by Abraham Whaley | Feb 19, 2013 | A Career in Practice Management, Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Finance, Medical Coding Education, Medicare & Reimbursement
You spoke and we listened – you asked for a comprehensive course on Revenue Cycle Management and we brought it to you! This series is for anyone who wants to understand the medical practice revenue cycle from the very beginning to the very end: physicians,...
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 26, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance
A write-off is an amount that a practice deducts from a charge and does not expect to collect, thereby “writing it off” the accounts receivable or list of monies owed them by payers or patients. There are lots of reasons why write-offs are taken, and it is...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 8, 2011 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records
Some of worst horror stories in healthcare operations right now have to do with the failure of Electronic Health Record, (or EHR) installations. The high rate of EHR failures is being compounded by the pressure to attest in 2011 and start recouping some money...
