Adventure Trips in India

Adventure travel is growing in India by leaps and bounds. Trekking has always been a mainstay of the active Indian traveler, but a series of options like paddle boarding, kite surfing, kayaking, caving and even bungee jumping are slowly gaining traction in India, as you can see by the listings posted on www.trailwala.com, India's first listings directory for adventure travel.
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One of the biggest hurdles to industry growth, ironically, is the lack of regulation surrounding this space. The government has very few rules around who can and cannot operate as an adventure traveler, with the result that hundreds of fly-by-night operators set up shop and take travelers into the wilderness. The innocent traveler motif is also incorrect; the incessant pressure from travelers for bargain-basement pricing is one of the main reasons for the emergence of these low-cost, low-quality operators. Incidents involving severe accidents and the occasional loss of life are not unknown; the Dudhsagar falls trek, a popular Goa destination, was shut down in the monsoons of 2015 because a few foolhardy trekkers went too far into the rocks, and paid the price with their lives. The government would do well to enforce regulations and processes, rather than react belatedly by closing off areas that experience stress. 

The Chadar trek in Ladakh was similarly closed off earlier in 2015, when the ecological damage inflicted by thousands of tourists created severe issues, adding to the issues posed by landslides in a region that has very poor infrastructure for coping with the masses. The burden of poor operators is often a public nuisance—cheap organizers usually can’t afford scrupulous waste management, and this has devastating consequences on the environment. Similarly, badly trained vendors do not have topnotch safety skills—and in many cases, some even lack awareness when it comes to equipment maintenance. For example, did you know that climbing rope MUST be replaced every 2 years, even if it hasn’t been used? Yup, it “expires” as the fibers lose their tautness. But try telling that to a vendor who is ill trained and hellbent on cutting costs. That’s when you end up with tragic stories in the adventure tourism space.

Best Trekking Places in India

There’s no dearth of online “top 10trekking places” type lists in India, but at TrailWala we believe that what people need isn’t generalized travel ideas, it’s actionable data. That’s why we make it a point to share as much as we can about the trekking companies who list on our site—we give you a blurb on how they came about, and we also provide the ability for trekkers to leave reviews. Let’s say you use TrailWala to find a Kalavantin Durg trek or to go up Kalsubai or do river rafting at Kolad or Rishikesh. 

Hundreds of vendors contact trips to these places, but the devil is in the details, and it’s the little touches that make or break an experience. This sort of word of mouth information is crucial for other travelers, trekkers and adventurers down the line. 

That’s why the adventure tourism industry in India needs more reviews. Did you enjoy the paddle boarding experience you had in Goa? Other Trailwala visitors would love to know. Did you think that the Duke’s Nose rappelling activity you went on had top notch safety equipment? If you leave a review, it could really help someone else down the line, as they struggle to figure out their perfect trip. That’s why what people need is not more travel lists about Top 10 places, etc. 

They need real, actionable information they can use to locate and book their ideal trip. Time is limited, and the search costs for multi-day trips are heavy—you need to know exactly who you’re traveling with, who else is going, what the living situation is, what the safety standards are. 

Getting vendors to answer these questions is useful to an extent, but what you really want is for a traveler before you to leave a review—to tell you that the Spiti Valley trek by so-and-so operator was amazing, or that such-and-such vendor didn’t have good arrangements for the Goecha La trek. That’s the kind of info that would really help future trekkers. 

Common Medical Billing Errors which Affect your Revenue

Almost 30% revenue loss results from billing errors. These errors are the common cause for claim rejections by insurance companies, aka payers in the US. Medical billing is much beyond just documentation; it is the very means of revenue generation. Since the maximum percentage of a physician’s income is from the payers, the billing process should be devoid of the following common errors.

1.    Incomplete Patient Information

When it comes to detecting the loopholes in a business, it is best to start with the basics. It is necessary to check for silly mistakes while entering the name, date of birth, gender of the patient in the claims as errors detected by the payers will result in rejection.

2.    Lack of Patient Verification

Lack of thorough patient verification process reveals potential chances for revenue loss. A complete verification should include verifying how many policies the patient has, the insurance policy number and its coverage, the allowance limit of benefits, checking for authorization of procedures, etc.

3.    Date of Service and Timely Filing

It is true that a thing as simple as mentioning the correct date of service is important is often missed and becomes the cause of denial of reimbursement. Not only that, the claims need to be filed within a specific period from the date of service if physicians want the payment. Missing that deadline results in delay in getting reimbursed and often loss of revenue.

4.    Erroneous Diagnosis / Procedure Code

The payers have experts on their panel to verify the authenticity of claims and cross check the CPT or HCPCS, i.e. diagnosis codes with the treatment rendered. In an attempt to get more out of the payers the billing staff often codes unauthorized procedures along with wrong diagnosis. One should be careful while using the modifiers too.

5.    Duplicity / Fraudulent Billing

One of the most common malpractices for trying to get maximum reimbursement is fraudulent billing, i.e. billing for unperformed procedures. At times upcoding too falls into this category. The billing staff should be well versed with the latest coding standards to avoid coding the old way. Downcoding too is tricky and can harm revenue.

6.    Following up with Payers

Lack of following up with the insurance companies for rejections tops the list of the most common medical billing errors that cause monetary loss for medical practices. Blame it on staff shortage, increased workload, predominant administrative tasks over billing, lack of time for being on call for every rejected claim, following up can help the inflow of cash.

7.    Ignoring the EOB

It is crucial to go through and understand the explanation of benefits (EOB) issued by the insurers. Apart from making the rectification, it is also essential for avoiding those mistakes in future billing.

All these errors delay the reimbursement unnecessarily besides risking tarnishing of your practice’s image in case of repetitive errors. Seek help from a billing partner if need be to handle these issues and avoid these pitfalls to keep the cash coming in.