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Handling Medicare and S Codes in Urgent Care Billing

Proper urgent care coding impacts your business. Learn how to use HCPCS codes S9083 and S9088 for accurate urgent care...

5 Ways to Improve Cybersecurity in Urgent Care

Looking at the numbers, you could call 2015 the Year of the Protected Health Information Breach.  By the end of...

How To Qualify As A Type-B Emergency Department

Some consultants have been informing urgent care administrators that since they are a hospital-owned urgent care center, they are now...

Yucaipa Urgent Care: A Case Study

Dr. Bearie recognized that 80 percent of what was done in emergency departments could be done more efficiently, affordably, and...

Providing 24-hour Access in Urgent Care Centers

As the number of urgent care centers grows, and operators continue to position the facilities as affordable alternatives to emergency...

Tips for Training Your Urgent Care Staff

Your employees are the heart of your clinic, and make the difference between an okay patient experience—and a great one....

Urgent Cares Can Help Urge Measles Vaccine to Avoid Outbreak

As the likelihood of outbreak grows in the United States, new research raises a red flag that 9 million children...

Credit Card Pre-Authorization: A Cure for Patient Collection Woes

Years ago, a patient could present his/her health insurance card for a medical visit and a provider could be almost...

Changes to Meaningful Use Reporting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced modifications to Meaningful Use objectives for the current reporting years...

How do National Correct Coding Initiatives Impact Urgent Care?

Question: I understand that CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has added NCCI (National Correct Coding Initiatives) edits that...

How to Make the Most of Your EMR

Whether you’re in the process of adopting an EMR or would simply like to refine your existing EMR use, there...

Coding and Documenting Short, No-Doctor Visits in Urgent Care

Not sure how to code a 5-minute visit from an established patient? Here's the answer: 99211 (when appropriate) Code 99211 is...