Patient Collections: 5 Mistakes Your Practice Can Avoid
Many practices make common collection mistakes that when left unattended can sap revenue. Here's what you can do to improve your collection process.
The Demands of Running a Medical Practice Can Throw a Physician Off Balance
I’m still a doctor, which has never been and will never be a straight 9-to-5 job. Demands, like patients, are unpredictable and often non-negotiable.
Understanding New Medical Practice Payment Models
Payers are mobilizing their reimbursement models to ensure that they are paying only for "quality" and "efficiency" in medicine.
Proper Introductions at Your Practice Are Critical to Patient Relations
In the medical world, the way you introduce yourself and others can make or break your relationships - with patients, their families, and your colleagues.
Managing Staffing Costs at Your Medical Practice
Work flow, technology, and shaking up traditional job duties can all affect staffing needs
Clinical Summaries: A Valuable Part of Meaningful Use Requirements
Done well, clinical summaries can help you communicate better, satisfy patients, and qualify for the MU bonus.
Distribution of DHS Income for Physicians: Avoid ‘Stark’ Consequences
It’s important to consult with a healthcare lawyer to make sure the methodology being applied to designated health services (DHS) income in your practice is compliant.
Five Tips to Better Manage Your Revenue Cycle
It is vital that practices have systematic ways to address patient collections; the following strategies can help your practice collect all that it is due.
Physician and Payer Relationships
Understanding third-party payers can go a long way to making your life easier.
Physicians Selling Products: Legal and Ethical Considerations
Before selling any product, physicians must consider all legal and ethical limitations.
Can That Applicant Do the Job at Your Medical Practice?
Tips for testing job skills - before you hire.
High-Deductible Health Plans and Your Medical Practice: Be Prepared
The difficulty in collecting payment from patients has only been augmented by the increase in health care plans with high deductibles.
Does Your Practice Provide Culturally Competent Care?
If like many communities, yours has significant numbers of non-English speaking people with whom neither you nor your staff are able to converse, your practice is at a serious disadvantage.
When a Physician Leaves Your Practice
It's time to say goodbye; here's how to do it without creating collateral damage
Quality Data Codes
QDC codes themselves carry no payment for a claim. However, using the codes correctly may result in a bonus payment from Medicare, and not reporting them successfully will result in a penalty.
Building a Website for Your Practice
Even if you've had a site for years, it's worth reevaluating what information lives there and update it from time to time.
Increasing Medical Practice Referrals
9 steps to creating and preserving your patient pipeline
Physicians and Self-Prescribing: Just Say ‘No’
Although it’s often easier and faster to provide medical care to friends and family, physicians should learn to say “no” more often.
Holiday Gifts from Patients: Four Considerations for Every Practice
This time of year, there are a lot of inquiries about physicians receiving gifts from patients. Here’s some guidance.
PM/EHR User Groups
Don't underestimate the power of networking
New Primary-care Models Can Change the Way You Practice Medicine
Feel like you can't do the fee-for-service practice model anymore? Here are several examples of new models in primary care that may the answer for you.
Crafting Non-solicitation Provisions in Physician Employment Contracts
A non-solicitation provision should be carefully tailored to the particular practice and there is no “one-size” approach for everyone.
Physician Professional Courtesies Can Still Come at a Cost
Providing medical services for free, or at a reduced rate, at your practice comes with some restrictions.
Using Job Descriptions to Improve Medical Staff Performance
Creating well-written job descriptions for all of your practice's positions is a must-do for your practice.
Take a Role in Healthcare Reform
Because all medical practices are impacted by Medicare cuts ―as most payers tie their fee schedules to Medicare ― it is incumbent upon each of us to step up and make our voice heard.
Health Literacy: A Life-Threatening Communication Gap
Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services. How many of your patients truly have a handle on their own healthcare needs?
Stopping Gossip at Your Medical Practice
A 4-step guide to help your office: "Stop Talking About Trash ― STAT"
Inexpensive Alternatives to EHRs
For small practices, the ongoing monthly costs of an EHR may simply not be affordable. So what alternatives are out there?
The Impact of Mini-Clinics
Walgreen's, Target, and other retail outlets are selling flu shots, physicals, and an ever expanding list of minor healthcare services traditionally provided in physician offices.
Groupon: Great for Prada Shoes, But Not Physician Services
Physicians do need to take into consideration state and federal restrictions on marketing activities - including those daily deal websites.
