‘Denial’ and ‘rejection’ are two words that no physician wants to hear. Yet, the unfortunate reality is that many physician practices lose money every day to claims that fail to meet payer...
MIPS or Merit-Based Incentive Payment System is a program that falls under the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and incentivizes eligible...
After years of physician payment cuts based on a flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) establishes two payment tracks...
It’s a fact: Without an effective—and efficient—revenue cycle, physician practices cannot weather the storm of ongoing reimbursement changes in today’s healthcare environment. ICD-10, for example,...
With more than 41,000 attendees and 1,200 exhibitors in attendance, there was no shortage of activity at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and...
In an era of electronic health records (EHR), patient-generated data has become a buzz phrase in healthcare. This data—often collected via medical devices such as pacemakers, glucose monitors, blood...
Your EHR investment should produce results for your small practice—better patient care, increased provider productivity, fewer process redundancies, lower operating costs, and improved revenue cycle...
Major workflow disruptions are every practice manager's greatest nightmare and a poorly planned EMR implementation offers many opportunities to fail....
The comment period for the final Stage 3 rules has come and gone. But provider groups and legislative groups have been busy spreading the word...
Just because your practice has survived the EHR go-live doesn’t mean that you’re in the clear. To fully reap the benefits, practices must continually evaluate their...
The ICD-10 transition has gone surprisingly well for many physician practices nationwide. However, the industry is bracing for what could...