Improving Patient Relations at Your Medical Practice in 2014
Having gone through the medical system as a patient I came away with some insight into the lives of patients that billers usually don't see.
Five Ways Medical Billers Can End the Year Strong
Why the end of the year is stressful for medical billers at physician practices, and what they can do to alleviate some of that stress.
Five Things I Love About Being a Medical Biller
With so much upheaval going on, it can look like a bad time to be a medical biller. Why this isn't always the case.
How Late Payments, Patients can Throw off a Medical Biller's Day
Little things can add up, as this glimpse into a day in the life of a medical biller reveals.
When a Medical Biller Reaches the Limits of Patience
A lesson in staying calm when your day as a medical biller is nothing but frustrating.
The Affordable Care Act's Effect on Medical Billers
The one thing Obamacare has done is put everyone in the same boat, a boat called limbo. We don’t really know how it’s all going to work.
Eight Ways to Improve Staff Communication at Your Medical Practice
Every workplace has conflict. The goal is to find professional, respectful, and fair resolution. Here are eight ways to meet that goal in your medical practice.
Four Obstacles to Medical Practice Improvement Efforts
The talent of physicians isn't enough to keep a medical practice in business. How to recognize those employees and issues that work against your practice.
Ten Things That Would Make Medical Billers Happy
What would really make a biller really happy? Here is my wish list.
The Challenge of Helping Patients Who Don’t Help Themselves
The most difficult patients are the ones who refuse the help medical practices can offer them.
How Medical Billers Deal with Difficult Coworkers
A biller walks a tight rope when it comes to inter-office relationships. Here’s why.
What Makes Medical Billers Unhappy
Most practice staff would say the medical biller is more often than not in a bad mood. Here’s why.
Job Security of a Medical Biller
To excel in billing, one must have skin as thick as an East Texas armadillo and juggling abilities of a circus act.
Getting to Know Your Medical Biller is Time Well Spent
Here are five simple ways to get to know and appreciate a key member of your medical practice staff: your biller.
A Look at the Average Day of a Medical Biller
Take a peek inside the diary of a medical biller to see what really happens each day at her desk. Chances are, the same thing is happening at your practice.
Five Ways to Get Claims Paid at Your Medical Practice
Getting paid by insurance companies can be like fighting a war. Here are my top five weapons to manage accounts receivable and get what it is owed from payers.
Organization the Key to Preserving Your Medical Practice's Bottom Line
Here are some tips that have saved my medical practice's bottom line more than once over the last 20 years. It's all about getting and staying organized.
In Medical Billing and Collections, You Never Answer to One Person
Thoughts on the difficulty of juggling physicians' requirements, patients' demands, co-workers' needs, and still getting your job done as a medical biller.
Get What's Owed Your Medical Practice
Here is step-by-step guidance to getting paid what is owed your medical practice, starting with strong policies and staff training.
Dealing with Difficult People Part of Working at a Medical Practice
There will always be difficult people and situations when working at a medical practice. Sometimes you just have to recognize that fact, accept it, and prepare for it.