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Should you buy the practice down the street? [on-demand webinar]
In recent years, clients and friends of C&M have been involved in practice acquisitions or mergers. In many of these cases, a practice in a nearby area has come up for sale, perhaps due to retirement or death of a physician owner. These can be exciting opportunities, but stressful, too.
Net collections: Are you waving the white flag?
The subject of net collections seems to be in the ether these days. (For the purposes of this discussion, I'm referring to net collections as the amount your practice is ultimately reimbursed for services it provides, i.e., your net reimbursement after adjustments or credits.) Though it's long been a staple
Have you seen Laurie’s popular article about the deductible reset?
Laurie's 2018 article for Phreesia's blog is one of their most popular posts. If you haven't seen it yet, here's a link to check it out. It includes time-tested ideas for dealing with the roller-coaster ride that is the transition from the busy-busy fall season to the slowdown in January,
Top tips to make the most of the fall season and prep for the deductible reset
It may seem hard to believe—I know it does to me—but we’re approaching the last quarter of 2019. The summer season goes by fast, probably for obvious reasons, and when autumn arrives, it feels like it sneaked up on us.Of course, for many practices, there’s another reason it feels like
Are you an in-house medical biller or billing manager?
Are you an in-house medical biller or billing manager? We are looking to speak with a few billing professionals (either currently working as in-house billers, or who have been employed by practices in the past) for a project. If you are willing to speak with us for about 5-10 minutes
Teaching patients about their health insurance shouldn’t be your job–but it is
If you are frustrated by how confused patients can be about their insurance, and by the conflicts this confusion often leads to (especially about patient balances), you have good reason. Insurance is provided by employers, who theoretically should be able to explain it (it's an important part of employee compensation,