Finance

When it comes to complex payer rules, the most effective course of action is to consult experts for a thorough review of the rules and consequences.

Practices can often feel helpless when it comes to working with payers. Here's how they can change that dynamic and become empowered.

Many practices are running on razor-sharp margins. That puts them at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to dealing with payer-generated work.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the "major payer" category for 2015.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the "all payers" category for 2015.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the Blues category for 2015.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the Medicare category for 2015.

Each year, athenahealth ranks payers on how easy they are to work with providers. Here are the top 20 in the Medicaid category for 2015.

Make sure your practice is getting paid what it is owed for the work you perform with these four tips.

Available talent, specialty, and size are just three factors in deciding whether or not to outsource your practice's revenue cycle management.

Thinking about outsourcing your medical billing? Here are nine questions to ask a prospective outside biller or billing service.

Before deciding to provide and bill for chronic care management, a practice should make sure it has the necessary staff and support structures first.

As Oct. 1 approaches, get your physicians ready by determining how much and what kind of ICD-10 training they'll need.

You may want to help patients experiencing financial difficulties and you can, but be sure to do it the right way to avoid a payer audit and penalty.

From actually locating your payer contracts to making negotiations effective, here are five strategies for your medical practice.

With patients taking on more financial responsibility, have a strategy in place to collect what you are owed.

Reduce the number of unpleasant surprises when the ICD-10 coding system goes live in October by starting tests now.

As we get closer to the ICD-10 transition, medical billers are likely finding some familiar symptoms among the new code set.

The ICD-10 coding system goes into effect October 1, but you may not be totally finished with the old codes for several weeks.

With the increased buzz around the direct primary care model, here's what you need to know about the private healthcare transition.

Physicians and consultants share their top advice for practices participating in, or planning to participate in, accountable care organizations.

Patient education programs can help physicians empower their patients to be a partner in their own care, and meet quality metric targets.

Practices face big cash-flow problems as patients shoulder more of their healthcare costs. Here's how to step up patient payment collections.

Use the technology your practice likely already has to improve your patient collection rate.