by Abraham Whaley | Mar 31, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
This is no April Fool’s Joke for medical practices and providers: starting Monday, April 1st, we will face a 2% cut in reimbursement for services due to the “sequester.” The sequester is the other half of the “fiscal cliff” that we...
by Abraham Whaley | Mar 20, 2013 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
The HIMSS13 Conference in New Orleans, one of the biggest gatherings of Health Information Technology professionals of the year, was host to speakers, panel discussions, and one pretty large announcement from some of the big names in the electronic health record...
by Abraham Whaley | Mar 18, 2013 | Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines
Meaningful Use (MU) Meaningful Use is the phrase used in the 2009 HITECH Act to describe the standard providers must achieve to receive incentive payments for purchasing and implementing an EHR system. The term meaningful use combines clinical use of the EHR (i.e....
by Abraham Whaley | Mar 5, 2013 | A Career in Practice Management, Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Leadership, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement
NOTE: this series will be repeated in the near future – click on the Webinars tab above for the latest information. “We’ll start with the money.” We say that a lot in client meetings at Manage My Practice. Whatever issues might exist in the...
by Abraham Whaley | Mar 3, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Innovation, Leadership, Medicare & Reimbursement
For anyone interested in implementing a credit card on file program in your practice – to increase collections, improve cash flow, and eliminate sending statements altogether – you’ll want to register now for Manage My Practice’s Webinar:...