by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 24, 2023 | General
Where have I been? Ten years after I started my consulting business and started blogging, in 2018 I stopped blogging when I took a very interesting interim position at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 2019 I accepted the position permanently and we moved to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 7, 2018 | Electronic Medical Records, Innovation, Learn This: Technology Answers
Do you know what blockchain is? Everyone has heard of blockchain, but not many people understand what it really is – myself included. I went looking for an approachable introduction to the technology and found this excellent Wired video (posted below) that...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 23, 2018 | A Career in Practice Management, General, Leadership, Starting a New Practice
A question I recently answered on Quora was: How would you go about asking a business professional that you admire, for advice on starting up a business? My answer could just as easily apply to asking someone to mentor you. Here’s what I said: Asking someone for...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 6, 2018 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
If you’ve seen new reason code N793 on your Medicare remittance advice lately and wonder what it is, you now know it relates to the new Medicare card. The description for N793 is: Alert: CMS is changing from the Medicare Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN aka...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 2, 2018 | Day-to-Day Operations
There are a million reasons a patient no-shows for an appointment, or calls right before their scheduled appointment to cancel. Some of the reasons are unavoidable, but all of them cost you money. Regardless of your specialty, location or patient population, no-shows...
