Double check your front desk
Upgrade to a Patient Account Representative for Better Managed Care Because your receptionist can make or break your managed care program, consider a non-entry-level employee for the position. The person... Read More >
New edition of Physician Staff Salary Survey now available
Published annually by the The Health Care Group , the Staff Salary Survey provides salary and fringe benefit information for different job categories. It will help you compare your practice... Read More >
Pay freeze passes House yesterday, president expected to sign into law
House Passes Bill to Freeze Medicare Payments, Debates Medicaid Cuts From Part B News The president will take up a bill shortly to freeze your Medicare payments at levels and... Read More >
Healthcare Losses High Amid Antifraud Efforts
Blue Cross Blue Shield Saves M in Anti-Fraud Efforts Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans say that their anti-fraud efforts delivered savings and recoveries of nearly million in . Overall,... Read More >
Who Pays for Physician Employee Malpractice Tail Coverage
Who Should Pay for Malpractice Tail Coverage My Viewpoint Here is my belief a physician practice should pay the malpractice tail for a departing physician employee and a physician owner... Read More >
Why Can’t Physicians Get Along?
Eye-Watering Legal Costs , Spent on Physician Dispute Over , Discrepancy I just finished up a day trial as an expert witness in case involving two local physicians. They were... Read More >
Four guidelines to obtain timely physician payment from ERISA plans
How to Write a Persuasive Letter for Timely ERISA Payment It s important to write a convincing letter when you want to receive timely payment from ERISA plans. Your letter... Read More >
Adjust income division for physician underproducers
Choosing the Right Phone Handler for Your Practice Even under the current productivity crunch, many medical groups divide some or all of their income equally. After all, physicians still share... Read More >
Physican Median Days in A/R
The following are selected single specialty median days of gross charges in A R from the MGMA Cost Survey Anesthesiology . Cardiology . Family Practice . Internal Medicine . Orthopedic... Read More >
Select the appropriate staff to answer your phones
Choosing the Right Phone Handler for Your Practice Clearly, you can t have just anyone answering the phone. First determine whether your receptionist can effectively field telephone inquiries or whether... Read More >
A financial counselor serves you and your patients
Maximizing Collections The Vital Role of Financial Counselors in Medical Billing In the world of professional collections, medical billing is unique. So be creative in your approach to securing payment... Read More >
Hospital Employment of Physicians
The following is an article you might be interested in reading The ?Hire? Road Physician Employment Makes a Comeback By Preston Gee, for HealthLeaders News Jan , http www.healthleadersmedia.com view... Read More >
When an Employee needs another W-2
nbsp From The American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers www.aipb.org To reduce phone calls and avoid sending a duplicate to the wrong person e.g., an ex-spouse , develop a policy and... Read More >
Physician Office Resource
Stay Informed with Tailored Healthcare News Subscribe to HealthLeaders Media Get the most relevant news for healthcare executives found in nearly newspapers and periodicals delivered right to your in box.... Read More >
Medicare physician RVU changes
Key Updates to the Physician Fee Schedule Last-Minute Changes and New G-Codes From www.decisionhealth.com You ve got last-minute changes to the physician fee schedule to take note of thanks to... Read More >
Five questions reveal how well applicants comprehend physician insurance billing
. Can you define HMO and PPO, and explain the difference between the two? . What is a co-payment? . How do you ask a patient for the co-payment deductible?... Read More >
Tracking denial data can help improve your financial performance
Improving your fiscal future is as easy as examining denial data. By placing such information under a microscope, you ll soon identify the root causes of claims denial. And with... Read More >
Get ERISA plans to pay physician practices more quickly
Like many providers, you probably find it frustrating to deal with plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ERISA that don t pay you promptly. They often miss... Read More >
Are Physician Hospitalists Good for Medicine?
Web Poll Results Are Hospitalists Beneficial for Medicine? A recent web poll by Medical Econcomics www.memag.com asked the following question Are hospitalists good for medicine? Yes, they can give inpatients... Read More >
New Year Resolutions
Alan Weiss s Resolutions for a Better Life and Work Balance Stop whining. Fix it, move it, ignore it, or destroy it, but whatever it is, stop whining. You re... Read More >
Physician Medicare Patient Prescription Plan
From the Garlo Ward P.C. healthcare blog http garloward.com index.php Medicare s New Prescription Drug Program for Long-Term Care Providers Medicare s new prescription drug program goes into effect in... Read More >
Can Physicians Learn to Love EMRs? YES, IF:
From the Healthcare Blog http healthcarebloglaw.blogspot.com Hippocrates over at The Medical Blog Network does a great job of answering the questions I posed about electronic medical records EMR and what... Read More >
Aetna CEO Discusses Consumer-Directed Insurance
nbsp To be more than a transfer of risk from employer to employee, high-deductible consumer-directed health plans must be augmented by efforts to provide consumers with more information, Aetna chief... Read More >
MWE Annual ASC Seminar
ASC Symposium Insights amp Networking McDermott Will amp Emery wil hold its annual ASC Symposium on Friday, February , at the Eden Roc Renaissance Resort amp Spa in Miami Beach,... Read More >
Medicare Denial Rates by Specialty 2000-2004
Trends in Medical Claim Denial Rates Comparing to In a recent issue of Part B News www. partbnews.com , the largest denial rates in were seen by general practice, Ob... Read More >
Convince patients you care enough to help
Good collections depend on replacing an adversarial stance with a posture of helpfulness. Convince your patients that we re all in this together, and we want to help you satisfy... Read More >
Physician tips for dealing with disputes about bundled charges
The constant back and forth between providers and payers when disputing bundled charges is an all-too-common scenario. The following are four tips for dealing with bundled charges . Negotiate in... Read More >
Internal Medicine Physician Coding Patterns
Billed CPT Codes The following were the most frequently billed CPT codes by internists to Medicare in from most to least frequent . . . . G . Q .... Read More >
2006 IRS Mileage Rate
IRS Lowers Mileage Rate for IRS has announced that the optional standard mileage rate has decreased to . a mile for all business miles driven after , down from .... Read More >
Best practices to secure appropriate reimbursement
Essential Tips for Effective Revenue Management Take the following steps to stay aware of what you re owed to secure revenue, says healthcare consultant Steven Berger, FHFMA, CHE, CPA, president,... Read More >
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