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Ogi Kwon & Sharon KimJuly 1, 2021
Deciphering the No Surprises Act: Top FAQs to Prepare
The No Surprises Act (“the Act”), effective January 1, 2022, is a federal law designed to protect patients from unexpected excessive medical bills when they are unable to choose an in-network provider. The law requires that out-of-network providers (including hospitals, physicians, non-physician providers, and ...
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Dr. Ronald HirschJune 14, 2021
AAPL: Physician Billing During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Ambiguities Abound
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an unprecedented number of waivers and regulatory flexibilities that allowed physician practices to continue to provide care to patients in the office and hospital. But with these came significant confusion related to coding of services provided to patients during the public ...
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Price Transparency
Kathryn BeardMay 11, 2021
How Emergency Physician Groups Can Endure Balance Billing Restrictions
While the price transparency law is helping patients better anticipate and manage healthcare costs, there are still situations where they can receive unexpected bills – especially when making a ...
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Revenue Cycle
Richard Lopez del RinconFebruary 23, 2021
3 Ways Revenue Cycle Partnerships Produce Financial Sustainability
This post is part two of a two-part blog.
There is no doubt that many practices are in a strenuous financial period. Organizations need to quickly identify opportunities to reduce costs and increase profitability, which is making them seriously consider
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Richard Lopez del RinconFebruary 23, 2021
Why CBOs Aren't Financially Viable for Practices
This post is part one of a two-part blog.
It’s no secret that over the past few years, physician organizations have faced several significant financial hurdles. From adjusting to value-based care, to serving more and more underinsured patients, to the most recent financial hit: ...
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Drew BoxerOctober 28, 2020
Physicians Practice: Thriving Through Better Claims and Collections
Current revenue cycle management (RCM) processes in some practices may be well established, but there is always room for improvement and optimizations.
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Quality Programs
Lynn Guerrant BSN, MSFebruary 28, 2020
Independent Practice Survival in a Value-Based Environment
With the advent of MACRA, CMS has begun to shift healthcare reimbursement from fee-for-service to one based on achievement of value-based metrics. The goals of Value-based care are to improve care quality and lower costs. Independent providers must overhaul their financial and clinical processes to ...
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Coding
Jessica ShortDecember 9, 2019
Independent Providers: How to Reduce Four Billing and Coding Errors
For modern medical practices, financial health is often challenged due to shrinking reimbursements and increased scrutiny over coding practices. Although medical billing and coding errors are usually from minor mistakes, these common errors can add up to a lot of lost revenue over the years and, for ...
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R1 RCMSeptember 16, 2019
Four Questions You Should Ask Your Revenue Cycle Partner
With updated rules and a newly pruned reimbursement landscape, the uncertainty associated with the future of healthcare has not been made any clearer. In fact, the current environment may have seemed to muddy the waters further, making it even more difficult for healthcare institutions and independent clinicians ...
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Patient Satisfaction
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Joe PolarisAugust 26, 2019
Revenue Cycle Improvements Lead Path to Patient Satisfaction
Although patient-centered strategies are a common topic of debate in hospitals and health systems these days, it’s striking how seldom revenue cycle factors into the discussion. The lack of correlation between financial conversations and patient satisfaction is especially interesting given the prevalent role of ...
