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The Role of Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) in Streamlining Healthcare Payments
Somewhere in every medical practice, there’s a billing specialist staring at a stack of paper Explanation of Benefits forms, manually keying payment data into a practice management system, and silently questioning their career choices. It’s tedious, error-prone, and — in 2026 — completely unnecessary. Electronic Remittance Advice, or ERA, has been around for years. But…
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CPT Code Updates for 2026: What Every Medical Coder Needs to Know
Every January, the American Medical Association rolls out its latest edition of the Current Procedural Terminology code set, and 2026 is no small update. This year’s release brings a total of 418 changes — 288 brand-new codes, 84 deletions, and 46 revisions — reflecting rapid shifts in digital health adoption, the mainstreaming of artificial intelligence…
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How to Reduce Claim Denials and Improve First-Pass Acceptance Rates
Claim denials create extra work for billing teams, delay reimbursement, and make revenue less predictable. Although follow-up and appeals are important, the most effective way to reduce claim denials is to prevent avoidable errors before claims reach the payer. That requires coordination across the revenue cycle—from patient registration and insurance verification to clinical documentation, coding,…
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