Our Thoughts on Best Practices

You Have A Partner.

Claim Review

Get to know Nokomis in 5 minutes or less

July 2021
Posted in
Nokomis team sitting around a conference table

Welcome to Nokomis! We’re a close-knit community of individuals who radically believe that health plans should only pay for services that actually occurred. We actually believe in our mission so much, that we analyze health plan claims at no charge, and Nokomis is only paid when the plan saves money, at a percentage of those…

Continue Reading

Building a Better Claim Review Company

June 2021
Posted in ,
Nokomis Health | Founder Rich Henriksen

INTERVIEW WITH FOUNDER RICH HENRIKSEN How did you get started in the claims field? What was your career path prior to Nokomis? I graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa with a biology degree and then received my master’s degree in hospital administration from The University of Iowa. Scott Anderson, the CEO of North Memorial…

Continue Reading

Winning the Battle on Health Care Costs

April 2021
Posted in ,
Health Care Interview

Industry conferences generally illuminate growing trends and broad, often brilliant ideas. Distinguished presenters glide through slides and issues providing probable causes and ideal answers. One can almost feel the enthusiasm ricocheting off the walls of Ballroom A… We’re going to make it after all!

Continue Reading

Why TPAs and ASOs Need to Offer Claim Review Services

March 2021
Posted in ,
Nokomis Health | Why TPA's Should Care

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “ObamaCare” is rapidly and profoundly changing the American healthcare landscape. In addition to expanding coverage to millions of people, the law imposes a new host of regulations and taxes on businesses.

Continue Reading

Schemes, Errors & Scams – How Uncommon Claim Review Leads to Savings

January 2021
Posted in ,
Nokomis Health | Stories from the Front Line

Nokomis Health’s coding team was reviewing a client’s out of network laboratory and a batch of genetic testing claims raised some questions. The claims appeared to be legitimate – the CPT code was valid, the diagnosis code supported the charge, the NPI and TIN were correct – but the charges were very high for the…

Continue Reading

Managing high-cost air-ambulance claims

November 2020
Posted in ,
Nokomis Health | Cadillac Tax

Nokomis recently reduced the cost of a $100,000 air ambulance claim by 76%.  As a national leader in payment integrity and claim support services, Nokomis once again demonstrated a unique understanding of a very nuanced and expensive corner of healthcare services.

Continue Reading