The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially opened the data submission period for…
MIPS
You have less than one month to submit MIPS Year 2 (2018) Data for the Quality Payment Program
March 8, 2019 by
COMPLIANCE
5 tested ways to make your billing and coding more profitable
March 8, 2019 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…
TELEHEALTH
CY 2019 List of Medicare Telehealth Services
March 1, 2019 by
Why you need this tool:
Has your practice recently implemented telehealth? If so, you might not know which CPT codes are available for reimbursement.
READER TIPS
Use weekly meetings with doctors to keep office running smoothly
February 8, 2019 by
Meeting every week with the doctors makes a tremendous difference in how smoothly – and also how successfully – an office operates, says…
BILLING & COLLECTIONS
This 2 step program makes it easy to collect more money at the time of service
February 1, 2019 by
Ask any office “how well do you collect at the time of service?” and the answer will be “outstanding!”…
BILLING AND COLLECTIONS
4 best practices to help optimize your processes and increase your reimbursements
January 25, 2019 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…
INCREASING PROFITS
5 proven levers for improving your medical practice
January 11, 2019 by
Virtually any medical practice can immediately improve its revenue, cash flow, profitability, and growth, along with streamlining its operations by embracing…
READER TIPS
Get personal to get patients to pay faster
December 31, 2018 by
Set the expectation of payment before the patient comes in.
When the office calls to confirm an appointment, whether it’s a live conversation or…
MULTIPLE INSURANCE COVERAGES
How to determine the order of multiple insurance coverages
November 30, 2018 by
By Ranadene (Randi) K. Tapio, MBA, CMRS, CMC, Guest Contributor bio
When patients have multiple insurance coverage, at times it can be difficult to determine which one is primary, secondary, and tertiary. Sometimes, the patients don’t even know…
READER TIPS
Missouri staff train each other on solving the day-to-day issues
November 30, 2018 by
The best staff training, says a Missouri manager, is the training staff give one another. At the OB/GYN office…
