Cardiology has advanced so quickly that besides the E&M factor; it now also includes endovascular surgery, diagnostic testing, electrophysiology & interventional radiology making cardiology billing extremely complex.

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Delays in Filing & Un-Timely Follow-Ups can makes
Cardiologists Life Miserable!
Cardiology has advanced so quickly that besides the E&M factor; it now also includes endovascular
surgery, diagnostic testing, electrophysiology & interventional radiology making cardiology billing
extremely complex.
Industry Standards State:
Incorrect coding, under pricing, missed or never submitted charges & nonexistent or
improper follow up
= Loss of approximately 25%-30% of all medical practice income!
In this case with a specialty like cardiology billing involved, the ratio for success is even harder to
achieve making it difficult for cardiologist’s to acquire timely or total reimbursements.
Moreover as Cardiology billing also puts out unique billing challenges that are intrinsic to the services
rendered by cardiologists - it becomes both difficult and imperative to avoid filing & follow up delays - to
ensure maximum revenue for the cardiologist to run his practice successfully.
Unique billing challenges faced by cardiologists-
• With cardiology billing it becomes difficult to track underpayments as multiple
procedure rules and cardiovascular procedures have significantly more complicated
contractual adjustments than a typical family doctor claims
• Billing for cardiovascular practices involves more complicated requirements of
reporting and insurance follow-up
• With a large number cardiologists shifting from private practices to hospitals their
billing needs are changing as well
• Cardiologists are also facing external challenges like the recent changes to Medicare
reimbursement rates
What are the requirements for successful cardiology billing? --- knowledgeable team to handle the
complex rules used by insurance companies to judge cardiologists' claims, experience in appealing denied
claims, answering extremely specific and technical questions about procedures and diagnoses.

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Do YOU face any of these billing pitfalls? -- Collections rate lower than what it should be, high cardiology
billing staff turnover, high denial rate, too many days in A/R, and limited control of cardiology billing
results. Cardiologists in this scenario can definitely benefit by utilizing specialized cardiovascular billing
services to avoid these billing pitfalls
Benefit through MBC’s Specialized Cardiology Medical Billing -
A billing service with years of experience in cardiology EMR management, coding &
billing.
Certified coders with complete mastery over CPT & ICD codes along with compliance of
HIPAA & ARRA, in-depth knowledge of interventional cardiology coding, cardiac
catheterization laboratory coding, electrophysiology coding and cardiac computerized
tomographic angiography (CCTA) coding.
In the initial start up phase for your ageing ARs or delays or denials, we will study and
resolve the delay-causing reasons in a short TAT.
Provide - software automation, denial remediation procedures, dedicated cardiology
billing account manager - to speed up the entire billing cycle.
With MBC as your cardiology billing partner
Conversion of fixed costs into variable expenses + time and focus + streamlining of
operations
+ timely filing & follow-ups of your medical claims
Dramatically increased bottom line revenue+ maximization of old A/R!