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What Is Your Patient's True Financial Responsibility?

P.J. Cloud-Moulds
Blog | January 31, 2015 | Medical Billing & Collections, Patient Relations, Physician Compensation
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If your medical practice wants to get paid for services, do not accept financial responsibility for medical expenses that your patients incur.

Support for PAs Grows Among Patients, State Regulators

Stephen H. Hanson, PA-C
January 30, 2015 | Healthcare Careers, Law & Malpractice, Patient Relations, Staff
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Recent research indicates that PAs can improve the healthcare system, and recent policy changes help ensure that they have the opportunity to do so.

Three Questions Physicians Can Use to Dial Down Anxiety

Jeff Davidson
Blog | January 30, 2015 | Great American Physician Survey, Healthcare Careers, Work/Life Balance
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Next time you are in a stressful situation, I recommend asking yourself these three important questions.

Medical Billing and Collections Quiz

January 30, 2015 | Medical Billing & Collections, Coding, Denials, Payers, Physician Compensation, Revenue Cycle Management

Test your patient collections knowledge with our interactive quiz, featuring claims and denial data from RemitDATA from the fourth quarter of 2014.

DOJ Fines Physicians for Fraud Schemes

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA
Blog | January 29, 2015 | Law & Malpractice, Partnerships, Patient Relations
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The recent imposition of penalties by the DOJ in two instances should cause physicians to re-evaluate their policies and practices.

Defensible Medicine Slashes Malpractice Premiums

James Doulgeris
Blog | January 29, 2015 | Healthcare Careers, Law & Malpractice, Patient Relations
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Defensive medicine makes it more likely that you will be sued. Defensible medicine? Now, that puts you on malpractice insurers’ "A" lists. Here's how.

New Surgical Coding Modifiers Replace Modifier -59

Betsy Nicoletti
Pearl | January 28, 2015 | Coding, E&M, Medical Billing & Collections, Pearls
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Over the summer CMS added four new modifiers that will require a much greater degree of specification when coding surgical procedures.

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New Surgical Coding Modifiers Replace Modifier -59

Betsy Nicoletti
Pearl | January 28, 2015 | Coding, E&M, Medical Billing & Collections, Pearls
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Over the summer CMS added four new modifiers that will require a much greater degree of specification when coding surgical procedures.

Healthy Conflict Resolution for Physicians

Catherine Hambley, PhD
Pearl | January 21, 2015 | Patient Relations, Operations, Pearls, Performance, Work/Life Balance
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It is not the presence of conflict that is critical; it is the ability to resolve it in a productive and healthy manner that matters most.

Managing Your Practice's Revenue Cycle in 2015

Owen Dahl
Pearl | January 14, 2015 | Medical Billing & Collections, Managers Administrators, Patient Relations, Pearls, Revenue Cycle Management
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There is no time like the present to review your patient payment strategy. Here are 11 questions every practice should consider.

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