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How to Work With New Reform-created Patients

To survive a potential influx of patients from healthcare exchanges, practices must focus on a few key areas, experts say. Communicate with patients; monitor payer mix; and manage billing and collections.

ALSO: Our 2014 PayerView data, by athenahealth, provides insight on how easy or hard it is for your practice to work with payers.

Payers

Concierge Medicine vs. Direct Primary Care

Nick Hernandez
Blog | January 28, 2015 | Fee Schedule Survey, Healthcare Careers, Healthcare Reform, Payers, Practice Models
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There are several things to consider before making a change from a traditional practice model.

Medical Payers' Timely Filing Deadlines

P.J. Cloud-Moulds
Blog | January 17, 2015 | Managers Administrators, Medical Billing & Collections, Payers
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Knowing payers' timely filing deadlines can increase your revenue. Here's how you can work around them.

Nine Healthcare Changes I Hope to See in 2015

James Bartley
Blog | January 17, 2015 | Fee Schedule Survey, Healthcare Careers, Payers
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A new year yields new resolutions. Here are my personal goals for change in 2015, as well as how I hope the healthcare system will change.

Three Simple Strategies for High-Deductible Patients

James Doulgeris
Blog | January 15, 2015 | Healthcare Reform, Medical Billing & Collections, Patients, Payers, Physician Compensation
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Patient deductibles have gone from getting patients' "skin in the game" to being "skinned alive." Their problems are physicians' problems.

Incidence of Healthcare-Acquired Conditions Increase

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA
Blog | January 15, 2015 | Patients, Payers, Physician Compensation
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Winter weather often leads to an increase in hospitalizations. Make sure you document all preexisting conditions prior to hospitalization.

Simple Steps to Better Track Medical Practice Contracts

Nick Hernandez
Blog | January 14, 2015 | Contracts, Fee Schedule Survey, Managers Administrators, Payers
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Keeping track of contract renewals can be tedious, but there are many techniques medical practices can use to simplify the task.

Patient Prep Key to Being an Out-of-Network Provider

P.J. Cloud-Moulds
Blog | January 10, 2015 | Medical Billing & Collections, Patient Relations, Payers, Physician Compensation
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Having a solid plan in place and not panicking is key when you find yourself suddenly out of network with a popular insurance company.

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