3 Instances To Bill or Not to Balance-Bill -That is the Question?
Like the tortured Danish Prince in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, contemplating whether to live or not to live, the medical billing offices of many a clinic are in a dilemma when faced with the prospect of...
View ArticleTackling Commonly Encountered Medical Billing Claims Submission Errors
Revenue cycle management is many-layered and a non-proficient medical billing company may easily lose its way within its maze, unless they hold the right map which may guide it unfailingly through its...
View ArticleAttorney Lien Claims- One of In 1000 Cases
What is this curious case of attorney lien claims? If you are familiar with the term “ambulance chasers” outside the context of a John Grisham novel, then it is quite possible you may be in the medical...
View ArticleHealth is Wealth – Very True in the Case of a Clinical Practice
We all must be familiar with the adage, Health is Wealth; ironically in today’s world this can be taken at face value, more so for the healthcare industry than any individual. If you are a practice...
View Article10 Astounding Health Information Technology Facts
The EMR/Digital Health revolution is to the present day healthcare industry what the Industrial Revolution was to 19th Century Europe. If steam power at once transformed cottage industries into huge...
View ArticleHealthcare IT Spending Will Reach $13710 Per Person!!
USA quite startlingly, leads the list when it comes to healthcare costs! It is the highest spender when it comes to medical care. Other industries in the US pale in comparison to the burgeoning costs...
View ArticleAre your business associates hipaa compliant? 10 questions you need to ask
HIPAA Omnibus and why it can affect your practice! As the final HIPAA rules were released, it caused major ripples across the industry. It lays strict emphasis on the usage and acquirement of protected...
View ArticlePatient Data Security is Serious Business: Says HIMSS13
It was common knowledge that the primary agenda of the recently concluded HIMSS13 summit in New Orleans included Interoperability, HIPAA, and secure data exchange. One could say that this was...
View ArticleMind It!! Terrorists & Medical Coding Violators….
Healthcare Fraud: On the Wanted List The United States Department of Justice Considers The Following Three The Worst Form of Culprits, not necessarily in that order: 1. Terrorists. 2. Violent Crime...
View ArticlePartnering With a Billing Consultant Is a Winning Move For Better EMR Adoption!!
Partnering With a Billing Consultant Is a Winning Move For Better EMR Adoption It was believed that the EHR-Healthcare marriage would mature over time with both developing an appreciation of each...
View Article4 MEDICAL CODING ERRORS WHICH MIGHT ARREST YOUR RCM CYCLE!!!
4 Crucial Medical Coding Pitfalls To Avoid “It’s very frustrating; healthcare is the only industry where you don’t know what it’s going to cost until it’s done.” So said a frustrated victim of heart...
View ArticleThe Social Doctor: Being a Physician in the Age of Social Media
How Clinics Can Leverage Social Media: Being an Online Shaman For a long while it was felt that the medical profession was one way or another prisoner to the so-called Parkinson’s Law, proposed by the...
View ArticleEquip Your Clinic to Handle Medicaid Enrollees Surge
In the cult science fiction film “Pitch Black”, the lead character, actually an anti-hero played by Vin Diesel, is thus engaged by the main antagonist, played by Cole Hauser: Cole Hauser: Battlefield...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHICS: Deloitte 2013 Survey Throws Light on Physician Beliefs
The US Healthcare scene is undergoing a paradigm shift. And the buzzword is ACO. But how many of the physicians are actually buying the argument that ACO is a step in the right direction for the...
View ArticleAre Extended Business Office Solutions The Best Option For Medical Practices ?
A lot of dust has been raised recently about the financial bottlenecks physicians face. Operational costs have gone through the roof and medical practices will have to run at breakneck speed just to...
View ArticleHow medical practices can put an end to underpayments? Be proactive
Are physicians being underpaid by insurance companies? Physicians constantly crib about denied claims. Even as medical practices across the country, try to devise strategies to curb denials, a more...
View ArticleWhich is better an independent practice or a group practice?
Medical practices team up to face the odds stacked against them! Independent medical practices across the country are finding it more difficult than ever before to keep the lights on. With burgeoning...
View ArticleIs an extended business office the best solution for medical practices…
Are extended business office solutions the best option for medical practices? A lot of dust has been raised recently about the financial bottlenecks physicians face. Operational costs have gone through...
View ArticleWho said independent practices shutting shop? 58% of physicians want to...
Independent medical practices are not on their way out! It is old news that privately owned medical practices are on their way out. It is true that financial and administrative burdens are pushing...
View Article5 challenges small medical practices face and solutions that can bail them out
What is ailing the small medical practice down the road? You love that cosy, little practice down the lane. It is the same medical practice you were taken to as a child for immunization shots. The old...
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