Why is Healthcare Technology Becoming a Necessity?
Embracing technology can help improve practice workflow and position physicians to deliver optimal care to their patient population.
How Telehealth Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Telehealth will help play an important role in advancing distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine while providing support and education to patients.
Marketing Your Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
With affordable marketing strategies, you’ll connect with patients and effectively communicate how they can receive care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Increase Practice Revenue with Patient Engagement
Patients are more likely to pay their bills on time if they are engaged with the practice and develop a collaborative relationship with their clinician.
How to Ensure You Get Paid and See Enough Patients in 2021
According to the 2020 Medical Economics Physician Report, “getting paid is regularly listed as a top challenge facing physicians.”
Improve Diabetes Care with a CCM Tool
Developing a consistent care plan for your chronic patient population helps improve patient care while increasing practice revenue.
How to Eliminate Manual Billing Processes
Utilizing a practice management solution allows you to easily identify unpaid claims, handle insurance errors and manage patient records.
CMS Allows Flexibility on 2020 MIPS Reporting
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, CMS is allowing MIPS participants to request reweighting of one or more of the program’s performance categories.
How Did Telehealth Impact Patient Care in 2020?
According to a survey from Medical Economics, over 93 percent of physicians utilized a telehealth tool to treat patients in 2020.
Fill Appointments and Eliminate Patient Care Gaps
Utilizing technology to quickly and easily schedule appointments for high priority patients allows you to deliver better care while increasing revenue.
Using Speech Recognition to Reduce Burnout
Paired with an efficient EHR, speech recognition software allows providers to reduce documentation time and keep their focus on the patient.
Technology Tricks to Transform Patient Data into Knowledge
Taking advantage of valuable patient data helps to achieve all goals, while enabling the physician to maintain a better work-life balance.
Is Telehealth Just as Effective as Face-To-Face Visits?
“Online and telephone visits,” according to Dr. Joseph Scherger, “allow for more time than face-to-face visits and can be equally effective.”
Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is a great complement to telehealth, allowing you to maintain continuity of care and receive patient data in real time.
Reduce Physician Burnout with Efficient Technology Tools
Electronic technology and digital devices now make it possible for the office to follow the physician virtually anywhere on earth.
What is Triple Aim Healthcare?
Triple Aim Healthcare is an approach to optimizing health system performance by meeting goals of better care, lower costs and improved population health.
Using SEO to Increase Patient Awareness
A successful search engine optimization (SEO) strategy allows you to enhance brand recognition for your practice while improving your online presence.
Advantages of Small and Independent Practices
The ability to be flexible and deliver personalized patient care are just a few advantages of small practices amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Important Notice Regarding Increased and Imminent Cybersecurity Threat
On Thursday, Oct. 28, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a joint cybersecurity alert regarding an increased and imminent cybersecurity threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems.
Getting Started with Telemedicine
With the surge of telemedicine tools in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s crucial for practices to begin acclimating themselves with virtual care initiatives.
Review of CPT Coding Changes for 2021
Effective January 1, 2021, CMS proposes to adopt a new CPT code set to office and other outpatient evaluation and management services (E/M).
Tips for Starting Your Own Medical Practice
Starting your own practice can be difficult, but choosing the right technology and determining your needs can help ease the process.
Practice Benefits of MIPS Program Participation
Practices that implement care policies and data collection systems to meet the MIPS requirements will see health care delivery that is better and smarter.
What Are Clinical Decision Support Tools?
According to HealthIT.gov, CDS is a combination of evidence-based knowledge and patient-specific data, which is filtered intelligently and dispensed to care providers.
Benefits of Tracking Clinical Quality Measures
Clinical Quality Measures, or CQMs, are the data points that CMS utilizes to measure and track the quality of health care services provided to patients.
The Key to Finding a User-Friendly EHR
When choosing an EHR, you should look for a solution that’s easy-to-learn, easy-to-use and allows you to focus on patients rather than a computer screen.
Treating Chronic Patients During COVID-19 and Beyond
Technology, such as Remote Patient Monitoring, allows providers to predict future outbreaks while maintaining care plans for chronic patients.
Improve Practice Efficiency with Voice Recognition
The use of voice recognition software in conjunction with an in-house EHR system can deliver many benefits related to clinical documentation.
5 Benefits of Recognizing and Eliminating Care Gaps
When implementing a care gap program, providers need to first identify the high-priority population on which they will concentrate so they can select the critical care components for each substrate.
Preparing Small Practices for Ongoing Telehealth Demands
With virtual care demands expected to continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important for small practices to prepare for ongoing telemedicine needs.
CARES Act Provider Relief Fund – Take Action!
Earlier this month, the HHS announced a CARES act Provider Relief Fund distribution for eligible providers that participate in state Medicaid and CHIP programs and have not yet received a payment from the Provider Relief Fund General Distribution. Providers who believe they may be eligible should take action now.
The Future of Telehealth
With 42 percent of patients utilizing telehealth services since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many believe these virtual efforts are a necessity for the future of healthcare.
Managing Your Chronic Patient Population
With offices temporarily closed and appointments being cancelled, it’s important to ensure your chronic patients are actively contributing to their own care.
Apply now for additional HHS relief funds and also submit your claims for uninsured COVID-19 treatment and testing!
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made additional funds available for providers who apply. Providers may be eligible if they received general distribution payments in April.
The PPP funding has been replenished but may run out within the week. Take action now!
Congress struck an agreement on Tuesday (April 21st) to provide another $310B for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and another $60B for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). This comes after the PPP and the EIDL ran out of money last week.
Being Digitally Equipped During COVID-19 and Beyond
Ensuring your practice is digitally equipped, especially throughout the COVID-19 crisis, is crucial in order to serve as a dependable and stress-free source for your patients.
Take Action on the Paycheck Protection Program
On April 16, 2020 the Small Business Administration announced that the $350B allocated for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans have been depleted. This comes after the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program stopped accepting new applications as well.
Introducing Amazing Charts Practice Support
To support practices affected by the COVID-19 crisis, we’re introducing Amazing Charts Practice Support, a service designed to alleviate financial burdens and fill gaps in patient care.
Population Health Demands from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ensuring patients are receiving essential and consistent care during the COVID-19 crisis is crucial to maintaining a healthy patient population.
Does Your Practice Qualify for Medicare Direct Relief Payments?
The US Department of Health & Human Services will begin to distribute $30 billion of funds via direct deposit to eligible providers. All facilities and providers that received Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursements in 2019 are eligible.
How Recent COVID-19 Stimulus Bills Affect Independent Practices
Many practices may be playing financial “catch up” for months or years to come unless they take decisive action now to take advantage of telehealth reimbursement and availability of home-based health services.
Learn About Our Resources for Managing COVID-19
As always, and especially during the COVID-19 outbreak, we’re committed to supporting our customers and serving their ongoing needs.
4 Marketing Ideas to Attract New Patients
Today’s medical consumers are more likely than ever before to turn to their online resources when in need of medical care.
Avoid Billing Errors and Increase Practice Profits
Billing errors lead to delayed payments, denied claims, and increased stress at the very time a patient needs to be stress-free.
Using Technology to Improve Patient Satisfaction Levels
Technology plays a large role in the patient experience, as it sets a standard for how willing your practice is being to meet a patient’s wants and needs.
How to Participate in MIPS Reporting
Effective MIPS reporting can enhance preventative patient care, improve care delivery and increase your practice’s bottom line.
Effectively Treating Patients with Chronic Conditions
Chronic conditions require a high level of in-office care, but there are many steps to increase preventative care and involve patients in their care plans.
Basics of Implementing a Patient Portal
With the digital age advancing, patients want technology to consolidate their health information into an accessible location they can access at any time.
Increase Practice Efficiency and Profitability
To practice value-based care and ensure patient satisfaction, practices need to use tools to ensure providers are providing effective and efficient care.
Combating Physician Burnout with Efficient Technology
The spread of physician burnout through the medical community negatively impacts patient care and increases the risk of medical malpractice lawsuits.
Take Control of Your Finances with CareTracker PM
CareTracker PM allows you to quickly identify coding inconsistencies, electronically confirm eligibility and claim status and easily identify unpaid claims.
AI and Healthcare: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed
For the healthcare industry, AI could be a game-changer for everyone from top hospital chains to the local medical practice.
Chart Better with Electronic Health Records
With an effective EHR, providers have reliable access to a patient’s complete health information, which can lead to a quicker and more accurate diagnosis.
Adapting to Value-Based Care as a Small Practice
Effective value-based care is centered on the idea of providing preventative care for patients and recognizing needs on an ongoing basis.
Why Outsourced Billing Might be the Best Choice for Your Practice
Proper RCM works to shorten billing time, eliminate billing errors, increase insurance reimbursements and improve revenue receipts from patients.
Make the Switch and Eliminate Your EHR Inefficiencies
An easy-to-use and efficient EHR allows you to complete charts faster, enhance office workflow and improve patient health outcomes.
Knowledge Drop: Is the EHR the Beginning of A Bold New World in AI?
“For the healthcare industry, AI could prove to be a game-changer for everyone from the top pharmaceutical companies and hospital chains to the local medical