Articles, tagged with "medicare medicaid", page 7
19th February 2007
Seventy seven million (77,000,000) middle class aging baby boomers are going to rely on Medicare as their default long-term health care policy. The Cato Institute estimates that $60 trillions of Medicare is an unfunded, unaccounted for obligation.*
The...
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Author:
Rocco Beatrice
18th January 2007
Protecting assets from nursing home costs is the latest challenge for seniors where government is demanding an uncapped spent down of their asset if one of them falls victim to a nursing home.
Canada and some other countries offer this benefit as part ...
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Author:
Rocco Beatrice
16th June 2006
How do you know when it's time to find a nursing home for your loved one? This is the hardest and easiest of questions to answer or so it would seem. Let me explain. There are primarily two approaches to requiring nursing home care.
Approach Number One...
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Author:
Kenneth Strong
09th May 2006
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA, which was enacted by the US Congress in 1996, has introduced to sweeping changes in health care administration and information systems. HIPAA is a federal law that has been amended to the I...
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Mansi Gupta
24th April 2006
As commercial lines of credit and business loans get harder and harder to qualify for, many medium and small medical practices and healthcare businesses are turning to medical factoring to help alleviate their slow cash flow.
Although many medical prac...
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Author:
Marco Terry
20th April 2006
Most healthcare businesses have to wait between 15 to 150 days to get claims paid by private insurance, Medicare/Medicaid and HMOs. Although most payments are made in 15 to 45 days, a simple change in billing codes or a request for additional documentatio...
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Author:
Marco Terry
06th April 2006
Acupuncture is the insertion of hair-thin needles into specific points on the body to prevent or treat illness. It's one component of Traditional Chinese Medicine, an integrated system that's been used in china for more than 2000 years.
Which points ar...
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Author:
Douglas Adams
01st April 2006
Hurry up and wait. If you own a pharmacy that is billing private insurance companies, HMO's and Medicare/Medicaid you know the meaning of that phrase very well. Hurry up and wait is what happens after you submit client claims for payment. You wait 30, 60 ...
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Author:
Marco Terry
22nd March 2006
Copyright 2006 Michael V. Gruber, MPH
A nurse in many cases holds a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). The implications of an RN receiving an MSN go beyond patient care. Their education in leadership, research, and understanding the current political ...
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Author:
Kristin Royce
21st March 2006
Owning a healthcare business or practice can be very profitable and very challenging at the same time. Having to wait up to 90 days to get paid by insurance companies, HMOs and Medicare/Medicaid can wreak havoc on your company's cash flow. This problem ca...
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Author:
Marco Terry
06th March 2006
Medical supply companies in general are very profitable enterprises. However, most medical supply companies operate on a very tight cash flow. Unfortunately, the challenging billing procedures and slow payment cycles of insurance companies, HMOs and Medic...
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Author:
Marco Terry
19th February 2006
There are few bigger pains for healthcare industry professionals than having to wait 30, 60 or even 120 days to collect payments from insurance companies, HMOs and Medicare/Medicaid. The healthcare industry is riddled with complex billing, coding and proc...
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Author:
Marco Terry
14th February 2006
Regardless of what industry pundits say, opening a medical practice can be both very rewarding and very lucrative. Of course, as with any business, medical offices have their own specific financial challenges. One of the biggest challenges for medical pra...
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Author:
Marco Terry
02nd February 2006
Although many experts speak of gloom and doom in the medical industry, the fact is that this industry keeps growing by leaps and bounds. Every year, the demand for medical services, medical testing (e.g. MRI Centers, Testing Centers, etc) and medical supp...
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Author:
Marco Terry
05th December 2005
As gold topped $500, the news became front-page across the country, and radio and TV financial programs led off talking about the price of gold. Invariably, all noted that gold had reached nearly a two-decade high. Yet it is doubtful any of the reporters ...
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Author:
Bill Haynes
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