Finance

Why you need an attorney if you are going to recoup payment from payers. It's not the same as getting money from patients.

Inaccurate billing and coding can have a direct and negative impact on a practice's bottom line. What are some common coding queries?

Experts share their advice on how to ensure coding is done properly at your practice, through focusing on common codes and more.

Coding expert Bill Dacey answers your latest coding questions, including an inquiry on how to bill for TCM services.

Practices engaging in strategic planning should look ahead and create a vision of where it wants to be in three to five years.

This doctor is looking to make a switch on her telephone system at her practice. Weighing the pros and cons, she isn't sure how to proceed.

If you are looking to combine your practice with another, here are some ways to ensure the merger goes off without a hitch.

In this month's coding column, we also feature answers to prolonged services codes and orthopedic ICD-10 codes.

Helping to identify how to set up a successful process is the next step beyond settling for simply meeting industry benchmarks.

Patient visits aren't the only source of revenue for your practice, there are federal and private grants. Here's how to obtain one.

A healthcare professional takes time to address some of the misconceptions patients may have when they present for care.

Providers, preparing yourself for upcoming credentialing and revalidations is important. Don't forget!

Unaffiliated ERs are becoming popular due to their convenience, but are the high prices worth the level of care?

Today's practice must be in tune with the reality of healthcare consumer demands, including using electronic billing services.

Medical groups like the AMA and AHA are against the GOP's Affordable Care Act replacement bill, the AHCA, which faces a long road towards becoming law.

This month's coding column: An elderly patient's grown daughter comes in for an office visit without the patient, is there a code for that?

In an all-new cartoon, we look at a practice that found a unique way to improve its bottom line. How did it improve itself financially?

A New Year brings us the reality of some insurance plans not being compliant to new changes and never seen before denials.

Sometimes it makes clinical and financial sense to purchase a medical device. Other times, it doesn't add up.

Revealing three ways that the primary healthcare stakeholders can shift their behavior to succeed in value-based healthcare.

We compiled our readers' favorite practice management articles from the past year reflecting strategies and best practices.

A new cartoon shows us which healthcare professional wants to tag along with Santa Claus on Christmas and deliver some "gifts."

In clinical work, physicians are used to making quick decisions. When it comes to practice management, you must take your time and evaluate options.

This month's coding column is about whether or not one or more physicians of different specialties can bill the advanced care planning codes.

A New Jersey physician's actions of submitting thousands of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid cost him more than a fine.