MMP’s depth of expertise greatly benefits our clients, and we would like to share with you some of that industry knowledge in the white papers listed below.

Most radiology practices readily admit that charge reconciliation is an important process to perform in order to prevent lost charges for services provided. Many practices may not be aware that even small miss rate percentages of charges can result in large amounts of revenue loss. If implemented and maintained, charge reconciliation allows radiology practices to improve weaknesses in the process of routing charges from the hospital system to the practice’s billing system and in turn reduce risks in lost revenue.
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A growing number of radiology groups are hiring radiology assistants (RAs) to provide key support to physicians and to enhance patient care. These "super-techs" possess advanced training that allows them to perform not only technical imaging services, but also other functions across the practice.

Yet because the RA profession is relatively new, much confusion surrounds what radiology assistants are and are not qualified to do. In addition, widespread uncertainty exists about whether, and to what extent, practices can be reimbursed for the work performed by RAs.
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In the past, many radiology groups didn’t give much thought to their revenue cycle. They assumed that low A/R days and a high net collection percentage accurately reflected a healthy billing process. And if a denied claim fell below a specific dollar threshold, they simply
wrote it off.

But as reimbursements continue to decrease and payor regulations multiply, radiology groups are finding themselves scrambling to adapt to an increasingly harsh economic environment. In today’s market, only those groups that take every available step to ensure that they’re being paid fully and promptly for services rendered can hope to prosper in the long run.
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Hit with improper provider payments that totaled nearly $11 billion in 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is fighting back with an aggressive new program designed to root out fraud, waste and abuse at virtually every level of the Medicare program.

Known as the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors Program (RAC), the initiative marks a major shift in the way CMS pursues improper provider payments. In the past, Medicare audits have been conducted primarily by fiscal intermediaries or CMS Part B Carriers. With the RACs, however, independent contractors have been enlisted to ferret out improper payments in exchange for a percentage of the dollars recovered.
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Free-standing imaging centers scrambling to adjust to deep Medicare cuts triggered by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) now face a new and even more ominous threat: Commercial carriers are beginning to follow the federal government’s lead and tie imaging payments to the reduced Medicare rates. Although private sector adoption of the lower Medicare rates is not entirely unexpected, given Medicare’s influence in establishing reimbursement levels nationwide, some observers are alarmed by the speed at which carriers are moving to the Medicare pricing.
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Teleradiology has emerged as a potent force in the U.S. health system over the past decade. The ability to transmit digital radiographic images for remote interpretation has helped reduce the on-call workload of hospital-based radiologists, eased the radiologist shortage and delivered powerful new expertise and capacity to rural and understaffed practices around the country.
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Physician groups often find it difficult to carve out time for long-term strategic planning amid the relentless demands and frequent turbulence of day-to-day operations. Yet stepping back to develop solid business objectives has never been more important for medical groups.
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