In-House Biller Leaving? Your 30-Day Contingency Plan
In House Biller Leaving? Your 30-Day Contingency Plan Your in house biller leaving is the kind of news that turns a routine Monday into a scramble. Maybe you got two weeks’ notice over coffee. Maybe your medical biller resigned by email on a Friday and never came back. Either way, the claims queue keeps growing, […]
Medical Billing Company: 15 Questions to Ask Before You Sign
How to Choose a Medical Billing Company: 15 Questions to Ask Before You Sign A growing family practice in the Midwest picked its medical billing company the way a lot of offices do: they compared quotes, went with the lowest percentage, and signed. Six months later, the office manager found a stack of unworked denials, […]
CPT Code 90792: What It Means,Billing & Reimbursement Guide
CPT Code 90792: What It Means, Billing & Reimbursement Guide Written by TMS Billings Coding & Compliance Team — certified coders (CPC, CPB) with over 12 years of combined mental health billing experience. Reviewed by Jacob White, CPC, Compliance Director. Published August 6, 2026. A psychiatric nurse practitioner assumed every new-patient evaluation qualified for the […]
Mental Health Billing Cost Comparison:In-House vs Outsourced
In-House vs. Outsourced Mental Health Billing: The True Cost Comparison for Private Practices A solo therapist who managed her own billing thought she was saving money — until she added it up. Once she counted her biller’s salary, benefits, software subscriptions, and the hours lost each month to fixing denied claims, a real mental health […]
Coordination of Benefits in Medical Billing Explained
Coordination of Benefits in Medical Billing Explained Two claims. Same patient. Same visit. One gets paid in ten days because the biller confirmed which of the patient’s two insurance plans was primary — the process known as coordination of benefits in medical billing — before submitting. The other sits in denial for six weeks under […]
How to Negotiate Insurance Reimbursement Rates
How to Negotiate Insurance Reimbursement Rates With Payers: A Guide for Medical Practices (2026) Two primary care practices. Same payer. Same specialty. Same zip code. One practice sits on a fee schedule that hasn’t moved in four years — buried in an evergreen contract that auto-renewed every January without anyone reading it. The other renegotiated […]
Preventive Visit CPT Codes 99381–99385 | Complete Guide
Preventive Visit CPT Codes: Billing, Documentation & Denial Guide for Medical Practices (2026) Two primary care practices. Same annual wellness exam. Same patient age. One practice collects full reimbursement from the payer. The practice down the street gets a denial — or worse, a fraction of what they’re owed — for the same Preventive Visit […]
CPT Code 29881: What It Is, What It Covers & How It’s Billed
CPT Code 29881: What It Is, What It Covers, and How It’s Billed Written by: TMS Billings SEO & Healthcare Content Team — with over 5 years of experience creating authoritative medical billing and revenue cycle management resources. Every article is thoroughly reviewed by our Certified Professional Coders (CPCs) and orthopedic billing compliance specialists to […]
CPT Code 20610: Billing, Documentation & Denial Guide (2026)
CPT Code 20610: Billing, Documentation & Denial Guide for Orthopedic Practices (2026) Two orthopedic practices. Same knee injection. Same patient diagnosis. One practice collects $88 from Medicare. The practice across town collects $61 from the same payer — for the same CPT code 20610, the same joint, the same visit. The difference isn’t clinical skill. […]
CPT 27447: Total Knee Arthroplasty — Billing, Documentation & Audit Guide 2026
CPT 27447: Total Knee Arthroplasty — Billing, Documentation & Audit Guide 2026 Billing total knee arthroplasty is one of the highest-stakes procedures in orthopedic revenue cycle management — and one of the most scrutinized. Incomplete documentation triggers claim denials before your staff even knows there’s a problem. A missed modifier puts you in front of […]