by Abraham Whaley | Aug 13, 2012 | General, Leadership, Practice Marketing
Consultant Libby Knollmeyer’s Lab Machine Primer Series Part 1: Hematology Analyzers When laboratories in physician offices move out of the Waived category into the Moderately Complex category, it is usually because they want to acquire the capability of testing...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 31, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, The Manager's Minute (Video)
In Episode #4 of The Manager’s Minute Video Series, Mary Pat explains the difference between insurance “eligibility” and insurance “benefits” and why a successful practice should check them both for every patient, at every visit.
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 30, 2012 | Compliance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
At a press conference last Thursday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the creation of a “Public-Private Partnership” to prevent healthcare fraud. The voluntary partnership between federal...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 25, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, The Manager's Minute (Video)
There has been a lot of talk about why our emergency departments are often overloaded with patients seeking primary care, not emergency care. This video explains EMTALA, the law surrounding access to emergency treatment in hospitals.
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 24, 2012 | General
Reminder: Bob’s leadership book Heart and Soul in the Boardroom is now available in the MMP Store! With the baseball season in full swing we get to see the importance of talent as related to results. Those teams that lack talent or lose talent due to injury find...