In a Huffington Post article, Tom Lowery, an entrepreneur, writer and corporate training specialist, lays out eight reasons outsourcing medical billing services can help a healthcare organization.
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In a Physicians Practice article, Michael Sappington, CEO of gloStream, a performance management services firm, discusses five considerations regarding the ICD-10 transition that medical practices have likely not thought about.
Around 32 percent of physician practices say they participate with six to 10 insurers, according to a Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2011.
In a Physicians Practice article, Rosemarie Nelson names types of technology and applications that can help physicians save time and improve efficiency at their medical practice.
The Joint Commission revealed that surgical mistakes topped all reported "sentinel events" in the first half of 2013, according to LifeWings, a team of physicians, nurses, pilots and astronauts.
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According to Marty Martin, PsyD, director of the health sector management MBA concentration and associate professor in the College of Commerce at DePaul University in Chicago, there are three steps that leaders can take to manage distracted employees and eliminate…
As physicians and practice executives we face tough times in managing cash flow. The insurance carriers are continuing to demand more while reimbursing less. The adjudication process takes longer and requires expensive practice management software. The time it takes from…
While hospital acquisition of medical groups continues to grow, the rate at which hospitals and independent delivery systems are acquiring medical groups has slowed over the past few years, according to reports from Deloitte and Jackson Healthcare.
The American Medical Association and Medical Group Management Association has released a new fact sheet designed to help physicians prepare for new Medicare denial edits, set to go into effect Jan. 6, 2014.
The Oct. 1, 2014, ICD-10 implementation date is growing nearer. Here are 13 statistics on which physicians by specialty are prepared for the transition and which specialties are behind on preparation, according to an EHR Intelligence report.