Billing & Collections

Take advantage of new technology and technology consumption habits to improve patient engagement while boosting your bottom line.

Physician practices are facing new obstacles as they try to balance patient care with business priorities. Here are five healthcare trends impacting physician practices today.

Stop relying on Excel spreadsheets and calendar alerts. Improve your credentialing efficiency, accuracy and speed with technology.

A recent case is a reminder that physician practice managers must be responsible, and can be held responsible, for unpaid taxes their employer may owe.

Make sure your practice is prepared to help patients get the care they need before their deductibles reset - and that your practice ends this year strong.

Medical practices continue to be squeezed by increasing costs and decreasing reimbursement, emphasizing the need for better clinical coding and editing technology that can improve claims even before they’re submitted.

It’s crucial to have a robust program for responding to denied claims. Here’s how to build one.

Adding appropriate technology to your practice can have profound effects on the well-being of your operations, allowing your workforce to focus on what they do best while you concentrate on patient care.

A little attention to small billing mistakes can save your practice big money

Payers don’t dole out equal pay for equal work, so it benefits your physician practice to understand who pays what (so you can negotiate more).

Increase your medical practice's revenue by understanding payer reimbursement tactics.

Diagnose key metrics that can help you track financial issues in your medical practice- and improve profits - before it’s too late.

As patient responsibility increases, physician practices should consider how they can make it easier for patients to pay their medical bills.

CPAs, management consultants, lawyers – tapping into the right expert help.

Physician practices can use physician relationship management technology to recoup lost revenue and improve patient outcomes.

Substandard care can lead to reduced payments for hospitals with excess readmissions.

Community health information exchanges appear to offer many advantages, including increased revenue for physician practices.

Increase patient satisfaction and lift patient collections through transparent patient responsibility

A look at the interconnectedness of reputation management, patient engagement and value-based care.

Advice for how to go solo - and be successful.

A strategic plan should be a living and breathing document. Here are 10 ways to ensure your plan is a road map to success.

Consider how you appear to a bank by reviewing your cash, credit, and character before applying for a loan.

One independent practice has improved patient outcomes, employee efficiency, and practice revenue by implementing a chronic care management program.

Every penny counts.

How to develop an accounts receivable work plan in three steps

Stay independent and profitable through the use of technology.

Sorting your paperwork into four categories will ensure that whatever you need will be readily and easily accessible.

The government is lowering its civil monetary penalties under the HITECH Act.

Denials are a painful - but preventable - financial drain on practices.