Tag: Medical Billing

If you bill insurance at your practice, you already know submitting claims isn't as simple as emailing an invoice to Blue Cross or Aetna. Between your clinic’s practice management software and the payer’s claims adjudicator sits an essential middleman: the medical billing clearinghouse. Understanding what a clearinghouse does and why claims get stopped there, is […]

Running an integrative practice usually means balancing clinical needs with commercial realities. You want to focus on guiding patients toward recovery, but if your clinic accepts insurance, your clinical work is only half the equation. The other half is the administrative rigor that keeps your practice viable. Holistic healthcare including, acupuncture, medical massage, and integrative […]

As you know, there are countless healthcare KPIs (key performance indicators) to review, to monitor over time, and to create goals for improving. We know that the process of pulling reports on so many different KPIs can be overwhelming and confusing, which ultimately makes the process ineffective. That’s why we love to write various articles […]

In the enduring fight to reduce the severity of opioid addiction, traditional and holistic approaches continue to overlap and present alternative methods for treating chronic ailments and improving mental health. One significant treatment that is a proven opioid alternative is acupuncture. Acupuncture has its origins in traditional Chinese medicine and recent studies over the last […]

Unfortunately, many holistic practices simply let their accounts receivable (A/R) metric to be a black box of misunderstanding, when in reality, it’s one of the most important numbers to know when gaining an overview of your practice’s financial standing.  This figure indicates the financial health of your practice, which is essential to know when making […]

If your holistic practice’s billing staff isn’t diligent with billing practices, mistakes such as upcoding, downcoding, and inaccurate information can go undetected until it’s too late. This can lead to a high number of rejected claims and ultimately impact your practice’s clean claims rate. Ensuring accurate billing and coding can protect your holistic practice from […]

HBS recognizes the critical role billing plays in running a profitable holistic practice. We also acknowledge the profound impact billing errors, rejected claims, and clunky processing can have on your revenue cycle. To help you avoid common billing errors, here are some best practices for the most accurate medical billing process possible. How Inaccurate Coding […]

Medical billing and coding are essential to the modern healthcare landscape. As more holistic practices are being credentialed by insurance companies, optimizing the medical billing process is essential for success and growth. Unfortunately, many holistic providers may find the medical billing and coding process overwhelming. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be! […]

More Americans than ever before are turning away from conventional medicine and embracing holistic healthcare. Whether it’s to alleviate chronic pain, reduce stress, or for other benefits, studies are showing that more people are trading in their conventional doctors for holistic practitioners, or complimenting their conventional care with holistic therapies.   In a survey of more than 89,000 […]

Chiropractic CPT codes are some of the most important components of the insurance billing process. Accurate chiropractic insurance billing is essential for your practice’s revenue cycle management, but errors can cause costly denials and delays. As a billing company focused on holistic healthcare providers, Holistic Billing has the answers to many of the most common […]

As an insurance billing company, Holistic Billing has new providers contacting us daily about how to start medical billing. The first step is to apply for NPI (National Provider Identifier) number otherwise known as your NPI number. However, many holistic practices are unaware of how to apply for an NPI.  Luckily, the application process for getting an NPI number […]

While a medical record audit is a lengthy process, it’s a necessary one to ensure your practice is as efficient, organized, and profitable as possible. Clinical documentation in medical records is crucial to delivering the most accurate care to patients, and disorganized medical records can easily hinder this. With medical record auditing, your holistic practice […]