United Healthcare/ Optum Payer ID

United Healthcare/ Optum operate many divisions   United Healthcare is a managed health care company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  It operates through through the following segments: United Healthcare, OptumHealth, Optum Insught and OptumRX. To submit claims to the below United Healthcare companies, use payer ID 87726 OptumHealth/ OptumHealth Behavioral Health United Behavioral Healthcare or UBH United…

EFT Sign-up with CAQH for multiple insurers

EFT and ERA Enrollment Simplified   If you are submitting claims to insurance, you should be enrolled for EFT payments.  With this, the payments are deposited electronically to you checking account.  With one signup, you may receive electronic payments from many insurers.  A few of the national insurers are listed; Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and selection…

Florida Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Expand Telehealth Services

By Ryan Mcaskill on February 18, 2015 A new bill working its way through the Florida senate would increase the use of telehealth service throughout the state. While the use of telemedicine is starting to pick up across the healthcare landscape, federal and state policy is still playing catch-up. The biggest hurdle facing these strategies…

Medicare Reducing providers reimbursement for 2016 for PQRS

Providers with Medicare are having their reimbursements reduced!  If the provider does not meet the satisfactory reporting or participating by submitting data to PQRS quality measures, a 2% payment adjustment will apply in 2016.   Avoiding 2016 PQRS Payment Adjustments For Individual Eligible Professionals Eligible professionals can avoid the 2016 payment adjustment by meeting one…

Private Practice- Marketing #2 “Your mobile website”

Marketing your mobile website Question is your website to be configured via a mobile device?  70-80% of websites are accessed via mobile devices.  This means that your potential customers are accessing your website site via their mobile device (smartphone or tablet.) So, if your potential clients are not able to see you landing page, what…