Billing & Collections

Entering a new employment agreement? Here's why and how you need to plan your exit strategy as soon as possible.

This healthcare expert believes concierge medicine is the future of healthcare due to its benefits for both patients and physicians.

Look at the easy stuff to reduce the cost of overhead at your practice and go from there. There's a lot of money to be saved.

As more and more payers offer value-based contracts, how can practices negotiate favorable terms in this strange new territory?

Physicians have to jump through more hoops than ever to be paid. Is there an end in sight?

Every penny matters in health care, so be sure physicians and staff have a grasp on how that money flows through the practice.

Healthcare organizations are always looking to save money, but physicians rarely know the effect of their treatments or medications. Here's how to change that.

There are two ways to grow your medical practice. The first is to acquire new patients. The second is to retain your existing patients.

The Healthcare Administrative Technology Association talks to us at HIMSS18 about familiar pain points for practices.

It is important to evaluate whether you want to consolidate your medical practice’s position or find ways to grow.

In this month's coding column, our expert answers whether or not you need to include vitals when coding a patient encounter.

If you aren't a patient isn't on your insurance panel, for whatever reason, how can you expect to be fairly paid?

You don’t know how much money you have in the bank. What if I told you, you can calculate a projection of your inflow for this month?

Approached by a company offering an opportunity to invest in a laboratory or laboratory MSO? Consider the following.

With more patients likely to be uninsured due to the individual mandate repeal, here are creative ways of providing cost effective primary care.

A legal expert outlines recent cases where physician's wealth took a hit and then gives his advice on how such situations can be avoided.

Instead of funneling a bunch of capital into your practice on a monthly basis, how about cleaning up your DSO?

In this month's coding column, expert Bill Dacey says requirements around the new code 93793 are unknown.

Stay on top of your collection practices using training, technology, and communication.

Looking to set your long-term goals for the coming year? Here are a few that will help get you started.

Three initiatives are changing the momentum for behavioral health and chronic care reimbursement.

This month's coding questions look at coding for transition of care for a nursing facility patient and on Annual Wellness visits.

Integrating acquired physician practices has been an ongoing struggle for health systems. Here are some steps to take to ensure a smoother integration.

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to review the annual goals you made last year at this time.

A new study from MGMA found that non-academic physicians earn significantly more than their academic peers.