Your questions, our answers
Welcome to Nouminsolutions' FAQ page! Here, we address the most common questions about medical billing, coding, auditing, and finding expert IT talent for healthcare. We pride ourselves on our adaptability and commitment to excellence, aiming to provide clear, concise answers to help you understand how we can contribute to your success.
Frequently asked questions
At Nouminsolutions, we understand the complexities of healthcare IT and administration. Our approach is rooted in quality and integrity, ensuring that everything we do reflects our commitment to excellence. Below, you'll find answers to key questions that often arise in medical billing, coding, auditing, and healthcare IT talent acquisition.
What is the difference between medical coding and billing?
Coding is "translating" medical records into standardized codes (ICD-10, CPT), while billing is the process of submitting those codes to insurance for payment.
How do I handle denied or rejected claims?
Common reasons include incorrect patient info, missing modifiers, or lack of medical necessity. Nouminsolutions helps identify and rectify these issues.
Are certifications like CPC or CCS mandatory?
While not always legally required, most reputable employers won't hire without them. We can guide you on essential certifications for healthcare IT and billing roles.
Why is my practice being audited?
Common triggers include being a "statistical outlier" (billing a certain code way more than peers) or random government checks. Our auditing services can help you prepare.
What specific standards should healthcare IT candidates know?
Hiring managers always ask about experience with HIPAA (privacy), HL7 (data exchange), and FHIR (interoperability). We vet candidates for these crucial skills.
For healthcare businesses: how can nouminsolutions help with compliance headaches?
We eliminate the fear of HIPAA violations and the massive fines associated with data breaches, ensuring your operations are fully compliant and secure.
For healthcare businesses: how do you address fragmented ehr systems?
We solve the frustration of disconnected Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems that don't "talk" to each other, creating seamless data flow and improved efficiency.
For it professionals: how does nouminsolutions help with resource stagnation?
We free up internal teams from "keeping the lights on" (maintenance) so they can focus on high-level strategic projects, fostering growth and innovation.
For it professionals: how do you address skill gaps in it teams?
We provide specialized expertise in niche areas like cloud migration or cybersecurity that the in-house team might lack, empowering your team with new capabilities.
How do NCCI edits affect my reimbursement?
These are "rules" that prevent certain codes from being billed together. Understanding and applying NCCI edits correctly is crucial for accurate reimbursement.
What is "upcoding" vs. "unbundling"?
Upcoding is billing for a more expensive service than performed; unbundling is billing parts of a procedure separately to increase pay. Both are major red flags that our auditing prevents.
How can an internal audit save me money?
Proactive auditing identifies "under-coding" (missing out on money) and fixes errors before a payer finds them and demands a refund, protecting your revenue.
How do you vet for both tech and clinical knowledge in it talent?
It’s challenging to find someone who understands both cloud architecture and clinical workflows (how a doctor actually uses the EHR). We specialize in identifying these unique talents.
What are the biggest bottlenecks in healthcare it hiring?
Usually, it’s a slow interview process or a lack of technical expertise in the HR department doing the initial screening. Nouminsolutions streamlines this for you.
For healthcare businesses: how do you prevent system downtime?
We prevent technical glitches that disrupt patient care or delay critical medical procedures, ensuring continuous, reliable operation of your essential systems.
For healthcare businesses: how do you protect against security vulnerabilities?
We protect sensitive patient data from increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks, implementing robust cybersecurity measures tailored for healthcare.
For it professionals: how do you resolve scalability struggles?
We remove the bottleneck of outdated infrastructure that can't handle a growing company's data demands, helping build future-proof systems.
For it professionals: how do you reduce alert fatigue for it teams?
We reduce the constant noise of minor system errors through automated monitoring and proactive management, allowing IT teams to focus on critical issues.
What's the most important thing to understand about working with nouminsolutions?
The most important thing to understand about working with Nouminsolutions is that our approach is centered on tailored, results-driven collaboration. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all fixes; instead, we focus on Strategic Problem Solving, Empowerment through Clarity, Scalability, and Personalized Attention. Ultimately, we help you by taking the technical and strategic "heavy lifting" off your plate so you can focus on what you do best.
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We hope these FAQs have shed some light on how Nouminsolutions can support your healthcare business or IT career in Fontana, California, and beyond. If you have more questions or are ready to explore a partnership, we're here to help. Join us as we build a healthier, more efficient future together.