Mostly, patients want to make their healthcare payments on time. However, these payments often arrive later than their due date. Often patients may not make their payments until they have moved on to collections, leading to additional fees for the practice. However, what must be the reason behind this struggle? Let us take a closer Read more…
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3 Benefits of Social Media for Healthcare Practices
Social media is the primary form of communication for most of us. Whether it be simply checking out the latest updates from friends, or making actual business connections. This is why logging on to social media has become a daily ritual. It is considered a reliable source of information for most people- they often go Read more…
4 Ways EHR Dashboard Enhances Your Practice Productivity
While an intuitive interface, sleek design, and user-friendliness are all great features in an EHR, however, what really makes the best solutions stand out among others is the quality of the dashboard. Ideally, it should display real-time, high-priority information in one place, as soon as you log into the system. This feature enables practice managers Read more…
MIPS: Prepare for this Reporting Period
It is time to start collecting data for the last reporting period of 2023 for MIPS. If you have not collected at least 90-days of performance data by Jan 2, 2023, you will get a negative adjustment from Medicare. Confused? As CMS released information a bit late, many practitioners are rather confused about how to Read more…
The benefits of a clinically driven revenue cycle
Improving patient outcomes and reducing denials are among the primary goals of all healthcare organizations; what both of these goals have in common is that they can both be achieved through a clinically driven revenue cycle. Integrating clinical data into claims processing will significantly reduce denials, leading to fewer days in accounts receivable and, ultimately, Read more…
7 Ways 3D Printing is Revolutionizing Healthcare
It’s hard to believe but 3D-printing has been around since the mid-80s. Since then, we’ve seen all manner of things like pens, shoes, jewelry, and even cars, printed “out of thin air”. Perhaps the most exciting use of this technology can be seen in the healthcare industry, and as the technology advances and becomes more accessible, we will see even more Read more…
Is Your Practice Perfect or Does It Need Improvement?
Maintaining a practice used to be considerably easier than it is today. Practitioners had straightforward objectives, such as getting certified, managing overhead, providing excellent patient care, and building strong patient relationships. In the 21stcentury, everything is a bit more complex. Now, electronic health records are being used to: report performance, comply with various treatment protocols, Read more…
You Should Never Be Disappointed at Year End
Too many physicians wait for their accountants to tell them if they had a good or bad year. All year long they have been busily practicing medicine, being busy means you’re doing well right? Not necessarily. The end of the year is not the time to find out that your practice needs some administrative work. Read more…
Tips for Planning Holiday Schedules to Reduce Stress
This inconveniences the patient and frustrates the physician for having not met expectations. This is a common occurrence among physicians worldwide, unavoidable at times due to emergencies or family commitments, but usually stems from a lack of planning for the holidays. Unstructured scheduling can lead to misunderstandings among the staff, which ends up adversely affecting Read more…
Healthcare Data Security During COVID-19 and Beyond
The coronavirus has hit the globe, with only some island nations and well-isolated areas reporting no cases. In this turbulent time, international cooperation has reached an impressive scale, bringing together doctors, businesses, healthcare software developers, and researchers to pursue a common goal. To allow much-needed clinical research, governments have softened the intricate data security policies Read more…