11 Keys to Ending the Client-hostage Crisis A predictable pattern has emerged in the medical billing segment over the past couple of decades. Many medical billing companies start out fast, garner a stable of clients, build out their staff and systems to reliably service them, and get cash flowing reasonably well for both themselves and … Continued
KPIs That Absolutely, Positively Make a Difference for Your Practice Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, are core to the success of any business, organization or independent practice. Two roadblocks often deter practices from successfully utilizing KPIs to their full advantage: 1) Inability to focus on the right, very limited number of indicators and 2) Inconsistency … Continued
A Golden Opportunity to “Level-up” Clinic Performance and Tribal Healthcare Delivery. While IHS discontinuance of RPMS may cause disruption for clinics involved with providing tribal healthcare, facilities have a “green field” opportunity to significantly level-up their systems for greater productivity, better patient interaction and care, improved reporting and compliance and more attractive bottom-line performance. With … Continued
In today’s value-based care (VBC) healthcare environment, the decision regarding technology to support the revenue cycle management piece of the puzzle can have a deep and long-lasting effect on the success and financial health of your Lab. The starting point is to decide whether to outsource the process or keep it inside. This includes evaluating … Continued
Help your practice unlock untapped EHR power Many billing professionals are surprised to find that their search for cost-reducing, profit-boosting options for their practice may lead them to their own EHR. Work with thousands of practices nationwide has pointed to these five EHR-based features and processes that are proven to quickly improve practice efficiency and … Continued
Help your practice unlock untapped EHR power We have distilled five Quick Tips that can help relieve the profitability squeeze with a minimal investment of time and money, and give your practice the financial breathing room it needs.
EHR technology has matured rapidly, but unevenly Not all EHR systems matured equally in the rapid growth of healthcare technology over the past 20 years. Many physicians have been frustrated by the negative impact developing technology has had on their practice of medicine. If your EHR sometimes acts like a wayward teen, you may be … Continued
EHR technology has matured rapidly, but may have skipped some areas of your practice. Many EHR systems sprang up and matured quickly in the high growth of healthcare technology over the past 20 years. But not all grew up to be equally capable, creating frustrations for many practice administrators. If your EHR sometimes acts like … Continued
EHR/Billing technology has matured rapidly, but may have skipped some key areas of development in your practice. Many EHR and billing systems sprang up and matured quickly in the high growth of healthcare technology over the past 20 years. But not all grew up to be equally capable, creating frustrations for many practice administrators, physicians … Continued
Data access and use in clinical care continues to accelerate at an astounding pace. An industry report completed several years ago estimated a 48 percent annual increase in the amount of health data available in the U.S. At both the macro “big data” level and more localized EHR level, health data continues to proliferate. For … Continued
While other specialists may disagree, pediatricians can make a strong argument that their specialty is one of the most fulfilling, and yet most challenging in medicine. On the one hand, they get to work with children all day. What’s not to love about that? (Okay, we’ll overlook the occasional crying and whining ones, or surly … Continued
Rarely in life do we have the opportunity to build things from a “green field” starting point. This is particularly true of a revenue cycle management system for your practice. The idea is that I take you to a remote location and stand you in the middle of a green field with nothing around. You … Continued
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