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
As the complexity of the healthcare revenue cycle exploded over the past several decades, the sophistication of RCM (revenue cycle management tools) and services increased on a parallel path to keep pace. As a billing technology provider for tens of thousands of medical practices and 700 billing service companies, we’re very grateful to be part … Continued
Mental health practice management and EHR software is similar to the medical industry. This eGuide outlines why mental health providers face greater automation challenges than their medical specialty colleagues.
Until recently, physical therapy providers faced greater automation challenges than many medical specialty practitioners. Options are now available to escape patchwork, work-around practice automation systems and implement comprehensive automation technology specifically designed for physical therapy practice. This guide will show you how.
The rise of telemedicine is a pioneering success story in the evolution of our changing healthcare delivery system. What we’ve seen is technology providing greater and greater communication mobility and flexibility in our culture at large. Patients have taken note and started to adopt (and demand) the idea of a video-assisted virtual physician visit. The … Continued
As medical group size continues to expand In today’s healthcare delivery landscape you may find yourself already in, or perhaps looking to expand to a larger multi-location or multi-specialty practice, or one of the growing number of accountable care or quality care models now moving mainstream.
This guide is written for third party developers who are developing software applications to access patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI). This guide provides a comprehensive step-by-step approach for users to understand authentication and methods to connect to the API, and to query patients’ health data.
Selecting the right VBC RCM outsource supplier for your practice can be challenging but rewarding once a high-quality partner is in place. At that point, successful practices shift focus from the details of VBC RCM to managing the direction and effectiveness of the implementation. Along that path, they avoid these six assumptions that frequently derail … Continued
While implementing VBC RCM (value-based care for revenue cycle management) technology in-house is a major commitment, if done properly, it will pay dividends for many years to come. As with any new technology, there are challenges in getting to an optimized state for your practice and workflows. Learning from the experience of others – both … Continued
Outsourcing your revenue cycle management for value-based care billing (RCM for VBC) involves much more than merely lining up a vendor and walking away. Carefully selecting a vendor with the right technology, depth of skill and experience, fit with your specific practice (including payor mix, specialty, provider count and number of locations), and strong ongoing … Continued
You’ve decided to keep your VBC revenue cycle management system in-house with your Rockstar billing team (or person). So what’s next? The most important next step is selecting the core technology platform that will form the foundation for your systems and process for years in the future. While thousands of possible features can factor into … Continued