Preventing Claim Denials"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," as the old saying goes. The adage certainly applies, as healthcare industry data indicate that 90% of medical claim denials are preventable. Industry experts also acknowledge that clean claims can get paid within as few as five days of submission to a payer. So what does a clean claim look like? Although the healthcare industry adopted a standard data set and single billing form back in 1982, insurers have different rules that make filing clean claims challenging for providers.... Read More