On a number of levels, COVID-19 has made it more important than ever for a medical practice to focus on maximally efficient management of denied claims. First, finding additional revenue is critical for most practices at this moment, as the COVID “stay-at-home” world...
At the heart of the many interconnected challenges facing ambulatory medical practices in the COVID-19 environment is the existential specter of plummeting revenue. While the driving mission of practices is to provide care for patients, the ability to continue doing...
As the world comes to terms with the COVID-19 pandemic and countries begin to lift their lockdowns, healthcare will continue to be at the forefront of the forward movement. With pressures for the healthcare industry to advance to the new needs of the world’s patients,...
What a difference a day makes; or, in this case, a couple of months. Back in February, the fastest growing segment of the physician marketplace was Private Equity backed roll-ups. The consolidation was real – and accelerating each year – as outlined in the February...
Use of your Patient Portal is a MIPS scoring key. The most recent CMS changes to the “Promoting Interoperability” manifestation of Meaningful Use for MIPS scoring in 2020 – including the “Provide Patients Electronic Access to their Health Information” measure – can...
The last six weeks have been a blur for most medical offices. For those who were not able to quickly launch telehealth, many patients have gone to their insurance-provided telehealth service and revenue has significantly eroded, often resulting in furloughs and...
COVID-19 has changed healthcare as we knew it. For better or worse it’s forced many in healthcare to become telehealth experts overnight. Although, (as we’ve said in many of our webinars) telehealth is not going anywhere, it’s not quite that simple. In fact, this has...
At the end of each year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the final regulations for the Quality Payment Program for the following year. The regulations include updates to the approved quality measures. A clear and...
At the heart of a strong patient engagement strategy are patients actively managing their healthcare. However, without direction and coaching from providers and support staff, many patients don’t know where to begin. Building A Successful Patient Engagement Strategy...
Albert Einstein once said, “Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.” Having been involved in healthcare technology since the early 2000’s, I have seen budgets drained and projects shelved due to a lack of buy-in – starting...
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