Keith A. Reynolds

Up to 85 percent of revenue cycle touches never generate a dime. MedEvolve CEO Matt Seefeld explains the touch tax and how to stop paying it.

The first day back after a long weekend is predictable chaos. Here are nine moves to clear the backlog without burning out your staff.

A rate bump means nothing if the fine print lets a payer claw it back. Six traps to catch before you sign or renew.

A quick-reference guide to the ICD-10 codes practices lean on every July 4, from firework injuries and grill burns to heat illness and stings.

The long holiday weekend is a stress test for your practice tech, and here are seven weak spots the Fourth of July tends to find.

Half the year is still on the clock. These five revenue metrics, each with a benchmark, show whether 2026 ends ahead or behind.

Most no-shows come down to forgetting, conflicts and long waits. Here are 11 fixes that need workflow changes, not new hires.

The threats that sink a practice are rarely the loud ones. Seven quiet fuses in the back office, and how to defuse each.

Most staff touches to get claims paid never produce revenue, MedEvolve CEO Matt Seefeld says, and the wasted work is crushing practice margins.

Staff pay fell for 10 of 18 core practice roles in 2025 but stays well above five-year levels, new MGMA benchmarks show.

It's the week of the Fourth of July. Here are 10 ways AI and automation can free your revenue cycle from the manual grind behind every denied claim.

Indiana limits AI downcoding of physician claims July 1, and more states are moving to rein in payers.

Prior authorization drains about 13 hours a week from the average practice, and these eight fixes win that staff time back.

A temporary 2026 raise, a new efficiency adjustment and a stalled fix in Congress are squeezing practice pay heading into 2027.

The costliest billing misses never trigger a denial, and these six EHR fixes recover revenue your documentation already supports.

Medicare Advantage drives more denials than any other payer, and these six moves help your practice push back and get paid.

MGMA's Andy Swanson on the 2026 pay and productivity split, the new Medicare efficiency adjustment and what it means for practices.

Most EHR friction is fixable without buying new software. Here are 11 optimization moves that cut clicks, clear the in-basket and shrink pajama time.

The portal, the reminders, the scheduling page: Most practices have them. Getting patients to use them is the work.

MGMA’s Anders Gilberg breaks down the new No Surprises Act IDR rule, from the $15 fee to what it means for practices.

Health care is the hardest-hit sector for ransomware. These seven defenses can cut a small practice's risk without a big IT budget.

AMA CEO John Whyte, M.D., M.P.H.: New AMA policies demand transparency, audits and physician oversight wherever AI touches care or coverage decisions.

Physician pay rose in 2025 even as productivity fell, MGMA data shows. MGMA's Andy Swanson on what the split means for practices.

Replacing one employee can cost up to 200 percent of their salary. Six gardening principles for growing a team that stays.

Sort the work before hiring: Kem Tolliver and Taya Gordon share a revenue cycle playbook for stressed practices.

The plan that recruited your physicians may be the reason they leave. Eight building blocks for a hybrid model that retains and rewards.

Downcoding, underpayments, missed incident-to: eight revenue cycle leaks to catch before they drain you.

Physician AI use has doubled since 2023. Vet your next tool on data privacy, liability and EHR fit before you sign.

The series returns with Lucien Roberts and Bert Wilson on allowables, collection percentages and what a practice actually collects.

Patients are increasingly primary payers. Nine front-end moves to keep balances from sliding into bad debt.