BILLING: Avoid These 2 Pitfalls When Trying to Maximize Income

Why This Topic Matters

Billing policy errors and diagnosis reporting mistakes can create compliance problems, payment delays, and avoidable revenue loss. Understanding the article’s scope helps practices evaluate whether its guidance is relevant to their collections processes and coding workflows.

Article Sections

1. Pitfall 1: Charging Medicare patients a statement fee

   Discusses patient billing and collection practices in the context of Medicare and private payer policies. It covers broad considerations around late-payment charges, written financial policies, and collection alternatives.

2. Pitfall 2: Listing diagnoses that will get the claim paid

   Addresses diagnosis reporting and chart-based coding when multiple conditions are documented. It also touches on general sequencing considerations for billing different types of services.