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Advance Beneficiary Notice FAQs
The advance beneficiary notice (ABN) is a powerful tool for practices to educate patients about their benefits and responsibilities for Medicare non-covered services. Many of our readers still write us to ask questions about the form and the correct way to use it in...
10 Books Every New Medical Practice Manager Should Read
Daniel Pink recently published a list of 10 books every new manager should read. I'd like to spin his list into my own 10 books that I recommend for all new healthcare managers. Dan's pick #1: 'Drive' by Daniel H. Pink I agree with his description: In this...
Should You Outsource Your Chronic Care Management Program? An Interview With Flow Health
We recently caught up with Robert Rowley, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Flow Health, The Operating System for Value-Based CareSM, to discuss practices outsourcing chronic care management services as well as the services that Flow Health offers to...
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How to Ride the Social Media Wave in Your Practice
During the course of setting up a new practice, we always discuss the role of social media in the practice's marketing strategy. We do not recommend a cookie cutter approach to marketing and social media, as every practice is unique in its needs and the marketing...
12 Medical Practice Models for 2016
In 2012, we wrote "Yes, You Can and Should Start a New Practice in 2013" and more than 13,000 people have viewed it since then. Despite what you may read on the internet, private medical practice is not dead, and physicians are starting new medical practices using new...
2016 CPT Code Changes
The 300 new, deleted, revised, and converted CPT codes for 2016 are here and you will need to make sure they are loaded in your billing and EMR system(s) on or before January 1, 2016. This is also a great time to upload the 2016 Medicare allowables for your locality...
2016 Medicare Deductibles and Premiums
Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2016 premiums and deductibles for the Medicare inpatient hospital (Part A) and physician and outpatient hospital services (Part B) programs. Part B Premiums/Deductibles As the Social...
Is This Physician Crazy? She Walked Away From a “Big Five” Payer Contract!
I recently helped a physician start a new practice and we began applying for enrollment with the Big Five insurance companies. The physician was stunned to find: Insurance companies regularly "lost" her applications and we had to submit the same information numerous...
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