Accounts Receivable

The results of our annual Fee Schedule Survey are here. See where your practice stacks up when it comes to payment for top codes.

Keeping A/R within healthy limits will become more difficult as health reform rolls out. Here are nine steps your practice can take to collect all that it is due.

It's time to take patient collections out of physicians' practices to truly have patients make responsible choices about their healthcare dollars.

Where do you draw the line between good patient service and compromising your medical practice policies? Here's some advice.

This is the year Obamacare becomes real for the general public. The day of reckoning with their employers comes later. Physicians are in the middle.

2014 brings a series of changes and challenges to medical practices. Here are five steps to survive, beginning with addressing your financial plan.

As 2013 comes to a close, it's time to set forth new goals for your medical practice.

If not knowing how your practice is doing overall keeps you awake at night, it's time to start monitoring eight simple metrics for measure.

There are at least four areas to review on a monthly basis to reduce denials at your medical practice.

With the following tips, it's not only possible, but quite probable in the near future, you can eliminate your accounts receivable in the 120+ day category.

Take a peek inside the diary of a medical biller to see what really happens each day at her desk. Chances are, the same thing is happening at your practice.

Getting paid by insurance companies can be like fighting a war. Here are my top five weapons to manage accounts receivable and get what it is owed from payers.

It is critical that you understand and determine how future reimbursement models will affect your organization.

Stop cash flow from being a regular issue at your medical practice with these four tips to minimize the time between seeing a patient and getting paid.

How many of your patients only have Medicare and not secondary or supplemental insurance? More than you'd think. Here's how to help them manage their account.

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There are five things you can be absolutely sure about when your medical billing vendor changes ownership. Here's how to prepare.

Looking for a simple tool to create a payment plan for your patients? Here's one to download and use at your medical practice.

Here's a simple form to download and use at your medical practice to set up a payment plan with patients.

Use this simple worksheet for better financial control at your private medical practice.

Here are three ways to stop 'lost' copayments and deductibles at the time of service at your medical practice.

If you are looking for a simple way to control your medical practice finances, here it is: the end-of-day report.

With the government trying to reduce your income on one side and possibly increase it on another, you need to keep track of your processes.

Identifying and dealing with potential patient payment issues preemptively and professionally …is the most important thing a practice can do to preserve its fiscal health.

Are you restricting Internet access to your medical practice staff? If so, some of your cash flow is not only offline but also in jeopardy.

Many practices make common collection mistakes that when left unattended can sap revenue. Here's what you can do to improve your collection process.

It is vital that practices have systematic ways to address patient collections; the following strategies can help your practice collect all that it is due.

You've purchased the technology needed to keep tabs on your practice's operations. Now make sure you're looking at the right reports.

As charitable as physicians want to be, the law does not allow routine write-offs of co-pays and deductibles without risk.

What yardstick should you use to measure your practice against those of your colleagues?