Blogs

It’s hard enough that oncology practices are continuously fighting the battle of uncovering payer underpayments. But oftentimes, practices don’t realize they are cutting themselves short by billing less than the payer’s allowed amount for a service or are missing billing for services provided, which leads to losing out on significant

When it comes to collecting insurance reimbursement, the rules are not in your favor, but the exceptions can be. Because payers use change, complexity, and ambiguity to their advantage, effective oncology practice managers have learned to actively manage their fee schedules and judiciously renegotiate their insurance payer contracts whenever possible

You’ve gotten your referral, you’ve seen your patient, dictation and documentation are in place. The claim is accepted, and payment has been received. Smooth sailing, right? Maybe.  Electronic payment remittance and automated postings promise a world of synchronized cash collections in as close to real time as possible. Most of

There’s no getting around it: every oncology practice is being underpaid. Unfortunately, underpayments are commonplace throughout the industry, no matter the size or specialization of a particular practice. The reasons, which we will get into below, are complex and not every contributing factor occurs with the same frequency, but the