With an increasing emphasis on value and efficiency in health care delivery, quality time between physicians, clinicians and patient is becoming a more and more extinct resource. Add in the mounting demands required by administrative regulations and it’s no wonder that most practices and clinics feel overworked.

Millin Associates helps you get back to what you do best – providing outstanding health care. We perform chart audits to help you justify coded and billed charges …eliminating rejections due to lack of or incorrect documentation. We train your clinical and administration staff on the many complex variables of APG and PROS methodologies to ensure compliance and maximize revenue.

And we review the complete billing process and chain of paperwork of your staff to identify ways to work more efficiently while remaining in complete compliance. The process, for most facilities, takes a mere six weeks. Here’s how…

ICD-10.

The coding system is about to explode, from approximately 13,000 codes to more than 69,000. It will likely be a logistics nightmare, requiring far more time, effort, and knowledge than most $12-an-hour billing clerks possess. Millin Associates boasts certified coders who are intimately familiar with ICD-10 and will keep you from the inevitable claims denials once the new coding takes effect.

HIPAA

Are you gathering enough information from the patient before services are rendered? HIPAA rules are constantly evolving, requiring many more items of information before a bill is completed. We know the HIPAA compliancy rules inside out, including the latest updates.

Procedures

Your registration staff may be top-notch professionals, but sometimes, things still fall through the cracks during an extremely busy workday. If no one is verifying the eligibility of patients before they are seen, your write-off category probably contains thousands of dollars. We determine patient eligibility and evaluate and analyze your rules and procedures for gathering patient demographics, including insurance information.

PAID Claims

Most practices and facilities leave a substantial percentage of money on the table. We track your non-contractual write-offs and patient statements to determine if charges written off for denials can be prevented. We’ll review how long bills remain “open”, and then we’ll work towards a prompt accounts receivable follow-up. This is particularly important with unbilled or denied claims, which tend to get overlooked as staff is pressured to stay up to date with current billing.

Contract and Fee Schedules

When necessary, we train your staff to recognize which managed care companies have contracts with your facility and which patients are to be seen only on an emergency basis.

Shared Financial Success

Most practices and facilities leave a substantial percentage of money on the table. We track your non-contractual write-offs and patient statements to determine if charges written off for denials can be prevented. We’ll review how long bills remain “open”, and then we’ll work towards a prompt accounts receivable follow-up. This is particularly important with unbilled or denied claims, which tend to get overlooked as staff is pressured to stay up to date with current billing.