Billing & Collections

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.

Use this sample patient credit card authorization policy to ensure your medical practice is able to collect what it is owed.

In this podcast, consultant Susanne Madden shares how medical practices can store patient credit card numbers securely and effectively.

Patient credits are part of the bigger picture of managing a healthy practice. Manage them right, and everyone walks away happy.

Workers' compensation carriers are banking on the fact that at some point medical practices will give up and walk away.

Physicians and medical practice staff must be able to differentiate between preventative and diagnostic services in order to avoid a loss in revenue.

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.