As a physician or other medical worker, your primary focus is likely to be on patient care -- not the tedious details afterward. However, bookkeeping in the medical office isn’t something you want to overlook.
Topics: Business Growth, Operations, Practice Management, Financial
What Constitutes a HIPAA Violation? 4 Mistakes to Avoid
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 helped cut down on healthcare fraud and ensure that employees could maintain healthcare coverage while between jobs. Since its original creation, several updates have been made to HIPAA to help improve privacy protection for patients and health plan members.
Topics: Business Growth, Compliance, HIPAA, Practice Management
Important Partnerships to Have When Starting Your Own Practice
Starting your own medical practice is a huge undertaking, and it is virtually impossible to handle all by yourself. As you are planning for your new practice, there are several kinds of people who you will need to help you along the way, and we’ll be discussing those partnerships today.
Topics: Business Growth, Operations, Practice Management, Financial, Practice Start-Up, Location
If your business provides a service, you should be paid for that service - and that includes private medical practices!
Topics: Business Growth, Practice Management, Financial, Practice Start-Up, Medical Billing
Whether you’re starting a new practice or you’re adding additional practitioners to your clinic, they all have to go through the physician credentialing process.
Topics: Business Growth, Credentialing, Practice Management, Financial, Practice Start-Up, Medical Billing
As the new year approaches, many medical practitioners are reevaluating their career trajectory, especially in the wake of an economy-shaking pandemic.
Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, Practice Management, Practice Start-Up
Are You Satisfied with Your Current Medical Billing Process?
As this most tumultuous year comes to a close, many businesses are taking this time to evaluate their performance over the past 12 months, as well as considering their goals for 2021 and beyond - and your medical practice should be no different!
Topics: Business Growth, Practice Management, Patient Volumes, Financial, Medical Billing
Is Outsourcing Revenue Cycle Management Right for Your Practice?
When it comes to running a private medical practice, handling all of your own Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) in-house can take up more time than you have to spare.
Topics: Business Growth, Practice Management, Financial, Medical Billing, Consulting
Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Medical Billing Service?
Medical billing is the middleman between a medical facility and an insurance company, so it’s safe to say that it’s a pretty important step in the process of running a practice.
Topics: Business Growth, Practice Management, Patient Volumes, Financial, ICD-10, Medical Billing
How Online Reputation Management Can Make or Break a Medical Practice
When you’re running a medical practice, you’re constantly thinking about patients, medical inventory, and insurance claims - but are you paying enough attention to your online reputation?
Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, HIPAA, Social Media