February 26th 2024
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
October 25th 2023
MGMA Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Anders Gilberg, discusses some of what’s the organization is anticipated in the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule.
August 23rd 2023
Collecting money from patients is an ongoing challenge that has only worsened with high-deductible health plans.
July 31st 2023
May 22nd 2023
Patient Prep Key to Being an Out-of-Network Provider
Having a solid plan in place and not panicking is key when you find yourself suddenly out of network with a popular insurance company.
Single Note for Admit/Discharge; Confusing HPI Elements
Q: When a patient has been admitted and discharged on the same day, can one note support a same day admit/discharge code?
Improving Your Practice's Financial Performance
Revenue cycle management can be the key to boosting the financial performance of small medical practices. Here's how.
Outsourcing Billing at Your Practice: Is Now the Time?
Six factors to consider when determining whether outsourcing revenue cycle management is the best move for your medical practice.
Twelve Ways to Prep for ICD-10
There's no more putting it off. If your practice hasn't started preparing for ICD-10 it's already behind. Here's how to catch up.
Utilizing Medical Practice Data
Finding the best resource to pull together and analyze pertinent practice data is a great step in making the best decisions for your business.
Having the Hard Conversation With Your Billing Vendor
Outsourcing your billing to a third-party billing company doesn't have to hurt. Good communication is key; here are the important questions you should be asking.
Improve Your Practice's Billing Process in 2015: 3 Tips
Patient deductibles will continue to rise to record levels in 2015. Here's how to prepare your practice.
Incorporating the Holiday Season into ICD-10 Prep
Stepping up ICD-10 preparations should be a top 2015 resolution for many medical practices. Here are four tips.
Why Physician Use of Telemedicine May Increase in 2015
CMS has finally given physicians a glimpse of its plans to expand reimbursement for telehealth services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
Twelve Tips to Collect More from Patients
Start 2015 off on the right foot. Here are 12 ways medical practice experts say your practice can collect more from patients.
Pay for Performance Pays off in 50,000 Fewer Deaths
Rarely does the federal government hand physicians a tool that makes life a little better. That’s what OIG Opinion 12-22 does, and now data backs up the theory.
Year-End Medical-Practice Reporting: Keep It Positive
When creating year-end reports, it's best to keep a positive outlook and prepare to propose solutions.
DIY Concierge Medicine Programs
If you're considering concierge medicine, do you become a DIY-er, or do you look to experts?
A New Year Brings New Insurance Verifications
As the New Year approaches, it is best to re-verify patients' insurance benefits to avoid a poor customer experience.
Step Up Compliance in 2015: 6 Tips for Practices
Assessing your medical practice for risks and determining the likelihood and severity of impact will help you determine the most important areas to focus on.
Basic Billing Reports Your Medical Practice Should Run
By monitoring a few simple areas in your practice, you are more likely to financially stay on target and be successful.
Building a Clinical Documentation Improvement Program
Here are three general processes your practice should take into consideration when building its CDI program for better documentation and coding.
Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs and Your Practice
CDI will be important with ICD-10 to ensure your practice is staying on top of the clinical documentation and accurate coding. Here's what you need to know.
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: September 2014
RemitDATA's Aaron Hood explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a special focus on internal medicine.
Clean Up Your A/R Before the End of the Year
Internal Audit Pass Rates; Nonphysician Credentialing
Our practice does internal chart reviews on our physicians for coding accuracy. What do you feel is an appropriate passing score?
Health Insurance Exchanges and Your Practice
Anders Gilberg of the MGMA discusses your practice's obligation to accept federal or state exchange plans and how to manage them properly.
Health Exchange Open Enrollment for 2015
As the health exchange open enrollment period begins, here are some tips for managing new health insurance plans better than your practice did in 2014.
Practice Management Systems: Using the Data
Utilizing practice data and becoming a "data whisperer" is your best course to solve problems that creep up in your practice.
The Power of Medical Payment Software
Payment software could boost revenue and improve efficiencies at your practice. Here's how to get on board.
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: August 2014
RemitDATA's Aaron Hood explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a special focus on pediatrics.
When Your Admin and Billing Departments Work Together
Combining forces to work as a team will increase your practice's chances of getting paid, and can actually decrease workload.
Easing the Transition from RAPS to EDPS
A change by CMS to its claims submission process for Medicare Advantage affects both physicians and their practices. Here's what you need to know.
Medical Practice Compliance Program in 4 Steps
If your practice hasn't already initiated a compliance program, here are four ways to begin.