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Is Healthcare the 21st Century's Version of Frankenstein's Monster?
Certainly, there can be a case made for the uncertain future of American healthcare as a possible candidate. The aging of the "baby-boom" population creates a squeeze on both sides of the healthcare equation. On one side, insurance companies are paying out less for medical care - on the other side is a huge segment of the population maturing and increasing the pressure on an already taxed healthcare system. To top things off, Americans are living longer, healthcare costs are increasing and doctors are caught squarely in the middle of trying to provide high levels of care while balancing the expenses and risks of doing so. While AdvancedMD can not address all of the challenges of healthcare tin the 21st century, we can help physicians and their staff to be more efficient and profitable. Consider AdvancedMD a tool in Van Helsing's monster killing bag of tricks. Like a silver bullet or a wooden stake, AdvancedMD can kill the monster of claims rejections, lost superbills and medical billing inefficiency. In the spirit of Halloween, we're offering a "tongue-in-cheek" take on on our product. Our everyday contribution to 21st century healthcare is to take on the spooks and gremlins that haunt every medical practice. Article Followup - Tort Reform Responses to last month's article on tort reform generally agreed tort reform is a good way to reduce physician's expenses. Given our audience, this was no suprise. It was, however, interesting to note some of the specific feedback that was received. One reader concluded, "Practices such as OB that are pretty much guaranteed to be sued because of the specialty, would at least know what the limits for damages are prior to performing services. I believe that the laws should go a little further to discourage frivolous law suits, by punishing those who bring false claims." Thanks to everyone for their feedback. If you have anything else to add to this debate, please feel free to send us your comments. AdvancedMD Webinar - Is your practice disaster-proof? The Hancock Women's Center located just outside of New Orleans found out about AdvancedMD a bit too late. But they're glad they use AdvancedMD now. "It is difficult to imagine the impact of losing all your medical records, days of claim-slips and months of revenue. If we were using AdvancedMD at the time of the storm we could have been treating patients the next day - not worrying about lost medical records and unpaid claims." Thankfully, tragic circumstances like those experienced in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina don't happen every day, but even little disasters like a fire, flood or even theft of computer equipment can have a huge negative impact on a practice that is unprepared. Find out how you can protect your office at our FREE Webinar: Is Your Practice Disaster-Proof |
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