Finding the perfect doctor for your needs can be a long and arduous process. A patient-physician relationship is a delicate and extremely private one; it takes a great deal of time and trust to build. Naturally then, most patients prefer to do their own extensive research before taking the first step and booking an appointment. Read more…
Quality Care
5 Reasons Advance Care Plans are Better For Patients
End of life discussions with patients can be incredibly difficult for physicians. Some view it as a failure; the care they provided was not enough to save the patient’s life, not considering factor such as the illness, condition or patient age. For others having these discussions is simply too uncomfortable to stomach. These conversations are Read more…
3 Reasons your Mental Health Practice is Struggling to Collect Patient Payments
The healthcare industry is locked in a never-ending struggle with collecting payments. The burden placed on patients is growing, with rising insurance deductibles and premiums increasing the difficulty faced by patients to actually make their payments. According to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly half of all insured adults in the US Read more…
How Value Based Care Increase the Care Quality
Value-based healthcare is a care delivery model where providers are paid based on patient health outcomes. It is designed to improve the quality of care patients receive by incentivizing providers to do focus on delivering high-quality care rather than serving the highest possible quantity of patients. This is achieved by making a few changes to Read more…
6 Areas to Work on to Reduce Physician Burnout
Physician burnout has been a growing problem in the healthcare industry for some time now. While the COVID-19 pandemic did exacerbate the issue, burnout among physicians had been growing even in the years before. The growing realization of this problem and the increased enthusiasm for finding solutions at a systemic level is encouraging, there is Read more…
3 Signs it’s Time to Rebrand Your Medical Practice
Branding is one of the most important aspects of any business. It is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal for influencing customer choices and decisions. By setting a high bar for quality you can make it so that consumers associate your very brand with high quality products or services. In healthcare, high Read more…
The Stark Law and What It Could Mean for Your Practice
A medical practice requires cooperation between medical professionals to properly function. This cooperation is not limited to just physicians within the same facility, but also extends to referrals to other practices and providers. However, some have raised concerns about referrals being made for the wrong reasons and this has led to the introduction of legislation Read more…
Enhancing Physician Efficiency with MAs
Physicians are busier than ever. With packed schedules, more patients than ever before, and increasingly stringent requirements for reporting, documentation, and billing, they are left with little to no time for anything other than work. However, having trained medical assistants (MAs) in your practice save physicians a lot of time, up to three hours a Read more…
The Challenges of Alternative Care Models
Alternative Payment Models (APMs) have been promoted by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation as options that can help reduce costs while maintaining and improving patient outcomes. Now into its second decade, CMMI continues to improve and expand APMs in order to drive growth and transformation in the health care system. APMs will continue Read more…