by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 5, 2013 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance
Outsourcing your billing can be a great decision. Practices typically outsource billing when they feel they don’t have the people, space, resources, bandwidth or finances to keep billing in-house. There is a strong difference of opinion as to which model...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 23, 2013 | A Career in Practice Management, Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance
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...
by Abraham Whaley | Feb 14, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, General, Manage My Practice Classics
Mary Pat recently sat down with Peter Polack, MD of Medical Practice Trends for another podcast to talk about one of the most important parts of any practice: The Bottom Line. In this two-part podcast series, Dr. Polack and MP discuss ideas for cutting costs...
by Abraham Whaley | Nov 16, 2011 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Manage My Practice Classics
Mary Pat’s Note: This post has always been popular because it answers one of the most burning questions in Healthcare: “How can I improve my bottom line?” If you have used any of these ideas in your practice- or have some of your own to share- let us...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 5, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Finance
How does a medical practice meet the patients’ healthcare needs while operating a highly-regulated business on less income? Start by examining one of the most expensive processes in the practice – billing. Billing requires skilled employees, sophisticated...