by Mary Pat Whaley | Nov 20, 2016 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Innovation
High Deductible Plans and CCOF Are Becoming Mainstream When we first starting teaching practices how to implement credit card on file (CCOF) in their practices in 2010, only a few practices had ever heard of it. Today, we get calls weekly from practices who need help...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 24, 2013 | A Career in Practice Management
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...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 24, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Headlines, Innovation, Physician Relations, Practice Marketing
Most readers know that I have a special interest in helping physician practices survive and thrive, and have been writing recently about different models of care that physicians are adopting to make private practice financially viable. Here’s an interview with...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 11, 2013 | Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines
Welcome to our guide to Healthcare Buzzwords! ACO An acronym for “Accountable Care Organization”, an ACO is a model of healthcare delivery in which a group of healthcare providers agree to accept payment for their services based on the aggregated health...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Dec 10, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
Private practices, hospital-owned practices and affiliated group practices are facing big changes from healthcare reform, demographic shifts, and economic and reimbursement pressure. The industry is re-evaluating itself from top to bottom and looking for new business...
