Leak
No RBM auth on advanced imaging
The denial it triggers
Non-appealable plan denial
How we stop it
We secure the authorization before the scan
Radiology billing · Greeley, CO
Radiology billing services in Greeley serve an agricultural Weld County market where regional imaging volume, advanced-study authorization, and the professional/technical split all have to be coded right the first time.
Since 2005, 247MBS has given Greeley groups a dedicated account manager, a free real-time dashboard, HIPAA-compliant workflows, and SOC 2 Type II controls alongside genuine Colorado Medicaid and Novitas coverage knowledge.
Greeley anchors northern Colorado's agricultural belt, and its Weld County catchment — farm and ranch families, agribusiness workers, and a fast-growing residential population — pushes real diagnostic demand through Banner North Colorado Medical Center and the region's independent imaging centers. That mix leans heavily on outpatient MRI, CT, and screening studies, and advanced imaging is precisely where high-dollar claims fall apart when authorizations and component splits are handled loosely.
Colorado adds its own payer layer. Health First Colorado (the state's Medicaid program) is organized around Regional Accountable Entities (RAEs) that manage care and referrals region by region, so coverage and authorization paths shift across your patient base. Medicare Part B in Colorado is administered by Novitas Solutions (JH), whose Local Coverage Determinations set medical necessity for the professional read. A Greeley practice gets paid by threading RAE rules and Novitas LCDs on every claim — precision a generalist billing company rarely holds for imaging.
Every Greeley study is a chain of billing decisions our team owns from the order to the payment.
| Billing element | How it drives payment in Greeley |
|---|---|
| Professional vs technical | Modifier 26 for the interpretation, TC for the equipment; global only when one entity owns both |
| Site of service | Hospital-based reads split the claim; office-owned imaging bills global |
| Prior authorization | MRI/CT/PET cleared through the plan's radiology-benefit manager first |
| Contrast and supervision | With/without/with-and-without-contrast codes tied to the order and supervision level |
| LCD / medical necessity | Ordering diagnosis matched to the covering Novitas JH policy |
| Modifiers | RT/LT laterality, 59 to unbundle, 76/77 for legitimate repeat reads |
Those decisions are backed by a 99% clean-claim rate, roughly 99% net collections, A/R under 25 days, up to 40% fewer denials, and 90% denial recovery, with claims submitted inside 24 hours.
Two radiology details matter more in a spread-out ag market like Weld County than most groups expect. First, contrast studies have to be coded to the physician's order and the documented supervision level — without, with, or with-and-without contrast — because a mismatch there quietly reprices a high-value scan. Second, rural coverage often runs on mobile units and remote reads, so each radiologist interpreting into Colorado must hold current state licensure and payer enrollment before the professional component bills. We verify both, so a study performed at a satellite site or read overnight still pays as cleanly as one done downtown.
Revenue rarely leaves through the front door here; it drips through preventable edits.
No RBM auth on advanced imaging
Non-appealable plan denial
We secure the authorization before the scan
Wrong or missing 26/TC split
Recoupment or short-pay
We bill the exact component the site of service requires
LCD / medical-necessity mismatch
Novitas JH edit denies the read
We match the diagnosis to the covering policy first
Contrast code mismatch
Denial or reduced payment
We tie the contrast code to the physician's order
NCCI bundling or duplicate reads
Component or second read rejected
We apply 59, 76 and 77 correctly
Your revenue review ranks these leaks by dollars lost, so the biggest hole in your Greeley revenue is closed first. Because a single advanced study can be worth many routine exams, one unauthorized MRI or mis-split CT can wipe out the margin on a full clinic day — so we reconcile every high-dollar scan against its authorization and its site-of-service split before it goes out.
Revenue review
A certified radiology billing specialist reviews your coding, unit counts, authorizations and aged A/R against the payers you actually bill in Greeley, CO — and puts a number on what your current process is leaving on the table.
A radiology specialist will reach out within one business day.
A radiology specialist will reach out within one business day.
Northern Colorado imaging groups outsource radiology billing because the RAE-organized Health First Colorado structure, the RBM authorization gates on advanced imaging, and the 26/TC split together overwhelm a general billing company that treats every specialty alike. For a lean ag-market practice, outsourcing also means no scramble to cover a biller's vacation and no aging claims left to sit; a dedicated team works the file every day. As a medical billing services company built around imaging, we carry the professional-component workflows and Colorado payer logic from day one. We run the full cycle:
It all lives inside our radiology revenue cycle practice — one team, one dashboard, a 98% retention rate.
We bill freestanding imaging and diagnostic centers across Greeley, hospital-based radiology groups reading for Banner and other Weld County facilities, subspecialty and interventional radiologists, mobile MRI and CT operators serving rural agricultural communities, and teleradiology groups covering Greeley, Evans, Windsor, Loveland, and the wider Weld County region. We also handle groups that read across several small rural facilities, keeping each site's ownership and component split straight so no location's claims fall through the cracks. Whether you interpret only, own the equipment, or both, we bill the professional and technical pieces to match.
Protect the margin on every high-dollar scan across Weld County's spread-out ag market. 247MBS handles medical billing for radiology in Greeley, verifying the patient's Health First Colorado Regional Accountable Entity or commercial coverage and clearing radiology-benefit-manager authorization before an MRI, CT, or PET runs, then matching the diagnosis to the covering Novitas JH policy. We split professional and technical components by site of service for reads at Banner North Colorado Medical Center and independent centers, code contrast to the physician's order, and confirm licensure on mobile and satellite reads. Claims file inside 24 hours at a 99% clean-claim rate with A/R under 25 days. Request a revenue review and see what your Greeley imaging book should collect.
Start with a revenue review: we'll review your 26/TC splits, your Health First Colorado authorizations, your Novitas LCD matches, and your aging A/R, then show you what professional radiology billing can recover for your Greeley practice.
Greeley practices are billed out of the same Colorado desk. Statewide payer detail lives on the Colorado page.
Medical billing for Radiology practices in Colorado — the payer programs, authorities and rules behind every Greeley claim.
Outsource Radiology Billing — the codes, unit rules and denials nationally, without the local layer.
Health First Colorado organizes managed care through Regional Accountable Entities, so the RAE and its referral rules shape coverage and authorization for many of your patients. We verify the active coverage before every study and secure the radiology-benefit-manager approval so MRI, CT, and PET claims are not lost to a non-appealable denial.
Yes. We match each ordering diagnosis to the covering Novitas Local Coverage Determination before submission, so the professional interpretation clears the LCD edit instead of denying.
Yes. We confirm licensure and payer enrollment for every radiologist and mobile unit, then code the professional and technical components to the correct policy so rural and after-hours reads pay cleanly.
From solo practices to multi-provider groups, we bill Radiology for Greeley practices with a dedicated account manager, certified coders and a live dashboard — so the units, authorizations and appeals that decide your month stop being the thing nobody has time for.
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