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Patient payments: In 2014, it’s ‘pay as you go’
2014 will be a winning or losing game for medical practices – depending on their patient payment policies and efficiency with collecting patient payments. Patient responsibility has spiked over the years and has taken a quantum leap in 2014 with annual deductibles of $5,000 and more. Patient share of responsibility
Position your practice for growth: free webinar tomorrow
There's still time to register for my webinar tomorrow with Kareo and Physicians Practice. "Position Your Practice for Growth" will explore tactics to ready your practice to handle more patients without sacrificing patient service. Whether you're hoping for or expecting growth from the ACA, whether you're aiming for it with
Dashboards: Practice performance at a glance
A medical practice performance dashboard is a great time-saver to help keep your finger on the pulse of practice performance and understand your position in real time. It is similar to the one in your car – a set of indicators provide a simple, practical way to know what’s going
Managing includes developing practice staff
Sometimes, the business of medical practice management is a fuzzy science. Managers have to keep the patients, and their bills, moving through the practice. Most often, physicians are satisfied if their managers accomplish that much. But managing optimally includes softer skills, like bringing out the best in staff. Recently, we've
Trade shows – there’s so much to gain
There are lots of reasons to spend time in the exhibit hall when attending practice management and other medical conferences. By visiting the exhibit hall you will learn a lot about what’s going on in the industry, how vendors are seeking to meet your future needs and what technology changes
Will the ACA bring a wave of new patients? Prepare for the best
Will the ACA bring a big increase in patients to your practice? For most of the practices we've been working with, the ACA's impact on patient volume is still pretty unclear. Since we're less than a month into the new coverage year for ACA exchange plans, and the open enrollment