Time for a Change: Dissecting the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate
If you’ve practiced medicine in the past 16 years, chances are you’ve heard of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). In essence, it was meant to cap Medicare spending but ultimately had quite the opposite effect. Now, Congress faces the yearly burden of allocating billions to the botched program to prevent radical cuts to doctor’s […]
Tips for Creating a Medical Office Operations Manual
Businesses of all sizes are constantly trying to streamline operations so they can spend less money while improving productivity. And while it may not always seem like it, your practice is indeed a business. This means you should always be on the lookout for ways to make your practice more efficient. One of the best […]
Best Health and Wellness Apps Docs Can Prescribe To Patients
Introduction Technology has contributed immensely to medical professionals’ way of caring for patients. However, with new digital health apps and wearables, doctors have powerful new levers for improving diagnosis, smooth treatment, and equipping patients to oversee their wellness. These advances that are narrowing this gap between tradition and solution are ushering in new ways to […]
Going with the Tide: Prepping Your Practice’s Transition to the Cloud
Your technology infrastructure may not have seen any significant investments in years, so how can you even focus on implementing an electronic health record or practice management system? Perhaps you’re sick of the rigidity of your existing client-server systems and would prefer to purchase applications from an external provider with a reputation in the healthcare […]
Switching to Concierge Medicine: Pros and Cons
Some physicians suffering from chronic underpayment are turning to alternative payment models to increase profits. One such model is concierge medicine, sometimes called “retainer” or “boutique” medicine, whereby patients pay an upfront fee in order to secure the services of a physician.
Where Does 3D Printing Stand in the Future of Medicine?
Imagine a world where terminal patients don’t have to wait months, or even years, for a life-saving transplant, a place where prosthetic limbs are a thing of the past, a world where live organs are as common as your average DME. With the advent of bioprinting, this Shangri-La of medical care may not be too […]
Quiz: What Do You Know About Combined PM/EHRs?
Do you know about the benefits that combining your EHR and practice management system can provide? We’ve created a short quiz to see how much you know about combined systems. Give it a shot and tell us how you did in the comments section.
Weekly Checkup: January 21-24
At Power Your Practice, we try to write for each individual specialty, as well as cover trends affecting the industry at large. This week we examined code changes for specific specialties, tackled the flu, and even released a guide to practice management.
The Complete Guide to Practice Management
Papers fly as patients pour in, phones ring, and ongoing billing battles never end, the cash or credit argument ensues – a day at the practice is relentless, and sometimes you could use a little help. Hence, Power Your Practice has assembled a guide for practices to abide by, helping physicians and office managers navigate the […]
3 Ways Health IT Helps Combat the Influenza Spread
The news has been abuzz about this recent explosion of influenza across the country. It becomes more alarming with every flu-related death, and its spread doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In fact, scientists at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands have lifted a moratorium on bird flu research, and most clinicians are being forced […]