A physician practice is a network of interconnected parts, all of which must be working in unison in order to achieve success.
Effective marketing is worthless if dissatisfied patients constantly flee to competitors. The most productive billers in the world won’t boost profits if coders are error-prone. And the best EHR solution will only hurt efficiency if you don’t learn how to use it properly.
Power Your Practice understands this, so we’ve collected our most insightful articles focusing on the topics affecting you most.
Practice Management
Running a medical practice is a complex, often stressful undertaking. These articles will ease the burden of managing day-to-day operations.
1. Creating an Effective Practice Budget for 2014
2. Key Performance Indicators: What to Measure At Your Practice
3. Getting Up To Speed with the HIPAA Omnibus Rule
4. Four Practice Management Features Your Staff Will Love
5. Shopping for a Health IT Solution? 4 Vendor Warning Signs
6. So You’re on the Cloud: 6 Tips to Maximize Cloud-based Practice Management
7. Preventing Medical Burnout: The Increasing Dangers of Physician Fatigue
8. Keep Your Patients Coming Back
Revenue Cycle Management
Physicians need to get paid appropriately for the services they provide. It could mean the difference between profitability and having to close down. These articles will help ensure your practice realizes financial success.
1. Four Medical Billing Changes to Prepare for in 2014
2. Modifiers, 25 and 91: A Guide for Coders
3. The 5 Most Common Mistakes Causing Claim Denials
4. Plugging Revenue Cycle Management Leaks at Your Practice
5. ICD-10: Working Through the Basics
6. The Physician’s ICD-10 Resource Guide
7. Three Phases of RCM: Use Best Practices to Improve Performance
8. Four Ways to Improve Payer-Provider Relations
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
EHRs provide many advantages to physician practices, but they also bring a whole new set of challenges. How do you choose an EHR vendor? Should you select a cloud-based solution? What do EHRs mean for patients? These articles answer the most important EHR-related questions.
1. Meeting the 3 Trickiest Meaningful Use Core Objectives
2. How Meaningful Use Audits Can Delay Incentive Payments
3. What Makes Free EHRs Expensive in the Long Run?
4. Three Characteristics of an Exceptional Health IT Vendor
5. Using EHRs to Strengthen the Physician-Patient Relationship
6. Patient Access to EHRs: How Much is Too Much?
7. The Case for EHR-integrated Patient Portals
8. Five Smart Implementation Questions for Your New Health IT Vendor
Marketing
Physicians who choose not to market their practice may see a shortage in new patients. These articles will help your practice bring in a steady flow of patients along with the revenue they generate.
1. Making SEO Work for Your Medical Office
2. Three Keys to a Profitable Physician Email Campaign
3. The Do’s and Don’ts of Facebook Marketing
4. Sidestepping 4 Common Practice Marketing Mistakes
5. Four Ways to Shine on Physician Rating Websites
Technology
The tools today’s physicians have at their disposal give them advantages that predecessors could only dream of. These articles will show you how to leverage technology to improve your practice.
1. Look into These 3 Solutions Before Calling Tech Support
2. Is Health Technology a Boon for Rural Physicians?
3. Four Tips to Steer Clear of Social Media HIPAA Slip-ups
4. Can Doctors Take Lessons from Tech Entrepreneurs
5. Eight Essentials to Enhancing ePrescriptions
Resources
Some topics call for more than the standard blog post. When these cross our path, we create whitepapers, eBooks and quizzes to provide all of the in-depth information and tips you’ll need to succeed.
1. The Guide to Practice Marketing eBook
2. Time for a Switch: Your Complete Guide to Practice Management Replacement
3. Can Cloud Computing Solve Healthcare’s Tech Crisis?
4. Five Must-Track Metrics for Practice Profitability
5. Quiz: Are You Up to Speed on the HIPAA Omnibus Rule?
Practice Profitability Index
Earlier this year, CareCloud and QuantiaMD teamed up to conduct a 5,000-physician survey on practice financial and operational wellbeing called the Practice Profitability Index. What resulted was a detailed report, an easy-to-digest infographic, and various articles covering the findings.
1. The Full Report
2. The Infographic
3. How to Brave the Declining Reimbursement Rates Nightmare
4. Outsourced Medical Billing: Why It’s the Logical Choice
5. Are Independent Practices Headed for Extinction?
If you found this guide helpful, you may want to check out the Complete Medical Billing Resource Guide.
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