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ICD-10 Preparedness Considerations from the Revenue Cycle POV

Anesthesiology, Billing, Coding, Compliance, Emergency Medicine, General, Hospital Based Practices, Hospitalists, Office Based Practices, Practice Management, Primary Care, Radiology, Surgery, Urgent Care / PracticeMax

PracticeMax prepared a series of frequently asked questions about ICD-10 and its impact on physician and provider practices. Q: What benefits and disadvantages emerge when comparing inhouse billing/coders (who have yet to be trained) to outsourced revenue cycle management services? Effective and thorough coding and ICD-10 training takes time, money and resources In some practices […]

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Monitoring Stakeholder Feedback

Anesthesiology, Assisted Living, Business Intelligence, Emergency Medicine, General, Hospital Based Practices, Hospitalists, Independent Living, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs), Marketing, Medical Homes, Office Based Practices, Patient Engagement, Practice Management, Primary Care, Radiology, Satisfaction Research, Senior Living, Skilled Nursing, Surgery, Urgent Care / PracticeMax

In today’s highly competitive market, establishing systems to measure key stakeholder feedback is crucial to increasing volume and nurturing relationships. Well executed survey tools result in business intelligence that can (a) help your practice understand what customers want and expect, (b) assess how your practice is delivering in these areas and (c) help your practice

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Emergentology: Why You Should Counsel Your ED Patients (Stop Rolling Your Eyes)

Emergency Medicine, Patient Engagement, Practice Management / PracticeMax

The summer after my freshman year of college, I had my first experience with emergency medicine. I was able to shadow a physician in the emergency department at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City where my father worked. I’m sure I was annoying as hell, and I know that emergency physician had way more patience

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Practice Makes Perfect: ICD-10 Delay Allows Time for Clinical Documentation Improvement

In June, the Medical Group Management Association released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members’ most pressing practice-management challenges. In this edition of “Practice Makes Perfect,” we’ll tackle No. 1 on that list: preparing for the transition to ICD-10 diagnostic coding. In DATA, the CMS announced that the new implementation deadline for the International

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Move to ICD-10 will Hurt Low-Margin Practices, Study Finds

Pediatricians and other low-margin practices could take a significant financial hit during the transition to ICD-10 procedural and diagnostic codes, according to a study in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The 68,000-code ICD-10 system is scheduled to replace the 14,000-code ICD-9 system Oct. 1, 2015. Researchers at the University of Illinois

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Growth of Senior-Specific EDs Holds Quality Promise But Raises Cost Issues

Emergency Medicine, General, Uncategorized / PracticeMax

A small but growing number of hospitals are building emergency departments specifically for elderly patients at a time when the senior population is growing and hospitals are incentivized to develop new ways to prevent re-admissions and improve patient satisfaction. That trend made the ECRI Institute’s annual C-Suite Watch List of 10 clinical developments, tools and technologies that raise questions about

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