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…
How to Reduce the Administrative Burden in a Practice?
When the staff of a small practice attempt to do everything themselves, problems will almost certainly arise. Administrative duties, such as managing operations, scheduling, billing, account management, customer service, and providing medical attention, can become downright burdensome for a small staff, and may often divert attention from the core focus of providing care. How can 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…
Physician Burnout: The Pressing Need to Transform Your EHR
Physician Burnout or EHR Burnout: A leadership role you aren’t trained for Forty-two percent of physicians say they are burned out and they cite burdensome electronic health records (EHR) as one of the main reasons for it. It doesn’t matter if they are self-employed or employed by a health system, are male or female, are Read more…
How EHR And Billing Can Unlock Your Practice Revenue
If you’re looking to increase practice revenue, full schedules and robust patient panels aren’t necessarily the answer. You can only see a certain number of patients each day, and you can’t add more than your providers can handle. However, the additional revenue you are looking for may already exist. It may be locked deep inside Read more…
A Physician’s Guide to Financial Success
Despite the stereotype, being a physician doesn’t guarantee financial wellbeing. Truth is, many physicians struggle financially, as doctors are like most people when it comes to money. In fact, many physicians aren’t disciplined financially and are lacking both financial literacy and foresight. Add to that today’s uncertain times, which is likely to saddle more physicians in Read more…
The Rising Need for Specialized RCM Solutions in Healthcare
While the US healthcare system is in the process of making its shift from fee-for-service care to value-based care, it is unfortunately still wasting trillions of dollars on processing medical bills and managing costs and revenue – and will continue to suffer losses till the shift is complete. The flaws in the system are particularly Read more…
8 Ways To Improve Patient Satisfaction in 2022
Patient satisfaction scores can influence several aspects of your medical practice, from reimbursements to efficiency and profitability. Practices of all sizes and specialties should devote ample time and effort towards enhancing and maintaining patient satisfaction levels to reap the benefits of patient retention. Patients are increasingly comparing their healthcare experiences with those of others and Read more…
5 Reasons Why Physicians Like EHR
With the widespread transition from paper-based documents to electronic records, the entire care delivery process is incredibly streamlined and enhanced. Physicians are highly appreciative of the benefits that accrue from digital health technologies, especially Electronic Health Records (EHRs). With the widespread transition from paper-based documents to electronic records, the entire care delivery process is incredibly Read more…