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Write You - Moving Toward A Paperless Office
One of the most confusing things to medical billing personnel is rental modifiers. Most billers don't even know what a modifier is unless they have at least had some experience with rental billing. Hopefully, after reading this installment, you'll have a decent idea of what modifiers are, how they work and what you have to be aware of when doing your medical billing duties.Rental items are a strange breed in the world of medical billing. Unlike a purchase item that is sold and then that's the end of it, a rental item is kind of like the gift that keeps on giving. It is a medical billing agencies main source of income, especially if they do a lot of oxygen billing which requires patients to have an oxygen concentrator for many months if not years.Because of this, insurance carriers need to know, every step along the way, just how long a piece of equipment has been rented. Why? Well, this has to do with certain regulations. See, once an item has been rented so many months, usually 12, it then goes on what is called maintenance billing. Maintenance billing is usually cheaper than regular billing because by the time the 12 months have passed, the supplier of the equipment has already gotten their due profit from the item and because of this, the insurance company begins to pay less starting with mon
Are you fed up, broke and lonely? Then switch off your computer and get a life. Ok that's my little joke. Seriously though, sitting in front of a monitor for most of the day is not likely to do much to improve any of the points above. Try communicating with the real world for a change. Call a prospect, ask if there is something you can help them with. It doesn't much matter what they reply, you always benefit from the exchange.If you are in luck, they'll say that they do need a product or service. But should the answer be, 'Not at the moment', that's ok too. Because now you have introduced yourself and (I hope) supplied a phone number or mailed information so that when a requirement does arise, they can easily contact you.Next time you make an attempt, you won't be an absolute stranger, your prospect might want something now and you are demonstrating that you are keen to help. Don't do it so often that you become a pest, of course.With prospecting, after a while, the numbers look after themselves. You may be lucky within the first 2 or 3 contacts, but if you aren't it doesn't be concerned because the laws of probability determine when your winning streak will occur. If you have a blank week, next Tuesday might be your best day ever. Statistics are lumpy, you only know how you are doing by taking
So you want to go paperless? Not sure where to start? The answer is literally right under your nose. If you have plans to eliminate or reduce your business’s paper consumption and records storage, the best place to start looking is on your desk. The typical desk is loaded with paper - mail, file folders, notebooks – you name it. Chances are the paper that is filling your file cabinet, the file room or the third floor – whatever the case may be – passed over your desk or the desks of your colleagues.
Start with the “live” paper in your office. Try not to think about how you are filing your records now. Traditional, paper-bound records management options are very limited by nature. Therefore, modeling after the “old way” is only going to prevent you from realizing all the benefits of a paperless office. Instead, start fresh - take a look at how some documents are generated by your business and how oth
Why are there free podcastsPodcasting, unlike other media forms, almost never has charges for services, and the vast majority of feed producers distribute free podcasts. This puts at odds with, say, online radio stations, news sites that offer media to subscribers, or the online music industry general. Even though podcasting has very direct correlations with industries like news and music that have strong business models, podcasting differs. Podcasting does not really have a business model, and hardly anyone is podcasting in order to profit from it.There are some businesses and news sites that podcast, but they do it as a way to supplement their companies and to gain technological geek credibility, not to make money. This is an odd thing, but explainable in light of what podcasting is.The free podcast problem is not difficult, and podcasting differs in several key ways from other media areas. First, podcasting involves the physical transfer of a file from the host to the users computer. An online radio station does not do this; all that they provide to their listeners is a streaming sound file that cannot be saved without difficulty and work. If someone did manage to do so, the station would have strong grounds for suing them since they were never given the rights to keep and store the fi
Start with the “live” paper in your office. Try not to think about how you are filing your records now. Traditional, paper-bound records management options are very limited by nature. Therefore, modeling after the “old way” is only going to prevent you from realizing all the benefits of a paperless office. Instead, start fresh - take a look at how some documents are generated by your business and how oth
In the U.S., the 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day are all significant days of celebration, but Christmas is probably the one holiday that just about everyone celebrates. It is very common for most businesses to close their doors for business on December 25th, Christmas day. Christmas is traditionally a Christian holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus, but many people have come to celebrate it in their own unique way. Some people recognize it as a day of giving to others and volunteer to help those that are less fortunate. Many others simply share gifts with their family and friends and enjoy the time off from work.Because people celebrate Christmas in many different ways, an office Christmas party can also have many avenues of celebration. The office Christmas party is different from a more personal party of friends and family in that it must embrace the different ways of celebration. A party, for example, that has religious overtones may offend a co-worker that is not a Christian. In the converse, a party that focuses on Santa Claus may offend a co-worker who is Christian. The best approach to an office Christmas party is to throw in a little of everything. You can easily discover any special needs and concerns by sending out invitations and requesting that people with certain needs and conce
Start with the “live” paper in your office. Try not to think about how you are filing your records now. Traditional, paper-bound records management options are very limited by nature. Therefore, modeling after the “old way” is only going to prevent you from realizing all the benefits of a paperless office. Instead, start fresh - take a look at how some documents are generated by your business and how oth
Giving out Free Bonuses, your Pathway to SuccessDon’t you feel good when someone gives you something free for making a purchase? Doesn’t it make you feel great about the product when you get an additional something besides what you actually paid for? Well, most people feel that way as well. This shows what a great way it is to add to your customer satisfaction by just throwing in a free gift or bonus. Further more, some people might even purchase your product when they see the huge assortment of gifts and bonuses you are offering, some even with no intention to use your original product in the first place! This greatly increases the perceived value of your product and hence increasing sales.This approach works because of the way we think and act. Everyone in today’s world competitive wants something for “free”. It makes us feel good, like we have managed to grab a really good deal for ourselves and hence we are more likely to purchase a product which comes with free gifts, especially free gifts with a high perceived value. A great example of these will be digital products (which you of course already have the proper distribution rights to). This is usually enough to get your customers to whip out their credit cards and order. On the flip side, by not offering any free gifts, many people may not be convi
There are income strategies, multiple streams of income strategies and wealth strategies. Getting to know about, learn, understand and then apply them all successfully could be a daunting task for most. One very valuable suggestion that most of the great achievers have stated is to find a mentor who has achieved success and follow what they have done.That is very good advice. Again, the next question anyone would ask is “How?”.You could attend the seminars of the mentor you want, read their books or even try to contact them directly.Over the last couple of years what I have observed is a much faster and much more effective method is to get involved with CEO Space by IBI Global. In my experience, I have met many entrepreneurs, inventors and business people who have advanced their projects, companies and themselves to greater heights in less time than I think would have been possible even with one great mentor.You see, being a part of a network like CEO Space gives you access to not one but many successful people who you can have mentor you in person 5 times a year for a week and stay in contact with you other times.B. J. Dohrmann created CEO Space as a place where the cooperative model, not the competitive model, can be taught and flourish.The results that I’ve seen from thi
Look at the Process, not the Result
You might find that many documents generated by your business never need to be produced in ink. For example, most businesses require hourly employees to submit a timesheet on a regular basis. The timesheet form is often printed, filled in by hand, submitted to a supervisor that endorses it, and eventually it makes its way into a manila folder. Most paper-based documents follow a similar path.
In a paperless office, the same documents could be exchanged and approved via email and then stored in an electronic archiving system. Most of the time and cost savings would be lost if the document followed the tradition
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