How Incorrect Diagnosis Coding Affects Cardiology Reimbursement
A cardiology practice can provide medically necessary care, document the encounter, submit a claim on time, and still experience a reimbursement problem because the diagnosis code does not accurately communicate the patient’s condition or reason for the service. That problem can appear as a medical-necessity denial, claim rejection, payment delay, documentation request, corrected claim, appeal, […]
Why Cardiology Practices Lose Revenue on Unpaid Procedures
Performing a procedure is not the same as getting paid for it. That distinction sounds obvious stated plainly, but it is exactly where cardiology practices lose the most revenue, quietly, procedure by procedure, without anyone noticing until the financial impact is impossible to ignore. Revenue disappears when a cardiology procedure claim is denied, rejected, underpaid, […]
