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Lawmakers seek SGR alternatives, but who will pay?

09/01/2011

by Joe Cantlupe

09/01/2011

by Philip Betbeze

Attracting new patients, collecting money keys to viability

09/01/2011

Sometimes providing good care to your existing patients isn't enough. If your practice is not drawing in new patients at a steady rate and collecting the money due in a timely manner, financial success may be elusive, says Nancy Moore, president of NBP, a centralized business office based in Austin, TX, that provides practice management solutions and support for office-based cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, and neurosurgery practices.

Three in four young adults go to doctor's office for routine care

09/01/2011

by Margaret Dick Tocknell

Payers may not be ready for ICD-10, 5010 even if you are

09/01/2011

Physician practices rush to get ready for the ICD-10 and 5010 switch, but may find that payers are not keeping up.

Walgreens, physicians group announce collaboration

09/01/2011

by John Commins

Communication when a referral is sent

09/01/2011

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from The Complete Guide to Physician Relationships, by Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA, published by HealthLeaders Media. To order a copy, visit www.hcmarketplace.com/prod-9497 or call customer service at 800/650-6787.

MGMA: 'Mixed movement' on physician compensation

09/01/2011

by John Commins

4 facts to help decide between single or multi-specialty EHRs

08/29/2011

by: Grant Huang

Once you head down the road to electronic health records (EHRs), the first fork you’ll face will be whether to buy a system specific to one specialty or a system designed with many specialties in mind. While single-specialty EHRs built around your specialty’s particular needs may seem an obvious choice, multi-specialty EHRs are a much bigger force in the market and will be able to match these features quickly over time.

5 tips to fast appeals on denied claims

08/29/2011

by: Grant Huang

You can’t afford to sit on claims that were denied due to common mistakes such as forgotten modifiers and wrong diagnosis codes. The best practices are aggressive, turning these around the same day by fixing them over the phone or by quickly firing off a redetermination request. "Fix it right away or appeal right away, so you don’t have a situation where you could be making the same mistake on future claims,” urges Maxine Lewis, CPC, president of Medical Coding & Reimbursement Management in Cincinnati.

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