Chronic Care Management Reimbursement: Are You Leaving Money on the Table? Is your practice among the many that have so far opted to wait and see if Medicare's new chronic care management (CCM) reimbursement program is worth pursuing? Do you have a significant population of Medicare patients with two or more chronic conditions? If so, you may be bypassing a program that has multiple benefits for your patients and your practice - including, of course, increased revenue.
Rethinking Your Revenue Cycle: 3 Reasons to Outsource If you're looking to improve your practice's financial performance, it may be time to think about outsourcing key billing and revenue cycle management (RCM) tasks to a partner. In addition to relieving the pressure on practice leaders and staff, outsourcing can deliver numerous other benefits. In this report, learn three key reasons to consider outsourcing and then complete a short assessment to determine if it might be the right move for you.
Where Practices Lose Money If there's any process that seems designed to confuse and infuriate physicians and practice managers, it's the medical claims process.The process is fraught with opportunities to lose money: Denials. Confusing explanation codes. Changing payer policies. But this handy chart should help you get started on plugging the leaks in your own claims process.
A Commonsense Approach to ICD-10 Implementation Implementation of the ICD-10-CM coding classification has been an on-again, off-again proposition but the new date could be October 1, 2014, or later. The fact is, no one is certain about the date of the future ICD-10 implementation, so perhaps the smartest choice for providers is to proceed with steps to continue their ICD-10 implementation. This article, from The Journal of Medical Practice Management, will take a look at a sensible approach to implementation.
Optimizing Practice Growth: 7 Proven Strategies for Success The pressure exerted on practices to grow, often through integration with additional practices or with larger health care systems, has been strong for years, and the trend shows no signs of abating. Growth may bring advantages, but the demands can be significant, and, if they are not handled effectively, the attempt to grow can throw your practice into a tailspin.
HP in collaboration with HIMSS
As the healthcare industry embraces value-based care, hospitals and other provider organizations are relying on digitization to better follow patients through their healthcare journey -- and recoup each and every reimbursement dollar. For more insight from Jeffrey Goldstein, MD, MS, Senior Healthcare Specialist and Daniel Colling , BSC, RN, Global Lead for Clinical and Print Workflow Solutions at HP inc. read more here.
HP in collaboration with HIMSS
To protect patient health information, hospitals and healthcare organizations need to be sure they are incorporating often overlooked endpoint technologies -- namely, printers -- in their healthcare IT security plans. For more insight from Pamela Dill, Senior Security Advisor at HP Inc. read more here.
Focus on these neglected areas: staffing, business overhead, and payer contracts. Gains made in the areas of staffing, overhead, and payer reimbursements can contribute to more effective recruitment and retention as well as boost financial performance in the long run.
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