One of the best things that any provider can do for his office is to provide SYNERGY. Simply put, DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IN ONE PLACE. The biggest areas that you can employ synergy in your office is marketing and back office functions...things your patients don't see every day but that they benefit from if done properly.
How can you synergise your back office this Christmas? Hire an optometric billing firm to handle your insurance billing, a/r reconciliation and patient invoicing. If you hire a company like opticXpress they will stream line the process for you by providing top of the line practice management software that takes all the guess work out of billing. Simply enter patient demographics into the system and opticXpress will take over from there. Thier software even allows you to have a completely paperless office FOR FREE! Once you do this you will find that you and your staff will have more time to deal directly with patients because you won't be as worried with what's happening with your money AFTER THE PATIENT LEAVES. Your patients will thank you and you will thank opticXpress because your patient database, insurance billing info, accounts receivable and reconciliations are ALL IN ONE PLACE...SYNERGY. Also, a company like opticXpress will have the ability to send out direct mailing to your patients INLCUDING RECALL NOTICES which means you will begin to increase your REPEAT BUSINESS over time...an absolute necessity for any practice. One last thing, a company like opticXpress deals only with optometrists so they will be able to put you in touch with marketing solutions and other valuable tools you can use to make your practice more profitable....ALL IN ONE PLACE.
Do yourself a favor this Christmas, save you and your staff time and give them the gift that keeps on giving year round...call opticXpress and SYNERGISE TODAY!
opticXpress is an optometric billing company that provides a clearinghouse, billing service and software strictly for optometrists.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Optometric Billing Website
Visit www.optometricbilling.rlrbillingsolutions.com today! They're the best!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
New Optometric Billing Website by opticXpress!
It is with great pride that we announce the publishing of the new opticXpress, optometric billing website! Now clients and prospective clients can access the site and find great information, videos and software all to help them better be able to perform their optometric billing! The new site is also deeply integrated with social networking sites! Visit and like us on Facebook, follow on google+ and Twitter today!
Visit the new optometric billing website by going to www.opticXpress.com today!
Visit the new optometric billing website by going to www.opticXpress.com today!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Medical Procedures Like Pink Eye
Pulled the following link off of twitter this morning and love how it proves more and more that optometry IS A MEDICAL SERVICE! Optometric billing has become more than just billing VSP and EYEMED for "crap" routine services. Optometrists, especially those just graduating from colleges of optometry, are finding more and more every day that they are now PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS FOR THE EYES! There is so much to good eye health and optometrists that run thier practice like medical professionals will not only be helping patients with thier OVERALL HEALTH but they will be helping the health of thier practice as well! Optometrists that bill medically whenever possible are forced by coding rules to provide a more thorough exam which not only leads to a higher reimbursement since more complex codes can be used but It also leads to a HEALTHIER PATIENT!
Read the following article about pink eye that I pulled from twitter to see how optometrists in this town are providing medical services! Then go to opticXpress.com and see how they can help you with your optometric billing! You're patients and your practice will be healthier if you do!
Read the following article about pink eye that I pulled from twitter to see how optometrists in this town are providing medical services! Then go to opticXpress.com and see how they can help you with your optometric billing! You're patients and your practice will be healthier if you do!
Monday, November 21, 2011
Shared Knowledge
"Not long ago I had the pleasure of partaking in another outstanding and informative sermon from Pastor Scott Brown at the Colts Neck, NJ, Reformed Church. The concept of shared knowledge was at the heart of his message to our flock. One of the primary aspects which I took away revolved around the fact that many times we run into situations we do not understand. They are new to us and we need someone to explain them to us."
This is not my personal experience. I did not have the pleasure of listening to what was probably a very good sermon. However, when I read the article this part struck me because this is at the heart of our philosophy here at opticXpress. You see, we try very hard to leverage the experiences of our clients when we perform their optometric billing. It is from this "shared knowledge" that we are able to better serve our optometric billing clients and our partners. We believe that by better understanding their experiences we can help others benefit as well.
Won't you join opticXpress today and help contribute to our ever expanding pool of knowledge? Won't you help opticXpress become the most knowledgeable optometric billing agency around? We hope to see you soon and we are thankful for each and every one of you this Holiday Season.
Happy Thanksgiving !
This is not my personal experience. I did not have the pleasure of listening to what was probably a very good sermon. However, when I read the article this part struck me because this is at the heart of our philosophy here at opticXpress. You see, we try very hard to leverage the experiences of our clients when we perform their optometric billing. It is from this "shared knowledge" that we are able to better serve our optometric billing clients and our partners. We believe that by better understanding their experiences we can help others benefit as well.
Won't you join opticXpress today and help contribute to our ever expanding pool of knowledge? Won't you help opticXpress become the most knowledgeable optometric billing agency around? We hope to see you soon and we are thankful for each and every one of you this Holiday Season.
Happy Thanksgiving !
OPTOMETRIC BILLING AND HOSPICE PATIENTS
YES! YOU CAN BILL AND BE PAID BY MEDICARE WHEN PERFROMING OPTOMETRIC/OPTOMETRIC BILLING SERVICES ON A HOSPICE ENROLLED PATIENT. READ THE ARTICLE BELOW TO FIND OUT HOW. AS ALWAYS, YOU MAY CONTACT opticXpress FOR HELP.
Part B Hospice Modifiers GV and GW
When hospice coverage is elected, the beneficiary waives all rights to Medicare Part B payments for
services that are related to the treatment and management of his terminal illness during the period his
hospice benefit election is in force, except for professional services of an “attending physician” who is
not an employee of the designated hospice and does not receive compensation from the hospice for
those services. Professional services of an “attending physician” are submitted with the GV modifier if
all conditions are met (description below). Any services provided to a patient enrolled in hospice that
are not related to the treatment and management of the patient’s terminal illness are submitted with
the GW modifier (description below).
For purposes of administering the hospice benefit provisions, an “attending physician” means an
individual who is a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy or a nurse practitioner and is identified by
the individual at the time he elects hospice coverage as having the most significant role in the
determination and delivery of his medical care. The attending physician is not an employee of the
hospice and does not receive compensation from the hospice.
The following applicable modifiers should be used when billing for services of a patient enrolled in
hospice. The appropriate modifier usage will depend on who is providing the service, what services
are being provided and if the services are for/related to the reason the patient is enrolled in hospice.
GV Modifier
Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient’s hospice
provider
This modifier should be used by the attending physician when the services are related to the patient’s
terminal condition and are not paid under arrangement by the patient’s hospice provider. Also, this
modifier must be submitted when a service meets the following conditions, regardless of the type of
provider:
The service was rendered to a patient enrolled in a hospice.
The service was provided by a physician or non-physician practitioner identified as the
patient’s attending physician at the time of that patient’s enrollment in the hospice program.
Do not submit the GV modifier in the following conditions:
The service was provided by a physician employed by the hospice.
The service was provided by a physician not employed by the hospice and the physician was
not identified by the beneficiary as his attending physician.
GW Modifier
Service not related to the hospice terminal condition
This modifier should be used when a service is rendered to a patient enrolled in a hospice, and the
service is unrelated to the patient’s terminal condition. All providers must submit this modifier when
this condition applies or when claims are submitted for treatment for a non-terminal condition to the
Part A contractor with condition code 07. http://www.trailblazerhealth.com/Publications/Job%20Aid/HospiceModifiersGVGW.pdf
Part B Hospice Modifiers GV and GW
When hospice coverage is elected, the beneficiary waives all rights to Medicare Part B payments for
services that are related to the treatment and management of his terminal illness during the period his
hospice benefit election is in force, except for professional services of an “attending physician” who is
not an employee of the designated hospice and does not receive compensation from the hospice for
those services. Professional services of an “attending physician” are submitted with the GV modifier if
all conditions are met (description below). Any services provided to a patient enrolled in hospice that
are not related to the treatment and management of the patient’s terminal illness are submitted with
the GW modifier (description below).
For purposes of administering the hospice benefit provisions, an “attending physician” means an
individual who is a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy or a nurse practitioner and is identified by
the individual at the time he elects hospice coverage as having the most significant role in the
determination and delivery of his medical care. The attending physician is not an employee of the
hospice and does not receive compensation from the hospice.
The following applicable modifiers should be used when billing for services of a patient enrolled in
hospice. The appropriate modifier usage will depend on who is providing the service, what services
are being provided and if the services are for/related to the reason the patient is enrolled in hospice.
GV Modifier
Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient’s hospice
provider
This modifier should be used by the attending physician when the services are related to the patient’s
terminal condition and are not paid under arrangement by the patient’s hospice provider. Also, this
modifier must be submitted when a service meets the following conditions, regardless of the type of
provider:
The service was rendered to a patient enrolled in a hospice.
The service was provided by a physician or non-physician practitioner identified as the
patient’s attending physician at the time of that patient’s enrollment in the hospice program.
Do not submit the GV modifier in the following conditions:
The service was provided by a physician employed by the hospice.
The service was provided by a physician not employed by the hospice and the physician was
not identified by the beneficiary as his attending physician.
GW Modifier
Service not related to the hospice terminal condition
This modifier should be used when a service is rendered to a patient enrolled in a hospice, and the
service is unrelated to the patient’s terminal condition. All providers must submit this modifier when
this condition applies or when claims are submitted for treatment for a non-terminal condition to the
Part A contractor with condition code 07. http://www.trailblazerhealth.com/Publications/Job%20Aid/HospiceModifiersGVGW.pdf
Friday, November 18, 2011
opticXpress is Coming Out With a New Optometric Billing Website!
opticXpress has been promising a new optometric billing website for a few weeks now. The time will be here soon! For customers and visitors alike, the new optometric billing website promises to be more immersive and more informative. You will now be able to get full sneak peaks of the opticXpress software package, clients will be able to watch online video tutorials, look up procedure and DX codes, and even link with social media! The new format is clean and simple to use and promises to be a rewarding experience for anyone looking for optometric billing help or information! Keep checking www.optometricbilling.rlrbillingsolutions.com for the update...it's coming faster than you can blink!
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