I came across this video from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and thought "This is exactly the kind of content medical practices can use for their website and social media content." In this seven-minute video, the "YouToons" learn how the coming healthcare...
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Learn How One Practice Used a Credit Card on File Program to Collect Patient Balances and Increase their Cash Flow
It's always a fantastic feeling when other people speak on behalf on your products or services, so we were thrilled to see a very nice comment on a recent article at Physician's Practice "Patient Balances: Get Them or Get Ready to Close Your Practice." The article...
Understanding Health Insurance Plan Models
One of the (many) things that separates the business of medicine from so many other industries is the complexity of healthcare reimbursement. The healthcare reform process in the United States is shining an unrelenting spotlight on the price...
Your Practice Management Software Is Only As Good As Your Practice Management
A colleague of mine has been part of a well-known PM/EMR company's software support team for 10 years. She often tries to steer people to me when she cannot solve a client's problems with a software solution. Even though she was once a practice administrator...
Medicare to Providers “Tell Us More”
Medicare recently started denying an increased number of claims because documentation submitted for diagnostic tests does not include signed test orders or evidence of intent (MD progress notes listing tests needed) and evidence of medical necessity...
The New Age of Managed Care Contracting: Talking with Maria Todd of The Healthcare Business Institute
Dr. Maria Todd has been in healthcare since 1979 and has been the nation's leading managed care trainer and consultant since 1989. She's trained more than 70,000 healthcare professionals via more than 2500 road show seminars presented through McGraw Hill...
[Guest Post] 5 Reasons Healthcare Marketing Strategies Should Target Baby Boomers by Greg Fawcett of Precision Marketing Partners
Recently we covered the issue of marketing your medical practice to Millenials, the biggest generation group in human history. That got us thinking – what about the other generation groups? We know that they have vastly different needs and wants, but healthcare...
Why Medicare Patients May Be Asked to Pay in Full for Services
Most Medicare patients believe that Medicare pays for everything they need or want at their physician's office, but there are services that either: Are only covered by Medicare for a specific medical need (for instance, performing a...
[Guest Post] 5 Vital Facts About Marketing Medical Services to Millennials by Greg Fawcett of Precision Marketing Partners
The millennial generation is already the biggest cohort in the history of humanity. Fact- Depending on the source you use, there are presently between 78 million and 80 million millennials in the U.S. For your practice to include millennial patients in the future, you...
MOOC For Healthcare: What Can You Do (for Free) to Improve Your Management Skills?
Our clients and readers are constantly asking "What do I need to do to be ready for all of this change in healthcare?" There is so much to digest, plan for and keep track of that our industry is constantly seeking new skills to confront new challenges. Professional...
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