Billing & Collections

The patient experience is playing a growing role in medical practice reimbursement, physician certification, and payment incentives.

If you are willing to trade short-term frustration for long-term financial gain, here are three key areas of potential savings for your medical practice.

Knowing how to calculate RVU values is critical if you are going to apply them to any other applications. Here's a primer for your medical practice.

Offshore or international asset protection trusts can be safe, predictable, and effective, under the right conditions for physicians.

The objective phase of financial planning for physicians requires addressing specific financial topics and assessing important documents.

I’m repeatedly surprised by the lack of a good plan when I first sit down with medical families, and I think everyone should know what to expect.

When it comes to billing Medicare, you may very well be able to bill one physician incident-to another. Here's how.

It is shameful that there is no regulation on who can be called a financial adviser. Luckily, there are some credentials to look for that suggest a strong background.

As part of its annual PayerView study, athenahealth outlines key areas where Medicaid is making business tough for physicians.

Make sure you are selecting the right individuals to help you thrive financially. Here are three tips.

If your practice is looking to boost its profitability and spend more time with patients, automating your billing and collections may be a solution. Here's why.

Seven smart investments that physicians say have changed their practices for the better.

Simple calculations to help your medical practice determine if the investment in a medical scribe would pay off.

Why one pediatric practice that received over $100,000 in increased payments due to an ACA initiative has to pay the money back.

Seeing the benefits of the ICD-10 transition will help you and your medical practice staff members embrace and prepare for the upcoming transition.

There are several red flags that physicians need to watch out for before hiring a financial planner.

In medical practice, a cottage industry has developed, which is dedicated solely to legal “fault finding” without regard to equity.

The level to which nonphysician providers can help a medical practice’s bottom line depends on how well thought-out the plan was for hiring them.

In reviewing physicians' portfolios, I see many of the same investment mistakes over and over. Here are six of the most common, and how you can avoid them.

On May 1, Physicians Practice received an e-mail that contained the official statement from a CMS spokesperson regarding the new implementation date.

From a sample patient dismissal letter to an RVU calculator; these 10 resources will help your practice operate in a more efficient and compliant manner.

Financial planning requires constant re-evaluation of many data inputs coupled with new assessments and actions.

The significant value of physician/physician assistant teams is confirmed by a recently published MGMA report.

Small ways to foster smart money skills in your children during the various stages of childhood and young adulthood.

Payers are using deceptive methods to get medical practices to accept low rates and new plans. Don't fall into the trap.