The High Cost of Not Focusing on Your Fees
Share this page: As your clinic grows, everything becomes more complex. More patients come in, more employees are hired, and processes that seemed to happen automatically in the beginning, don’t seem to be happening at all anymore. It doesn’t take long for things to...
Maintaining a Compliant Practice During a Natural Disaster
Share this page: With the recent wildfires in the Northwest U.S. and the destruction left by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, providers are left wondering how to maintain a compliant office while facing the wrath of mother nature. Every office should have a...
Checks and Balances
Share this page: I have been in practice for over thirty years and know I take when I trust my team to follow the policies and procedures I have in place when it comes to collections, compliance, and patient follow up. I learned the hard way, that when you don’t have...
Opting Out IS an Option
Share this page: We receive calls from providers across the country wanting to know if patients can opt out of using their insurance, and the answer is yes – in most cases. In 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services issued updates to HIPAA privacy...
Why is the Discount Challenge prize amount $11,181? Because that is the average “per-occurrence” fine for Medicare inducements. That’s not $11,181 per patient, that’s not per provider, that’s PER VISIT. Stinks, doesn’t it? To us, the prize amount is worth the investment if we can help our profession better understand proper discounting.