Wound care has acquired a new significance as a healthcare discipline and due to a growing aging population in the US; a sizable portion suffer from ailments that expose them to the risk of wounds that require protracted wound care treatment.
2. About Us
MBC has a long experience in streamlining medical billing for physicians
across US. The team is highly proficient in ensuring an error free billing
process for Wound Care. Our services have benefitted all our clients who
had been experiencing persistent denials and a decrease in cash flow.
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Significant knowledge of issues affecting
Wound Care billing with apt solutions
Cost effective billing services by driving higher
collections through better systems
Maximized revenue
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3. Understanding Wound Care Billing
Wound Care billing involves a thorough review of the medical record of the
patient that includes wound dimensions, chronic diseases, procedures
offered to manage the wound, follow-up, first visit, photographs of the
wound, wound progress etc.
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Avoid basic confusion with the meaning of
Wound Care
Wound Care involves not only treatment but
also evaluation and treatment
Added codes with respect to wound
dimensions of debrided area should be
considered and not confused with the
dimensions of the entire wound
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4. Challenges facing Wound Care Billing
An understanding of the various challenges revolving Wound Care billing
helps in avoiding the same in the future. Challenges are replete that affect
reimbursements, although analyzing reasons for these can have an
improved practice.
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Inappropriate use if modifier 25
Lack of accuracy in documenting wound
dimensions
Lack of understanding between selective and
non-selective debridement
Coding wound dressing as separate from an
E/M service
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5. Ways to ensure better reimbursement
Given the sea of challenges affecting reimbursement for Wound Care, it
becomes imperative to do all that it takes to ensure more efforts into
reducing errors and increasing reimbursement.
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Know what your billing process lacks- expertise,
updated knowledge, latest software
Analyzing underlying issues causing denied
claims
Rechecking claims prior to filing, confirming
details
Team dedicated for follow up on unpaid claims
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