Billing & Collections

Client Services and Marketing Specialist at NGA Healthcare

Articles

Physicians: Negotiate your rates. Hold the payers accountable.

Health insurance companies hemorrhaging billions from employer groups, Medicare

Hoala Greevy has over 20 years of experience in the email industry, dating back to his first job out of college at Critical Path in San Francisco in 1999. Prior to founding Paubox, Hoala started Hawaii’s first SaaS company (Pau Spam) in 2002. Hoala holds two patents related to email security. An avid kayak fisherman, Hoala has caught three blue marlin from his ocean kayak Scupper Pro. He also holds the IGFA world record for the finescale triggerfish.

A fast and cost-efficient way to inform people about what they owe. 

How email marketing can help collect delinquent medical payments

. ARMCO Partners provides high quality forensic billing, clinical abstracting, NCCI edit resolution/denial management, and ICD-10 medical coding services for hospitals, physician networks, and home health/hospice services.

Billing for telemedicine services doesn’t have to be overwhelming when you understand a few key concepts and take advantage of your available resources.

Untangling telehealth billing

Zachary is the Financial Controller at Family Allergy and Asthma. An experienced Controller, Zachary has held financial positions at many well-known companies including Castle & Key Distillery and GE Appliances. He has a MS focused in Accounting from The University of Akron.

How new technology is curing ailments and streamlining processes in one practice’s AP department.

Automating accounts payable

Slideshows

Questions you should ask yourself as you think about the future for yourself and your practice.

5 questions every older physician should ask themselves

How to develop an accounts receivable work plan in three steps

Clean up the A/R before putting the practice on the market

Laurie Morgan, MBA is a partner and senior consultant for 

. Her consulting focuses on practice management effectiveness and practice profitability. She is the author of the book 

People, Technology, Profit: Practical Ideas for a Happier, Healthier Practice Business

If your profit is suddenly on a lower trajectory, resist the instinct to attempt a quick fix. Here’s what to do instead. 

Smart ways to respond to-and reverse-declining profitability

How to make sense of the dollars and cents at a physician practice.

How to diagnose cash flow problems in your practice 

Collecting patient payments can be a challenge for medical practices that aren’t operating at maximum efficiency. Review some key performance indicators to identify and improve processes.

5 ways to use KPIs to increase your revenue

, III, MHA, FACMPE, is Chief Administrator of Gastrointestinal Specialists, Inc., a 31-provider practice in Central Virginia. He has been a Physicians Practice contributor for the past decade. Lucien may be reached at lroberts@gastrova.com.

A payer contract is more than a mere fee schedule. There are several other factors to consider when deciding to keep or terminate a payer contract.

Accounts Receivable