Posts Tagged with Medical Billing
Apex is participating in the NC Medical Group Management Association’s Spring Conference, where this year the theme is “Facing the Future Together.” We’re honored to be part of the conference—both sharing ideas with and learning from NC MGMA members, which include single and multi-specialty groups, medical school clinics, management service organizations, independent practice associations, and physician-hospital organizations.
A Biller Direct Model for Medical BillingMost healthcare providers are seeing a rise in the fraction of their revenue paid directly by patients rather than through insurance claims. As a result, common revenue-cycle challenges include higher levels of accounts receivable and average days outstanding.
Healthcare Billing Statements…Coding Plus Communication!At Apex, part of our mission is to support billing experts adapt their knowledge for the specific purpose of clear communication to patients. Coding is critical but not sufficient to help self-pay patients understand their statements. After all, patients don’t hold coding credentials! Our design center helps hospitals and clinics find the ideal presentation of data to answer patient questions before they’re even asked. The result is faster payments, since patients are less likely to set aside bills they fully understand. In addition, clear communication can result in lower billing-related incoming call volume to your administrative staff.
Apex Helping NACHA to Evaluate QR Codes for Mobile PaymentsApex is participating in a current project that brings together industry representatives to help establish standards for QR codes in billing and payment models.
Apex’s mySuite Wins Xplor International’s Application of the Year AwardToday Xplor International, The Electronic Document Systems Association, awarded Apex with its Application of the Year Award recognizing Apex’s mySuite® platform. Skip Henk, president and CEO of Xplor International, presented the award at the 2013 Xplor User Conference & Vendor Forum in St. Pete Beach, FL. Apex was acknowledged among a diverse group of entrants from multiple industries. Apex’s Director of Application Development, Tony Fenner, accepted the award on Apex’s behalf.
Online Billing Solutions in the Healthcare Industry as the USPS Reverses Its PlansToday the United States Postal Service announced that, for now, it will not end Saturday mail delivery after all. In February, the USPS announced cost-savings plans that would have been implemented late this summer, in which only parcels deliveries to P.O. Boxes would be made on Saturdays. Today, the USPS announced that language included in a stopgap budget passed by Congress to fund government operations means six-day delivery must continue. Congress’s budget calls for “six-day delivery,” though Rep. Darrell Issa of California said, in angry response to today’s announcement, that in his view parcel delivery would have qualified under the law.
Payment Portals Can Improve Self-Pay Collections and Support Meaningful UseIncreased electronic engagement between healthcare providers and patients provides significant opportunities for improving revenue cycle metrics and encouraging patients to access EHRs.
Cloud-Based Communications…“Faxing” Healthcare Records and “Mailing” Patient StatementsCloud-based software services are bringing together the possibility for secure communications and document distributions that replace many different manual (and printed) processes.
Apex at AMGA 2013 in OrlandoApex at AMGA 2013 in Orlando From March 14-16 in Orlando, Apex is exhibiting at the national conference of the American Group Medical Association. AMGA is a national organization of representatives from medical groups and organized systems of care, including some of the nation’s largest, most prestigious integrated healthcare delivery systems. On its website, AMGA [...]
AMGA 2013 Annual Conference – March 14-16Apex will share statement and payment processing solutions with attendees of the AMGA 2013 Annual Conference.
