With almost 600 health care breaches in 2020, it’s important to take necessary precautions to prevent cyber threats and keep your practice data secure.

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.

According to the 2020 Medical Economics Physician Report, “getting paid is regularly listed as a top challenge facing physicians.”

Developing a consistent care plan for your chronic patient population helps improve patient care while increasing practice revenue.

Utilizing a practice management solution allows you to easily identify unpaid claims, handle insurance errors and manage patient records.

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.

According to a survey from Medical Economics, over 93 percent of physicians utilized a telehealth tool to treat patients in 2020.

Utilizing technology to quickly and easily schedule appointments for high priority patients allows you to deliver better care while increasing revenue.

Paired with an efficient EHR, speech recognition software allows providers to reduce documentation time and keep their focus on the patient.

“Online and telephone visits,” according to Dr. Joseph Scherger, “allow for more time than face-to-face visits and can be equally effective.”

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is a great complement to telehealth, allowing you to maintain continuity of care and receive patient data in real time.

Electronic technology and digital devices now make it possible for the office to follow the physician virtually anywhere on earth.

Triple Aim Healthcare is an approach to optimizing health system performance by meeting goals of better care, lower costs and improved population health.

A successful search engine optimization (SEO) strategy allows you to enhance brand recognition for your practice while improving your online presence.

The ability to be flexible and deliver personalized patient care are just a few advantages of small practices amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

Effective January 1, 2021, CMS proposes to adopt a new CPT code set to office and other outpatient evaluation and management services (E/M).

Starting your own practice can be difficult, but choosing the right technology and determining your needs can help ease the process.

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.

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.

Technology, such as Remote Patient Monitoring, allows providers to predict future outbreaks while maintaining care plans for chronic patients.

The use of voice recognition software in conjunction with an in-house EHR system can deliver many benefits related to clinical documentation.

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.

With virtual care demands expected to continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important for small practices to prepare for ongoing telemedicine needs.

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.

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.

With offices temporarily closed and appointments being cancelled, it’s important to ensure your chronic patients are actively contributing to their own care.

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.

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.