate coding that results in swift, high reimbursement.

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  Code Correctly to Eliminate Costly Losses

  By Maria Sampalis, ODImproper coding is one of the top ways practices lose money. Here are four key steps to ensuring hard-earned...

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  Rejected Claims: Understand Why It Happened and Ensure Future Payments

  By Eric Botts, ODWhen claims are rejected, take steps to understand the reason for the denial and then ensure a similar denial...

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  Don’t Give Up: How to Retrieve Payment for Denied Claims

  By Eric Botts, ODWhen claims are denied, apply an effective strategy to retrieve payments. You don't have to immediately consider the reimbursement...

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  Coding Changes Coming in 2013: Are You Ready?

  By Charles B. Brownlow, ODCoding changes are coming in 2013. Here's an update and checklist of what you and your staff will...

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  Cataract Co-Management: Do You Know How to Code for It?

  By Eric Botts, ODCo-managing cataract patients is a major practice-building opportunity. Two keys: Form a clear agreement with surgeons, and effectively code...

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  Coding and Billing Key: Quality Record Keeping

  By Charles B. Brownlow, ODConsistent, quality record keeping streamlines your billing and coding process--and improves revenue flow. Here are practical steps to...

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  Use Your Practice Management System for Electronic Claim Filing

  By Lori Palmer, ODUtilize your practice management system to facilitate coding and billing. Then, to maximize this function, file your claims electronically.

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  Examination Coding Clarification: Medical vs. Non-Medical vs. Routine

  By Charles B. Brownlow, ODUnderstand the difference in coding between medical, non-medical and routine examinations--and train your staff to understand these differences...

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  Treating Ocular Trauma: Do You Know How to Code for It?

  By Eric Botts, ODKnowing how to treat patients with ocular trauma—and how to code and bill for it--expands your optometric services and...

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  Are You Running a Modern Billing Department? If Not, Here’s How

  By John W. McCormack, ODUse technology and third-party services to make insurance processing more efficient.

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  Code Correctly for External Ocular Infections

  By Eric Botts, ODTreating external ocular infections is a practice builder. Coding correctly and processing billing efficiently makes it profitable.

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  Make the Treatment of Ocular Allergies a Practice Profit Center

  By Eric Botts, ODOcular allergies affect millions of Americans—and you can treat their symptoms. Here’s how to code and bill correctly to...

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  Treat for Eye Health–and Code for Profitability

  By Eric Botts, ODMake treatment of glaucoma a practice-builder by successfully addressing patient eye health needs and using the appropriate insurance coding.

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  Six Steps to Separate Claim Filing Fact from Misconception

  By Sandra J. Durant, Certified ParaOptometric CoderMany ODs think they know insurance claim filing inside out, but VisionWeb has found otherwise. Here...

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  Know Your Billing and Coding: Dry Eye

  By Eric Botts, ODLearn easy billing and coding tips to make dry eye treatment a profitable part of your practice.

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  Effective Billing and Coding Can Generate Otherwise Lost Dollars

  By Eric Botts, ODHow much money are you leaving on the table due to inefficient billing and coding?  Plug a gaping revenue...

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  Four Key Steps toward Accurate Coding & Billing

   By Charles B. Brownlow, ODIncrease your confidence that you accurately code and bill--and that your staff does, too. Consistently performing four key...

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  Use EHR to Optimize Billing and Coding Process

   By Lorie Lippiatt, ODBy implementing electronic health record software in your practice, you can make the billing and coding process more efficient,...

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  Outsource HR and Billing to Improve Practice Quality and Efficiency

  By Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO Outsourcing your practice's human resources and billing can allow you to better focus on your role as...

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  How to Coordinate Medical and Vision Plan Billing

  By Tamara Kuhlmann, OD, FAAO, MS Training staff to code accurately for insurance reimbursement is critical to a practice's success with medical...

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  Help Us to Build a Coding and Billing Resource

  By Mark Wright, OD, FCOVDThe complexities of coding and billing are among the most common complaints heard in eyecare practices. But there are...