Time to verify your patients' eligibility and benefits for 2018 With the new year soon upon us, physicians are urged to be diligent in verifying patients' eligibility and benefits to ensure they will be paid for services rendered. The beginning of a new year also means that both calendar year deductibles and visit frequency limitations reset. And, with open enrollment, patients may even be covered by a new payor. The new year also brings a host of other challenges that could affect your ability to be paid: On January 1, 2018, Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) will ... December 28, 2017 General Running a Practice, Eligibility 0 0 Comment Read More »
Time to verify your patients' eligibility and benefits for 2017 The beginning of a new year brings with it changes to your patients’ eligibility and benefits. Physicians are urged to be diligent in verifying each patient’s eligibility and benefits to ensure they will be paid for services rendered. The beginning of a new year also means that both calendar year deductibles and visit frequency limitations reset. And, with open enrollment, patients may even be covered by a new payor. Don’t get stuck with unnecessary denials or an upset patient. Do your homework before the patient arrives by obtaining updated ... December 21, 2016 General, Managed Care, Medi-Cal, Medicare Running a Practice, Eligibility 0 0 Comment Read More »
Why it's important to verify your patients' eligibility and benefits for 2016 With the new year soon upon us, physicians are urged to be diligent in verifying patients' eligibility and benefits to ensure they will be paid for services rendered. The beginning of a new year means calendar year deductibles and visit frequency limitations reset. With open enrollment there may also be changes to patients’ benefit plans, or patients may even be covered by a new payor. The new year also brings a host of other challenges that could affect your ability to be paid: Medicare patients can modify ... December 7, 2015 Managed Care Eligibility, Covered California, United Healthcare 0 0 Comment Read More »
