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The One Source Medical Billing blog section provides informative articles relating to the medical billing field. This section is administered and maintained to offer information and suggestions from the experts at One Source Medical Billing. Our mission is to inform and educate you with the latest developments in the Medical Billing field.

Physician Fee Schedule Policy Changes: Lookup Medicare PFS Proposed Rule

November 28th, 2023

The Medicare physician fee schedule dictates how services rendered by healthcare providers are compensated under the Medicare program for their services.  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid regularly update the physician fee schedule to align with technological changes and concurrent transformations within the healthcare industry.  Some exciting transformations are awaiting the healthcare landscape in the upcoming […]

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Patient Demographics Documentation Guidelines

November 27th, 2023

When a patient enters a healthcare facility to acquire treatment, one of the first things the staff does is collect the patient’s information. That information is called patient demographics. Sounds straightforward enough, right? Only patient demographics have much more depth to it than just supporting physicians in providing high-quality care.  Patient demographics serve a multifaceted […]

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A Comprehensive Guide to Telehealth Billing 2023

October 27th, 2023

COVID-19 has brought multiple changes into our daily lives; one of those changes is a growing number of people opting for telehealth. Compared to 2019, when only 10% of people actively acquired telehealth services, a recent survey shows that approximately 52% of adults use telemedicine. Post-pandemic, there was a surge in demand for telehealth services because many […]

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Medical Coding Audits: What You Need to Know to Stay Compliant

October 23rd, 2023

Effective management of healthcare information is incomplete without medical coding. Coding audits are a critical practice performed by a clinical coding auditor to ensure the practice has proper procedures set in place to achieve medical coding compliance.  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recommend healthcare organizations obtain an […]

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Latest Changes and Updates In Healthcare Billing Regulations 2023

October 13th, 2023

In 2023, similar to previous years, medical billing and coding regulations have been updated. While some of these 2023 medical billing updates are easy to accommodate, others have been reported to need to be more precise and more manageable for healthcare workers.   Even the smallest updates, like the changes with the QPP (Medicare’s Quality […]

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What Is Claim Adjudication? A Critical Phrase In Medical Billing

October 10th, 2023

The process of submitting a patient’s claim to their insurance provider and receiving reimbursement after the provider performs a manual review of it may appear straightforward, but it’s not that simple. There’s significant information, billing codes, clinical data, and much more involved in the claims submission process that makes it complicated. Every medical claim, whether […]

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