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Weigh ‘softer approach’ options before turning patient debt over to collections
05/24/2013
by: Roy Edroso

If patient debt is a persistent problem for your practice, it may be time to turn to an outside collection agency. But make sure you’re ready for the implications and risks of such a move — and that you don’t wind up trading away your good name for the money.

 
Don’t let physician’s licensure history sidetrack enrollment
05/24/2013
by: Scott Kraft

Has your practice’s newly enrolled provider previously been licensed to practice in another state? Is she still? If so, you must quickly take steps to voluntarily terminate that license when the provider has no plans to practice or renew the license there or you could face a potential problem later, warns consultant Leslie Witkin of Physicians First in Orlando, Fla.

 
Train, assess, document to tighten office security and protect staff, patients
05/24/2013
by: Roy Edroso
Recent events – such as the April 16 shooting of a 6-year-old girl in a chiropractor’s office in Mission, Kan. – are reminders that office security is a pressing issue for physician practices. Now is the time to review your security policies and practices.
 
5 tips for choosing the right collections agency
05/24/2013
by: Roy Edroso
If you decide to consider collection, make sure the agency you pick gives you the best results for the money — and doesn’t alienate your patients or worse.
CMS: Diabetics now eligible for hepatitis B vaccines
05/24/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams

Expect a revenue boost from vaccines now that CMS has listed diabetic patients as high risk for Hepatitis B contraction.

 
Benchmark: Top-billed drug codes’ utilization splits with extreme highs, lows, 2007–2011
05/24/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams
Cross-referencing the top 50 billed codes in both 2007 and 2011, the depicted codes saw polarizing utilization rates over the past five years.
Cultural changes make patients pay their copays, save practice money
05/16/2013
by: Karen Long and Roy Edroso

Getting patient copays up front is among the lowest-hanging fruit in the medical business. Yet many practices fail to do it — mainly because their patients refuse to pay. But experts say you can alter your copay collection process in such a way that they almost can’t refuse.

6 tips to take advantage of untapped revenue in TCMs for home health patients
05/16/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams

Your practice could be missing out on revenue from CMS’ new transitional care management (TCM) codes if you are not partnering with home health agencies.

Services that can’t be separately billed with TCM codes
05/16/2013
by: Lauren C. Williams

According to CMS’ first-quarter National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, the following codes are bundled with transitional care management codes (TCM), 99495–99496:

New services aim to make emailing, texting among doctors, patients more secure
05/16/2013
by: Roy Edroso

Want to plug your patients into email and text messaging but are worried about privacy? Your best bet to avoid HIPAA violations may be to adopt the most restrictive standards for using them — or not use them at all.

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