Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a magical health IT tool widely celebrated for promoting interoperability across the healthcare industry. Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a magical health IT tool widely celebrated for promoting interoperability across the healthcare industry. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions regarding EHRs answered: Read More : Complete Guide: Read more…
How EHR Helping in Treatment of Vulnerable Patients During COVID-19
Communicating with the patients during times of uncertainty can significantly alleviate patient anxieties and address their questions and concerns. The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped and radically transformed the entire healthcare landscape. It has altered how physicians practice medicine, primarily how they communicate with and reach out to the most vulnerable patient communities. Leveraging innovative health Read more…
5 Reasons Patients No-Show For Healthcare Appointments
There is no magic solution for eliminating no-shows. However, by showing empathy towards your patients and leveraging technology at your practice, you can considerably reduce their incidence. Patient no-shows are a downright recipe for increased costs. According to a study, the healthcare industry loses around $150 billion to patient no-shows every year. This is equivalent Read more…
Telehealth Best Practices: Building a long-term workflow
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the healthcare industry has embraced telemedicine as the new normal. While the practices were initially only forced to implement telehealth as a quick solution, they are now adopting it wholeheartedly because of the incredible benefits of deploying telemedicine. Many only put a good enough explanation for now Read more…
Combat the Flu Season with Telehealth
Cold and flu can be rough on everyone, including the patients and the providers both. A smart-telehealth strategy and the right virtual care platform can help sail through the difficult times relatively smoothly. The 2017-2018 flu season marked one of the worst epidemics in the history of American healthcare. Little did we know that the Read more…
Preparing Your Patients for their First Telemedicine Visit
2020 is the year of telemedicine. While the COVID-19 pandemic has proved disruptive for all aspects of healthcare, telemedicine, in particular, has witnessed a boom during the global crisis. It is rapidly evolving as the new normal, primarily owing to the convenience and easy access to care it offers. Continuity of care is mainly facilitated Read more…
Trump Administration Makes Case for ACA Destruction
According to a last-minute brief filed at the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, it has become evident that the Trump administration plans to continue its fights to get the Affordable Care Act (ACA) declared unconstitutional. ACA, also referred to as Obamacare, is unquestionably the most comprehensive healthcare reform law enacted in March 2010 under Read more…
Top 10 Reasons for Claim Denials
If you want to attain more financial success, you must overcome these common reasons for claim denials. Denials generally fall under two categories: technicalities and medical. Denials resulting from technicalities are incurred due to missing codes or authorizations and claim to file mistakes. On the contrary, denials are considered medical when the treatment is not Read more…
Things That Make Telemedicine Providers Successful
Telemedicine is a win-win for the patients and providers alike. With a thoughtful and strategic approach, you can realize incredible benefits across the board. Telemedicine is foreseeably evolving as a strategic maneuver for medical practices. While video visits are not new for the providers any more, many are embracing this technology with arms wide open. Read more…
10 Icd-10 Myths Expelled
The number of myths associated with ICD-10 codes is bound to put the Egyptians to shame. Some of these common misperceptions need to be countered with facts from the experts. Myth 1: ICD-10 contains ten times the number of codes listed in ICD-9. ICD-10 includes 69,832 diagnosis codes (ICD-10-CM) as compared to 14,567 diagnosis codes Read more…