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Many years ago at my first management job, I cried while firing an employee. It was the first time I had ever fired someone, and this employee was an older woman whose part-time job was being eliminated. She comforted me, patting my arm and offering me a Kleenex....
Medicare pricing for flu vaccines were released September 28th and appear below for all HCPCS codes which were published with fees. For more information on billing for these vaccines, see our post here. NEW for 2012-2013! 90653 – Influenza virus vaccine, inactivated,...
In Episode #9, Mary Pat answers one of the questions she gets most often on the site: Can You Charge Patients a Fee for Payment Plans?
Since its release in 2008, Internet File Storage tool Dropbox has been a big hit with people who have to keep track of files on multiple computers. Users can download a free program that lets them upload files to “the cloud” (see: a server or servers connected to the...
Doug Palmer is a practice management, billing and coding and revenue cycle consultant with over 17 years of experience in the industry. He was nice enough to answer some questions for our readers about his experiences and where he sees coding going in the future....
In Episode #8, Mary Pat details how to handle one of the practice manager's most sensitive duties: dismissing delinquent or problem patients.
If you have, please consider taking a few minutes to fill out the post-Audit survey being compiled and made available free by the Frank Cohen Group. This is the last week the survey is being offered, so hurry! "Just a reminder that the RAC audits and appeals survey...
What does a chemistry analyzer analyze? Chemistry tests fall into two broad categories, routine (also called general) and immunochemistry. This article will address routine chemistry testing in a medical practice laboratory and the next installment in this series will...
With the Republican convention now completed and the Democratic convention in full swing, it's interesting to observe how both parties attempt to brand their candidates as being the most reliable and trustworthy. As citizens we try to understand each candidate's...
MMP: Welcome to Manage My Practice, Denise! What is your background in medical practice management? DPT: My first job in healthcare was in 1975 (I was 5 years old). I was hired to work in radiology having high hopes of...
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