Effective Strategies Minimize Claim Denials in Urgent Care

Effective Strategies Minimize Claim Denials in Urgent Care

Urgent care centers serve a crucial function in providing prompt and accessible healthcare, but they encounter unique challenges in managing their revenue cycle, particularly in reducing claim denials. Unlike primary care or specialized medical practices, urgent care clinics often treat patients on a one-time basis, making both patient intake and billing more complex. Additionally, frequent turnover among front desk staff contributes to recurring errors in patient registration, insurance verification, and claims processing, all of which …

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There’s Something Rotten in Urgent Care Reimbursements

There’s Something Rotten in Urgent Care Reimbursements

Eric Ellis, MD Something is amiss in how smaller urgent care operators are reimbursed these days. This, likely, is not news to you and I’m sure my situation is not unique, but in the process of having opened a group of urgent care centers around Sacramento, CA over the past few years, I’ve been shocked about just how bad things are. When we opened our first center, I used a management company to help with …

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