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Some organizations will use the terms essential and non-essential workers as a way to distinguish between who needs to be on site in the event of an emergency, and who does not. I do understand the purpose of this distinction, however, it's very important that...
CMS has clarified the Place of Service (POS) codes that Physicians/Providers are to use on claims for services to patients starting April 1, 2013. This is more than a simple technical requirement, however. The correct place of service is directly tied to how much a...
I get pitched new products and services every day and it is pretty rare that I hear of something that is startlingly new. Informedika is just that - it addresses an old, old problem for practices in a new way. Continue reading for a very interesting interview with...
A new report suggests that 2013 may be the year of the great electronic medical records (EMR) vendor switch given that many EMRs are falling short of providers' expectations. To come to that conclusion, Black Book Rankings polled roughly 17,000 active EMR adopters -...
Staying with the theme of practice models for independent physicians, here's an interview with Samir Qamar, MD of MedLion. Mary Pat: You are the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MedLion, as well as a practicing Family Physician. Tell...
At Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, doctors are saving time and sharing ideas using Box, a file-sharing and collaboration software that lets providers browse available medical documents and communicate with each other about...
Many colleagues I speak with have a sense of or some experience with the tenets of "Lean." But how does it really apply to healthcare - and is it really a way for medical practices to do more with less and maximize their resources? I recently spoke with Lean...
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 reported on back in January....
There's a lot of talk today about how physicians (and other care entities) are paid. This slide deck discusses how the system used predominantly today (RBRVS) to pay physicians came to be and how Medicare and other payers calculate a payment. Download this Slide Deck...
If you could improve your patient collections from $600 a week to $6000 a week, would you do it? Of course you would! These numbers are from a Manage My Practice client who is collecting between $2500 - $3000 per day in a solo primary care physician practice with the...
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