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Why Should I Consider Outsourcing My Medical Billing & Coding?

Time is money!  Most practices lack resources and time necessary to ensure maximum reimbursement.  You and your medical staff need to focus on treating patients and let MEREM Healthcare Solutions handle the rest. Outsourcing your coding, medical billing, collections, consulting, and credentialing, will allow your staff extra time to take care of patients more effectively…

Is Your Healthcare Facility’s Revenue Moving in the Wrong Direction?

The more patients you have, the more revenue you are bringing in, right? Wrong. While you would think more patients should mean you are improving your revenue within your medical practice, this is not the case. In fact, if healthcare practices are not careful, they could be losing revenue even as more patients come walking…

Validate Care Quality via Procedure Documentation

Clinical documentation is at the core of every patient encounter. It is to document the care provided to the patient, as well as to communicate with other providers. In order to be meaningful, it must be accurate, timely and reflect the scope of services provided.   Elaborate on Quality of Care Make clinical documentation improvements…

Free Consultation & Revenue Cycle Audit for Prospective Clients.

MEREM Healthcare Solutions has found that most of the time, practices are losing money due to inaccurate coding and/or neglected claims that weren’t followed up on upon initial denial. A complete Revenue Cycle Audit includes: Coding accuracy audit Billing & accounts receivable audit Industry Benchmark Comparison for your individual practice At MEREM Healthcare Solutions, we…

New Medicare Cards and MBI Rollout – Is your practice Ready? (Part 2)

We are all a week away from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rolling out new health identification cards to all Medicaid and Medicare recipients. The release of new MBIs is leaving some practices scrambling to ensure their systems and staff are prepared to handle new Medicare cards and identify the accurate MBI….

Happy Clients Day from everyone at Merem Healthcare Solutions!

Merem Healthcare solutions values each and every one of our client practice partners. We are committed to helping our client physicians and healthcare organizations reach new heights in business performance and employ the most innovative strategies and methods to realize this goal. March 19th is National Clients Day! We love our clients and appreciate the…

Is Your Practice Ready for the New Medicare Cards and MBI Roll Out?

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are rolling out a campaign issuing new health identification cards to all Medicaid and Medicare recipients beginning April 1, 2018. The issuing of new cards and MBIs (Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers) requires all practices to prepare and adjust their workflows and technology systems to ensure they are prepared for this major information change in order to avoid payment delays.

Why is it necessary to have a certified coder?

At MEREM Healthcare Solutions we know the importance of having trained certified coders. So much so, we have in-house classes and training courses for employees. These courses keep coders educated on guideline changes and develop new coders to become CPC certified. Finding experienced certified coders isn’t an easy task. Our coders work with physicians across…

Are ambiguous state laws slowing the expansion to Telehealth?

According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), ”Limited Medicare coverage impedes the expansion of telehealth services. The current statute restricts telehealth services to patients located in rural areas and in specific settings, covers only a limited number of services, and allows only real-time, two-way video conference capabilities.” In order for Telehealth to grow, the AHA…