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5 Bad Coding and Billing Habits - Park Medical Billing

5 Bad Coding and Billing Habits You Need to Break– Right Now!

You’re losing lots of money on your practice and you don’t even know it.

How could you not be aware of thousands of dollars being lost, you say? Surely that kind of money can’t just disappear without you knowing.

The answer: bad habits. Bad coding and billing habits to be exact. A lot of physical therapists fall victim to these habits without their knowledge, and it’s not totally their fault. Most of them have been misinformed or got used to a certain system that they didn’t know has long been outdated.

It’s time to break those bad habits and get your practice the profits it deserves!

Habit 1: Forgetting Assessment and Management Time

There are several components that make up your service time: patient assessment and preparation (Pre-Time), performing the procedure (Intra-Time), and lastly, documentation and discharge (Post-Time). One financially deadly habit that PTs make is forgetting to include all of these components into their assessment and management time.

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Areas Where Your Practice Could be Losing Money

Does it seem like you’re working more hours on your practice yet not making more money? It may be because you’ve got several “leaks” in your practice.

These leaks are areas in your practice that unknown to you do nothing but consume your revenue. From before the actual patient visit to well after the patient leaves the clinic, medical practices can lose a lot of money because of these leaks. Could your practice be among those plagued by these leaks? Read on to find out and plug those leaks before they pull the plug on your practice.

Before the Patient Visit

Even before the actual patient visit, practices can lose a significant amount of income due to negligence in verifying insurance eligibility, which leads to claim denials and delays. According to the American Medical Association (AMA) 25% of private payer denials are directly caused by patients being ineligible for benefits.

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