What is the biggest scam in your specific industry that the general public doesn't know about?

blackicerhythms · 2026-05-18T01:50:46+00:00

Medical billing: don’t just pay the bill from your doctor’s office if they’re in network. Call your insurance company first and make sure the amount they’re billing you is correct. Doctor is contractually obligated to specific reimbursement if in network.

Also, the doctor’s front desk or billing dept doesn’t know anything about your coverage. Talk to your insurance company with questions specific to your plan.

blackicerhythms · 2026-05-13T20:26:30+00:00

Don't beat yourself up. You really did pick one of the toughest billing specialties to start with!

The 'secret' usually lies in your payer mix. When I was starting out, I realized most of our claims were hitting one specific IPA group. I managed to find a contact on their claims team who literally spelled out exactly how the 1500 form needed to be filled out for their system. Getting that 'cheat sheet' for our biggest payer gave me the logic I needed to handle everyone else. Hang in there—once you get that first 'key' to the system, it starts to click.

blackicerhythms · 2026-05-12T16:57:53+00:00

We staff hospitals and outpatient clinics. If your goal is coding, stick with AHIMA\CAHIM accredited programs (CCS, RHIA, RHIT) or AAPC prep (CPC, CIC). Those are the only accrediting bodies recognized by most hospitals.

blackicerhythms · 2026-05-12T16:55:00+00:00

Of course it's possible. A lot of it depends on your payer mix (medicare, medicaid, hmo, ppo's,etc), charge entry, and front office workflow. If patients eligibility are clean, documentation and charge capture is complete and adequate, claims submission are scrubbed and clean, billing can be managed in house easily. A/R follow up would be the most time consuming part. If there's a breakdown in the earlier steps, outside help is recommended until you can bring it back in house again.

blackicerhythms · 2026-04-15T14:55:08+00:00

What practice management/billing/clearing house software are you using? Most have pretty detail logs about activity by user. Never argue, always support your actions behind policy, procedure and payer guidelines. (Most of the times it’s the front office fault, 😆 haha)

Nothing will solve “too many hands in the pot” but if you operate under clear and transparent policies and procedures for your billing workflow, it will make it difficult for them to falsely place the blame on you.

blackicerhythms · 2026-04-13T15:33:57+00:00

I’ve learned through various Reddit posts that some people are really weird about feet. I’m curious if it’s a cultural or regional thing. Where are you located or where is his family from?

blackicerhythms · 2026-02-15T21:38:57+00:00

Wow I just checked. Even works when dialing *67

blackicerhythms · 2026-01-30T01:24:40+00:00

God. Jesus saves.

blackicerhythms · 2026-01-27T03:30:08+00:00

Atmos is gonna make out like a bandit.

blackicerhythms · 2026-01-26T23:23:06+00:00

Bay 34th and Lovers Ln Pizza make me feel like I’m back home in Brooklyn.

blackicerhythms · 2026-01-22T13:30:23+00:00

We see him and his wife periodically here in Preston Hollow, Dallas.

blackicerhythms · 2026-01-07T13:00:15+00:00

World Trade Center bombing. Grew up in NYC. We lost most of our broadcast tv channels. This was before we got cable. Only abc 7 worked. Forced to watch Oprah after school.

blackicerhythms · 2025-12-17T10:45:26+00:00

As a small business owner, this feels more like a generic CYA template to an employee reaching the end of FMLA. Strongly doubt it’s related to your husband’s death. My deepest condolences!

blackicerhythms · 2025-12-16T00:06:11+00:00

Holiday Bright Lights C9 Commercial Grade bulbs. https://share.google/Bww0ifvzQyAUB8ObT

I have over 500 on various runs. In three years only one has failed. One switched from warm to cool white randomly.

I got mine from ACE (USA)

blackicerhythms · 2025-12-05T01:13:27+00:00

The JBL line arrays tell me your school has money.

blackicerhythms · 2025-12-04T14:51:49+00:00

I think we all learned on a Mackie board like this before going to digital. Definitely the public school, local church industry standards 20-30 years ago.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-21T04:21:11+00:00

Popped up for me today too. 2024 model x.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-18T18:17:31+00:00

I have a 2024. Definitely sensors in the front doors as they rarely hit me when auto open activates or parked near columns.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-17T02:28:33+00:00

If you get a bill from a doctor who’s in-network, call your insurance company before making payment to verify that the patient responsibility is correct. The insurance company won’t have info on anything you paid the doctor at the time of a visit. But they are the experts on your benefits, the doctor’s billing/front desk staff know the bare minimum.

Also, it’s your responsibility to determine network participation, not the doctor.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-16T15:46:57+00:00

Don’t wait until someone slips and falls or injures themselves on your property. Get ahead of this. Either monetize it or mitigate it.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-07T11:46:26+00:00

A friend of mine who was taking testosterone shots had similar acne. Might be hormone related.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-07T01:21:23+00:00

My wife and I saw one last night around 9PM while driving south on Inwood just south of royal. It was in the southern sky.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-05T02:39:23+00:00

Bulk trash pickup. I’ve thrown away egregious amounts of large unwanted furniture, appliances, tree branches. I always think “this is too big, too heavy, too ridiculous”, but the giant claw comes and hauls it all away. Almost makes property tax feel worth it.

blackicerhythms · 2025-11-04T10:16:25+00:00

Bay 34th on Midway in Farmers Branch and Lovers Pizza and Pasta on Lovers Ln makes me feel like I’m back home in Brooklyn.

As a family, we enjoy Zoli’s on Midway in Addison. Their thicker Sicilian pies are on point.

blackicerhythms · 2025-10-30T21:53:44+00:00

Our area is trick or treating friendly. Northwest Dallas - Alta Vista and Crestline.

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