Atlantic Medical Billing Solutions

10/21/2021

This year, most health insurers have reinstated copays and deductibles for COVID patients, in many cases even before vaccines became widely available. Now the financial burden of COVID is falling unevenly on patients across the country.

04/03/2020

Interesting story for PT's

Who We Are & What We DoAPTA represents more than 100,000 members: physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy.

03/17/2020

Effective immediately, United Healthcare is expanding our policies around telehealth services for our Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and Commercial membership, making it even easier for patients to connect with their health care provider.

01/23/2020

It feels like the term “breaking news” has lost some of its gravity these days thanks in large part to the era of the 24-hour news cycle. However, today we’re bringing you information that’s hot off the press—and absolutely crucial to every single outpatient physical therapist and occupati...

01/09/2020

At the end of every year, I like to reflect on what’s happened and a look ahead at what’s to come. I have to say, CMS’s end-of-the-year 8% cut announcement was a challenging piece of news, but even with the obstacles it presents for our profession, I am still incredibly hopeful about our futur...

12/27/2019

There's no one-size fits all answer as to whether or not a PT should accept Medicare assignment, but hopefully this blog helps you better understand your options.

03/28/2019

07/16/2018

Sooner or later ICD-11 will be released, and it sounds like it will be sooner than later. WHO released the news on June 18, 2018. The World Health Organization stated “ICD-11 will be presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2019....http://ow.ly/LoAX30kIhE8

03/02/2018

Effective June 21, 2017, providers need to be using the new ABN form. Be sure that new ABNs are properly delivered for any Medicare patients seen since June 21st.
Non-participating providers need to note some specific instructional additions to the ABN which states the following http://ow.ly/ygEK30h59Sb

06/23/2017

Summer has arrived! ICD-10 There's a code for that!

06/21/2017

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised the Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN) Form. The revised Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131, is issued to the patient or client by providers, physicians, practitioners, and suppliers in sit...

04/22/2017

What do you do when your patients resist making payments? We have some seriously helpful tips for how to take on common scenarios with confidence. http://webpt.co/2pSsvAU

03/21/2017

If medical school curricula were based on what a recent study says many doctors actually do with their time, more than half of medical school would be on how to do paperwork. Isn't this wasting the time of patients?

01/09/2017

For 2017, the new physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and athletic training (AT) evaluation codes are the first major changes to the physical medicine and rehab codes in over twenty years. http://ow.ly/5ynh307pxHj

11/21/2016

10 podcasts PT business leaders can tune into to stay current on everything they're interested in—from business and clinical best practices to fitness and nutrition advice.

10/14/2016

There are now three levels of complexity for PT and OT evaluations. Which one should you pick?

07/25/2016

The U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday cut out former Tricare West Region contractor UnitedHealthcare and has given the contract to Health Net Federal Services, which also manages the Tricare North Region.