What’s In Your Wallet?
The ACA, declining and slow reimbursement, billing and coding challenges including the ICD-10 transition, ongoing changes in the healthcare landscape, new payment methodologies, etc. are all obstacles (and in some cases, opportunities!) that EVERY physician and healthcare organization is facing.nnAdvanced Medical Revenue Specialists (AMRS) is your complete Revenue Management Service and a leading provider of Billing, Coding and Revenue Cycle Management services for practices across the country. AMRS can increase your revenue and provide unique expertise, knowledge, and experience in the healthcare arena. AMRS provides complete revenue management for the following specialties:n
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- Orthopedics including Spine
- OB/GYN
- Neurosurgery
- General Surgery
- Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology
- Ophthalmology including General, Surgical including refractive surgery, Retina, Cataracts, Cornea, and Oculoplastics – WE HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN CODING, BILLING, A/R and REVENUE MANAGEMENT for Ophthalmologic practices! We know the tricks of the trade!
- Dermatology
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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nAMRS is not just another medical billing service! AMRS’ services encompass the entire revenue cycle management for your practice! Let AMRS simplify your practice and deliver the financial results you deserve!n
Coding Services – Maximize Revenue on the Services You Provide!
nWe provide complete coding services including CPT, ICD-9, and HCPCS assignment, surgical coding, coding and documentation audits, and provider training. We also provide ICD-10 Training for Physicians, Hospitals and Staff!n
Payer Relationship Management – Managed Care Contracting and Credentialing Services:
nIn the ever-changing managed care world, with new lines of business, new amendments and new payment methodologies frequently hitting your desk, it is crucial to have knowledge and information at all times. Like the game of chess, in order to be successful you need to plan ahead and make strategic decisions. We provide complete independent research and strategic assistance with managed care contracting issues.nnFailure to stay on top of provider credentialing requirements, incomplete applications, or a failure to respond to requests can create a domino effect of negative actions including disruptions in your cash flow, claims denials, and improper reimbursement that your practice simply cannot afford. Our dedicated credentialing department will keep your providers and practice on track!n
What Makes AMRS Unique:
nWe are a Complete Revenue Service – we understand the nuts and bolts of all reimbursement issues!nnFlexible to Meet YOUR Needs! We work off multiple billing and EMR systems and will create a custom arrangement that fits your practice perfectly!nnCPC’s and AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS on staff! More than 50% of our staff are Certified Coders to help ensure your charges and payments are maximized!nnComplete Management of the Landscape of Healthcare! Our healthcare knowledge is full-circle. We will be your partner in strategy, growth, and development!nnWant increased revenue and profitability? What’s in your wallet?n
The transition to ICD-10 will cost healthcare organizations and providers in a number of ways, not just in dollars and cents.nn“The cost is not necessarily in dollars,” says Sandra Macica, MS, RHIA, CCS, ROCC, product specialist for the Revenue Cycle, Coding and Compliance at MC Strategies, a segment of Elsevier. “It’s cost of time, too. Some of our clients over a year ago mapped out three hours of training a week, starting over a year ago. It’s not real dollars per se, but it’s the time that they’re having to take away from the job that they already have to do in order to learn the new coding.”nnThat’s not to say that financial resources are any less significant in terms of the cost associated with moving to ICD-10. Costs can escalate if it is determined that staff requires different forms of education. Limited budgets can easily become strained.nn“Learners don’t always learn one best way,” Macica explains. “Some people want online learning because then everyone has access to it, and other folks still want another component where they have actual live training with the speaker in front of the students, or combinations such.”nnWhile it’s common to look at leading healthcare organizations for examples of best practices, it’s not necessarily possible for other healthcare organizations and providers to follow their models.nnTake, for instance, one hospital that Macica is working with which is in the process of implementing dual coding.nn“They feel it’s necessary and certainly that would put them way more ahead of anyone else,” she observes. “But that surely is going to take a whole lot more time, and it might only be where they do a couple records or maybe want to date or just a few a week. At least they’re starting it. I don’t know what the investment in that is, but it certainly seems like a huge one.”nnIn the end, those required to be complaint with ICD-10 by Oct. 1, 2014, need to use whatever resources they have to get their affected staff some form of hands-on training. “Without actually working with it — you can read books you can listen to people talk and you can do lessons — but until you actually try to do it yourself (those were actual workers in the trenches), that’s where you see where you’re going to run into your issues,” argues Macica.nnAccording to Macica, that’s where you get to the heart of the matter. ICD-10 is a new experience for the industry. There is no history lesson to turn to. In this end, it comes down to be practical. “That’s not there right now, those support systems, so you just have to rely on commonsense sometimes,” she says.nnSource: www.ehrintelligence.com; Kyle Murphy, September 26, 2013.nn
CHIEF ICD-10 Implementation Plan: 5 Steps to Success!( for Physicians and Outpatient Coding)
S02.2XXA – Fracture of nasal bones, initial encounter for closed fracturennW18.39XA – Other fall on same level, initial encounternnY93.B2 – Activity, push-ups, pull-ups, sit-upsnnY92.39 – Other specified sports and athletic area as the place of occurrence of the external causennY99.8 – Other external cause statusnnIn preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, Welter Healthcare Partners presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our goal is to familiarize you with the new and expanded code set and the additional clinical documentation needed from your providers to comply with ICD-10 coding, and more importantly, for accurate and clean claims submission to keep your revenue stream flowing! We are to help YOU prepare for the October 1, 2014 implementation date. Please don’t hesitate to 
ICD-10 Training – List of Medical Specialties:
S92.411A — Displaced fracture of proximal phalanx of right great toe, initial encounter for closed fracturennW20.8XXA — Other cause of strike by thrown, projected or falling object, initial encounternnY93.E6 — Activity, residential relocationnnY92.014 — Private driveway to single-family (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external causennIn preparation for the upcoming deadline for ICD-10 implementation, Welter Healthcare Partners presents weekly ICD-10 Codes of the Week! Our goal is to familiarize you with the new and expanded code set and the additional clinical documentation needed from your providers to comply with ICD-10 coding, and more importantly, for accurate and clean claims submission to keep your revenue stream flowing! We are to help YOU prepare for the October 1, 2014 implementation date. Please don’t hesitate to 
Todd Welter laughs about it now. When first approached about offering his “Fundamentals of Managed Care” course online for students in Regis’ Division of Health Services Administration, he admits he was resistant.nn”Back then – it seems kind of silly nowadays – I thought teaching online was just a fad,” said Welter, an affiliate faculty member. “It’s amazing how fast that has taken off.”nnNow more than 10 years into teaching his signature course and more than 75 percent of that time teaching it online, he can’t imagine it any other way.nnWelter’s teaching philosophy is simple: Engage online students no differently than those in a campus-based class. He maintains regular contact by jumping online frequently throughout the day, responding promptly to questions and making himself available away from the computer – whether by phone or even in-person to work through material face to face.nnClass discussions are still energetic. Personal attention is still a focal point. And everyone, Welter included, comes away from each session learning something new.nnStudents also gain the benefit of his more than 25 years of health care industry experience. He is president and founder of Welter Healthcare Partners, Inc., which works with providers, hospitals, public health agencies and other facilities around the world on the business side of health care. Welter, who earned a Master of Science in Organization Leadership and Management, credits his own Regis education with helping him see the big picture, think outside the box and find solutions. Those skills are what give Regis graduates an edge in the job market and help them excel in a field that is exploding with opportunity, including the ability to join in efforts to move health care forward, he said.nn”I am part of changing health care,” he said. “And I want to drag students into it. I want to tell them, ‘Get in the storm and be part of the change.'”nn