Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized proposals that it says will address provider burnout and provide clinicians immediate relief from…
2019 PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE AND QPP
CMS finalizes changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program
November 5, 2018 by
READER TIPS
Polite form on chart collects balance due at registration
October 22, 2018 by
Because staff don’t like asking patients for money, one manager set up a non-confrontational form that gets patients to pay…
PATIENT CREDITS
3 questions to help you handle patient credits
October 12, 2018 by
By Ranadene K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
How does your office deal with patient credits? More importantly, does your office deal with patient credits at all? Believe it not, not all offices do. There are several reasons why an…
READER TIPS
Patient collections ‘bonus incentive’ program increases patient payments and staff pay
October 9, 2018 by
An Indiana practice recently established a bonus incentive program for its support staff that has been a huge help to patient collections.
“I had managed an office prior to joining this practice where I was…
BILLING & COLLECTIONS
Simple but workable ways to improve collections
September 28, 2018 by
What’s the cause of poor collections? Don’t blame it on the office, says one collections expert…
COMPLIANCE
5 tested ways to make your billing and coding more profitable
September 21, 2018 by
The health of your medical practice depends on good quality coding and billing work. One of the most important roles in the medical office that…
CMS CHANGES
Reminder: Comments for QPP Year 3 NPRM due September 10
August 24, 2018 by
On July 12th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes to its Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program (QPP). CMS is seeking…
BILLING & COLLECTIONS
This 2 step program makes it easy to collect more money at the time of service
August 24, 2018 by
Ask any office “how well do you collect at the time of service?” and the answer will be “outstanding!”…
COLLECTIONS
7 best practices for optimizing your collections
August 17, 2018 by
By Ranadene (Randi) K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
Collections isn’t the most glamorous part of running a practice. Perhaps the only thing worse than making collections calls is receiving them…
BILLING AND COLLECTIONS
4 best practices to help optimize your processes and increase your reimbursements
August 13, 2018 by
By Ranadene (Randi) K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
Revenue Cycle Management is multi-faceted. There may not be a right or wrong way as far as your process goes, but there are tips, tricks, and best practices that can optimize the process…
