How Does DrChrono Work?
When patients come in for an appointment, they receive treatments and/or services and then are charged correspondingly.
Their charge(s) can be split into two categories: charges billed to insurance and charg...
Core Billing Tools DrChrono provides many tools for you to effectively and efficiently process your claims and keep up-to-date on your financials. Here is a quick introduction to the various tools available to you. Billing Summary ...
Billing Menu Navigate to Billing Click on each blue title on each item below for additional information.
Billing Summary : An overview of your financials comparing the current month to the previous, quarter-to-date to t...
National Provider Identifier A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a 10-digit numerical unique identifier and a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standard. NPI replaced the numerous different provider numbers previou...
Credentialing and Enrollment When applying to become "in-network" with a health insurance payer, the process contains several distinct parts including credentialing and enrollment. Let's discuss each of these so you will know what to exp...
Getting Started With Billing The DrChrono platform revolves around patient appointments. It works this way since that is how you interact with patients and bill for the care provided. First, fill out the schedule appointment prompt crea...
Payment Analysis The Payment Analysis report is a tool that provides you with an overall snapshot of your incoming payments. Payment Analysis addresses three questions:
How much is coming in?
What is the source of the income?
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2021 E & M Code Changes After nearly 30 years, CMS is making significant changes to E/M (Evaluation & Management) codes beginning January 1, 2021. The goal is to reduce the burden of documenting/charting as extensively on providers ( ...
CPT 2022 With the new year, come new updates to CPT, ICD-10, and HCPCS codes. These updates have been made and are available in DrChrono. Here are the totals for new, deleted, and revised codes: As alwa...
Prior Authorization Reform Bill The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2022 ( H.R. 8487 ) was passed by the House Ways and Means Committee on July 27, 2022. If passed, the legislation " would add requirements that would better r...