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The latest in all things RCM, Electronic Health Records, Radiology Information Systems, Practice Management, Medical Billing, Value-Based Care, & Healthcare IT.

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Value-Based Care

By: Christina Rosario
July 15th, 2016

The following excerpt is from an article found on www.healthitoutcomes.com. It was written by Christine Kern. -------------------------- Population health initiatives are growing in number and popularity across the nation as one way to reduce overall healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes. Recently, PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) released Population health: Scaling up in which they interviewed executives in leading healthcare, research and academic institutions on how organizations can better scale their efforts.

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Healthcare Advice

By: Stephen O'Connor
July 13th, 2016

Quick: how much did your organization spend on medical office software? Even if the number is on the tip of your tongue, you may not be taking into account other costs of using the software. While an application might look good on the surface and seem to have standard features and ease of use, poorly developed medical office software could wind up costing you more in the long run. For example, your staff wastes more time correcting errors, experiences a drag in morale (and therefore productivity) or patients leave the practice because your security breach exposed them to identity theft. Here is more information on the true cost of bad medical office software.

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The Importance of Patient Engagement: Why They - And You - Need It

Learn why patient engagement is a necessity and how you can master it within your practice.

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Electronic Health Records

By: Stephen O'Connor
July 11th, 2016

Every patient encounter that takes place inside your medical organization should result in new information being recorded. Details of the visit, whether typed into the Electronic Health Record application or spoken and converted to text with built-in speech recognition are added to the EHR. With all this information at your fingertips, the trick is to manage, organize and retrieve the data in a useful way for you and your team. You don’t need to be an IT specialist to appreciate the benefits of using EHR software, let alone how to find the information you need. Becoming more familiar with what is being stored and the ways your team can access it is crucial. Read on for details on how to get the right data from your EHR software.

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Medical Billing / RCM

By: Stephen O'Connor
July 8th, 2016

It makes sense that owners or managers of medical organizations would set up a billing process and then continue to use it over the years without ever analyzing it to see if it could stand some improvement. After all, if the software was working properly after you first implemented it, you may have considered the matter settled. The old adage that if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it comes into play more times than you might imagine in modern medical offices. But software and computer technology will continue to advance, as does our ability to connect with one another over the network and exchange information. Failure to stay on top of such developments and take advantage of them will naturally lead to inefficiencies, relatively speaking. Just because your office seems to be functioning properly, it doesn’t mean that your employees are working at their best capacity. They may be working around the inefficiencies instead of realizing that improved software would help them do their jobs better. In fact, you may determine that now would be a good time to consider installing new software as well as outsourcing your medical billing process to third party experts. Here are five reasons why your medical billing process is inefficient.

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Medical Billing / RCM | Practice Management | Electronic Health Records | Value-Based Care

By: Stephen O'Connor
July 1st, 2016

As the manager or owner of a thriving medical practice, you know that it is prudent to routinely take time to look at the entire business and see how its processes are integrated. To that end, increasingly sophisticated software offerings are now available to medical practices to help ensure things really are humming along, and you don’t want to miss out on any potentially helpful solutions. Two “off the bat” solutions are systems are electronic health records (EHR) and practice management (PM). Many practices opt for an all-in-one EHR-PM system. Once set up, you have essentially deployed an in-house capability for revenue cycle management (RCM). Adding a patient portal will do wonders for increasing patient engagement and connectivity between practice and patient, and vice versa. With these thoughts in mind, here are four technology trends that indicate a healthy practice.

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Medical Billing / RCM

By: Stephen O'Connor
June 29th, 2016

The following excerpt is from an article found on Beckers Hospital Review. It was written by Kelly Gooch. ------------------------------- Medical practices are always looking for ways to maximize patient care. To achieve this, there are various strategies physicians can use to streamline revenue-related processes, according to the American Medical Association. The AMA said it's important that physicians have a practice management system in place that works best for staff and medical personnel before implementing new processes. Once a medical practice management software is in place, the AMA recommends practices take advantage of these six ways to make revenue cycle management processes more efficient.

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Industry News

The following excerpt is from an article found modernmedicine.com. It was written by Hanny Freiwat ------------------------- A mobile strategy is your plan for developing your presence and interactions where your patients, increasingly, are looking for you: on their mobile devices. A mobile strategy also includes the services you offer to meet patients’ consumer expectations, such as the ability to make appointments or payments with their mobile device.

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Healthcare Advice

By: Stephen O'Connor
June 24th, 2016

As a successful physician, what motivates you to do your best on the job every day? While it’s normal for healthcare professionals to be motivated by how much money they are bringing in, this is typically not their sole incentive. If you’ve been having difficulties staying motivated all day, here are seven tips to help.

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Healthcare Advice

By: Stephen O'Connor
June 22nd, 2016

You always want to put your best foot forward when it comes to meeting new people, and this is particularly true when it comes to inviting patients into your practice. But when you have an established medical practice that has been doing quite well over the years in terms of revenue as well as patient retention, it can be easy for staff to become complacent.

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Electronic Health Records

By: Stephen O'Connor
June 20th, 2016

By now, you already know that deploying an electronic health records or EHR system in your healthcare organization is the key to maximizing time, giving your staff the tools it needs to do their jobs as efficiently as possible.