Billing & Collections

The ICD-10 implementation delay was cause for celebration for many medical practices, but it angered and frustrated many in the healthcare industry.

Robert Tennant, senior policy adviser of government affairs for the Medical Group Management Association, discusses the ICD-10 delay.

The 90-day “payment grace period” for exchange insured patients puts physicians at risk for 60 days if patients don't pay their premiums.

Payers know that correctly writing down every patient encounter is difficult for physicians, if not impossible. Therefore, exploiting this is easy for them.

The CBO says tacking a five-year delay to the individual mandate to the SGR fix will result in 13 million more uninsured and cost $138 billion.

Here are some very basic strategies that may help medical practices to do a better job of collecting payments from patients.

Here are some common scams to steal money from your medical practice and some strategies to avoid it happening in the first place.

The ICD-10 transition will require practices to spend time and money, but doing so now will keep your practice from having to commit even more time or money after October 1.

Insurance companies are being sneaky about keeping your money. Here are some of those secrets they'd rather you not know, and what you can do about it.

Much like medical practices, revenue cycle solutions are trying to keep up with regulations and other healthcare changes. Here's what you need to know.

Value-based payment legislation would reward compliance over physician performance, stripping the value from healthcare delivery reform.

Smart purchasing decisions at medical practices require an appropriately broad view of the needs and alternatives.

Family physician L. Gordon Moore shares eight efficiency improvement tips for medical practices.

Physicians are facing many fears. Prime among them is an uncertain financial future. Anesthesiologist David Norris recommends acquiring sound business skills.

As a physician, I will be the champion for the ICD-10 transition and keep staff calm. But even I have some serious reservations about what lies ahead.

If Medicare cuts become too cumbersome - independent physicians, employed physicians, and patients will suffer.

Many physicians have been dropped from United Healthcare's Medicare Advantage plans, and many doctors are worried that other payers will begin following suit.

Wealth manager Scott Wisniewski offers physicians tips for saving for retirement.

It's time to give your medical practice its annual check-up. Here are three areas to focus on to get started.

In my work performing practice evaluations for physicians for negotiating the sale of their practice, I've found five ways to improve their bargaining power.

Here are seven important considerations when putting together a budget for your medical practice's IT needs for next year.

Price transparency, once virtually taboo, is now a source of trust between physicians and patients. It's important to meet patient expectations for care and cost.

Evaluating your payers and the technology for your medical practice are two key components of a 2014 survival plan you should address today.

Patients expect more transparency for the cost of their healthcare, but I wonder if sharing my practice's fees and contracted rates will violate RICO.