Billing & Collections

Make sure your practice is prepared to help patients get the care they need before their deductibles reset - and that your practice ends this year strong.

Medical practices continue to be squeezed by increasing costs and decreasing reimbursement, emphasizing the need for better clinical coding and editing technology that can improve claims even before they’re submitted.

It’s crucial to have a robust program for responding to denied claims. Here’s how to build one.

Adding appropriate technology to your practice can have profound effects on the well-being of your operations, allowing your workforce to focus on what they do best while you concentrate on patient care.

A little attention to small billing mistakes can save your practice big money

Payers don’t dole out equal pay for equal work, so it benefits your physician practice to understand who pays what (so you can negotiate more).

Increase your medical practice's revenue by understanding payer reimbursement tactics.

Diagnose key metrics that can help you track financial issues in your medical practice- and improve profits - before it’s too late.

As patient responsibility increases, physician practices should consider how they can make it easier for patients to pay their medical bills.

CPAs, management consultants, lawyers – tapping into the right expert help.

Physician practices can use physician relationship management technology to recoup lost revenue and improve patient outcomes.

Substandard care can lead to reduced payments for hospitals with excess readmissions.

Community health information exchanges appear to offer many advantages, including increased revenue for physician practices.

Increase patient satisfaction and lift patient collections through transparent patient responsibility

A look at the interconnectedness of reputation management, patient engagement and value-based care.

Advice for how to go solo - and be successful.

A strategic plan should be a living and breathing document. Here are 10 ways to ensure your plan is a road map to success.

Consider how you appear to a bank by reviewing your cash, credit, and character before applying for a loan.

One independent practice has improved patient outcomes, employee efficiency, and practice revenue by implementing a chronic care management program.

Every penny counts.

How to develop an accounts receivable work plan in three steps

Stay independent and profitable through the use of technology.

Sorting your paperwork into four categories will ensure that whatever you need will be readily and easily accessible.

The government is lowering its civil monetary penalties under the HITECH Act.

Denials are a painful - but preventable - financial drain on practices. 

Don’t settle for a bad deal. Boost your profits by renegotiating your payer contracts.

Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer: promptly and properly resubmitting claims is crucial to your bottom line.

Ensure your practice’s long-term health by educating patients about their financial responsibility and staff on how to improve medical billing and collections.

Before a bank issues you a loan, it will review your financial statements, your corporate structure, and how the loan will be used to make sure you’re a sound investment.