Insight Archives - Medical Office Manager

PURCHASING

9 things to know about billing software

March 21, 2023 by Barb Manning Grimm

The large majority of medical offices use billing software. If you haven’t made the leap to billing software yet, or if you are shopping for a new software vendor, here are things to know. With billing software, you can automate the entire billing process, from sending out invoices to processing payments. This can save you a lot of time and reduce the risk of errors. This starts with shopping for medical billing software. s a medical office manager, there are important factors to consider before purchasing medical billing software. To choose the best software for your small practice, consider the following factors: Budget: Determine your monthly and annual budget for the software and whether you prefer a monthly or annual payment structure. Practice Management Software: Decide if a comprehensive practice… . . . read more.

Tagged With: Billing Software, Increasing profits, Insight, Productivity

BILLING & COLLECTIONS

5 ways to break down bureaucracies to get payer contracts

January 4, 2020 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Steve Selbst bio It is important to remember that payers are large companies, with protocols, policies and business practices. As with any large company, there are bureaucracies, and they are necessary to maintain the order and success of these organizations. Therefore, the first tip is to understand that to get contracted you need to identify the right department and right person to send your request to get contracted. This is usually the payer contracting department and payer contracts’ manager. Generally, you will be sending your requests to the payer contracts’ manager in your state. A common mistake is to—instead—send these requests to provider relations or to another department. This brings us to our second tip. That is, figure out the approach the payer is using to establish its fee… . . . read more.

Tagged With: Billing and collections, Blog, Increasing profits, Insight

BLOG

3 steps a manager must take to end harmful gossip in the workplace

April 12, 2019 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Lynne Curry bio
Gossip, it spreads as fast as wildfire, sours the workplace, negatively impacts morale and productivity, and can create legal liability. If you’d like to wipe it out…

YOUR CAREER

4 ways to keep your cool in the midst of chaos

April 27, 2018 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Cheryl Toth, MBA bio
How well do you think you handle stress at work? I used to think I was pretty good at it, until a few years ago, when I realizedhellip;

INSIGHT

It’s not me, it’s you: 5 office policies to break up with

March 16, 2018 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Paul Edwards bio
Springtime may mean that love is in the air, but your office can’t hesitate to dump a policy that creates problems. Some policies are so…

MANAGING STAFF

Cheap management tricks that really work

February 16, 2018 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Steve M. Cohen bio
Sometimes office management is more a matter of quickly throwing out a good answer rather than some profound strategy or statement. I’m not trying to minimize the organization and old-fashioned brainpower that goes into…

WORKPLACE WELLNESS

Time and anxiety really do matter

February 9, 2018 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Steve M. Cohen bio
Stress is actually a good thing until it overloads people. This overloaded situation is actually called “dis-stress.” The ability to…

INSIGHT

What makes a successful practice manager

February 2, 2018 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Shane Carter bio
Being a practice manager in today’s healthcare environment is a very tough job. Disruptive and transformational change is underway in health care delivery. The modernization of…

INCREASING PROFITS

3 guidelines for building your medical practice’s budget

May 12, 2017 by Barb Manning Grimm

By Nick Hernandez bio
It is once again time for medical practices to begin working on their operating budget for the next calendar year. Unfortunately, too few…

INSIGHT

5 ways to end generational stereotyping in your organization

May 5, 2017 by Barb Manning Grimm

By William A. Schiemann, Ph.D bio
These days, the Millennial Generation is hyped, perhaps even more than Baby Boomers were hyped in the 1950s and…

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Tagged With: Blog, Insight, Managing staff, Managing the office

9 things to know about billing software

5 ways to break down bureaucracies to get payer contracts

3 steps a manager must take to end harmful gossip in the workplace

4 ways to keep your cool in the midst of chaos

It’s not me, it’s you: 5 office policies to break up with

Cheap management tricks that really work

Time and anxiety really do matter

What makes a successful practice manager

3 guidelines for building your medical practice’s budget

5 ways to end generational stereotyping in your organization

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