Verifying Patient Health Benefits a Must at Your Medical Practice
Is your medical practice staff taking the few minutes to verify patient benefits? If not, it could cost you thousands of dollars and an aged out A/R.
Medical Necessity: Physicians Need to Prove It to Payers
Do you know how insurance companies are treating your patients? Here are some areas to be aware of and how to work with payers so that everyone wins.
Working with Workers' Compensation Medical Billing Codes
When reimbursements are low for your workers' compensation patients, it may not be the payers' fault. Here's how to make sure you are paid what you deserve.
Smart Cards: An Intelligent Idea for Healthcare
Imagine a way to reduce denied claims, have accurate patient information, and speed up the paperwork process. It exists, so why isn't it in your medical practice?
Discussing Payment Options with Medicare Patients
How many of your patients only have Medicare and not secondary or supplemental insurance? More than you'd think. Here's how to help them manage their account.
Basic Medical Terms Your Practice Staff Should Know
Medical Insurance Primer for Practice Staff
Need a refresher on the major insurance types for staff at your practice? Here's a print and post guide for your office.
Five Common Denials Halting Payments to Your Medical Practice
By reviewing the denials your practice receives from insurance companies, you can tailor your training and internal procedures to remedy a majority of these.
Getting Paid from Secondary Insurance at Your Medical Practice
Are you aware of how much of your aging accounts receivable balances from secondary insurances that were never followed up on? It's time you investigate.
Payers and Cascading Payments: Tips for Your Medical Practice
Here is an easy and quick tip that will immediately increase your inflow with minimal time and effort from treating staff at your medical practice.
Reviewing Policies and Procedures at Your Medical Practice
How are your policies and procedures driven? Here are some great tools for identifying a problem area at your medical practice.
HIPAA Issues: Occurring Every Day in Medical Practices
Are you and your office staff up to date with the HIPAA privacy laws? After what I recently saw, you might want to have a refresher.
Resolving Eligibility Issues at Your Medical Practice
You've seen a patient that you thought had insurance that you accept, but it turns out you don't. What is the best course of action to take?
Dealing with Patient Refunds at Your Practice
Patient refund requests surely come across your desk. Here's how to know when to cut a check and when to hold onto the overpayment temporarily.
Working with Payers to Avoid Patient Visit Limit Bills
Here's how to make sure your patients do not receive a bill when your practice has gone over either the insurance visit limit or number of visits limit.
Getting Patients Involved When a Claim is Denied
Here are some quick steps you can implement today to make sure coordination of benefits is not costing your practice money.
Making Benefits Verification Better at Your Medical Practice
With so many variables, how many times should your medical practice staff call to obtain insurance benefits?
Start Improving Your Medical Practice Operations Today
Are your practice's quality control systems in place and current? Here are some ways to check to see if they are.
Diffusing Difficult Patient Interactions
Here's how to manage an explosive situation with a patient in your office.
Five Payer Pitfalls: Dealing with Patients and Their Insurance Plans
Being proactive with your patients and their insurance plans means you can better ensure your medical practice gets paid, no matter the circumstances.
Three Ways to Improve the Claims Process at Your Medical Practice
Here's how to identify potential opportunities where your claims process could go awry and how to keep it on track.
Departing Medical Practice Staff: Be Prepared to Move on
Here are some of the most efficient and effective ways of handling departing support staff members and how to bring someone new into your practice.
Payer Success Starts with Empowered Medical Practice Staff
Giving your staff the keys to perform the functions of their job is imperative in becoming an effective leader and a more efficiently-run medical practice.
Addressing Problem Payers at Your Medical Practice
Have a problem payer at your medical practice? Here's how to identify and rectify the situation to avoid losing money.
Telecommuting and Your Medical Practice: Could It Work?
Do you have a fantastic staff member that you can reward by giving them an opportunity to telecommute? Here's how to be successful with this approach.
Easy Steps to Improve Communication with Your Medical Billing Company
These easy and quick suggestions will create opportunities for better communication with your billing department.
The Yearly Review: Measuring Physicians Practice Staff Performance
How did your employees do this year? Let this checklist help you with your evaluation.
Payer Denials, Delays, and Managing Them at Your Practice
The difference between a denial and a delay, and how to effectively approach both.
Balancing Your Payer Mix: A Critical Necessity for Your Practice
Do you have a balanced payer mix? Here are some things you can do to ensure your practice is financially healthy.
How Your Practice Can Overcome a 'Medical Necessity' Denial
Are your claims being denied because they were not “medically necessary?” Here's what you can do.