Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

Learn about this in our blog 5 ways telehealth services can help address the mental health crisis. Also, developing and sharing engaging content through a blog or other content platform is crucial. By entrusting billing complexities to specialists, practices can enhance efficiency, ensuring timely claims processing.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nobody was there to manage her appointments or explain to her what she should do next. Small tasks like scheduling her next appointment became needlessly tedious and overly complicated. Suddenly, I had to realize that wow, I’m actually human.” Brown described the experience as “DIY cancer.” “I

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As mental health demand continues to grow exponentially , it is equally important for mental health providers to optimize their billing practices to ensure fair and timely reimbursements, enabling them to continue delivering high-quality patient care. Strategies to improve your mental health reimbursements 1.

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Billing Medical Coding Documentation Insurance 97

Practice Index

MARCH 27, 2025

In-person GP appointments linked to high patient satisfaction Practices that offer the most face-to-face GP appointments have the greatest patient satisfaction, according to researchers from the University of Manchester. They also found the total number of appointments offered by practices made a big difference to satisfaction levels.

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Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Learn more about this in our blog Improve your front desk processes with these best practices. Main issues in the check-in process 1. On the other hand, for medical practices, these long wait times can disrupt the scheduling flow, causing delays in subsequent appointments and reducing overall efficiency.

Medication 52

Medication Patient Satisfaction Communication Insurance 52

Health Prime

MARCH 21, 2024

The revenue cycle in healthcare refers to the entire process of managing the financial aspects of patient care, from the initial appointment scheduling to the final payment received for services rendered. This information serves as the foundation for billing and reimbursement processes.

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Billing Medication Follow-Up Appointments 105

Health Prime

JUNE 20, 2024

However, with fewer healthcare professionals available, patient-to-provider ratios increase, leading to longer wait times, rushed appointments, and reduced patient satisfaction. Read more about this in our blog What is your administrative burden costing you? Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Billing Patient Care Appointments Patient Satisfaction 105

Health Prime

APRIL 11, 2024

Medical practices and billing services constantly seek ways to enhance efficiency and financial performance. ” While they may sound similar, understanding their distinctions is crucial for healthcare providers and billing professionals. Read more about this in our blog Practice Optimization: How to convert resources into revenue.

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Billing Patient Satisfaction Scheduling Medical Coding 105

Health Prime

MARCH 6, 2024

Additionally, it allows patients to: Access their medical records Schedule appointments Receive important updates This seamless communication fosters patient engagement , leading to increased satisfaction and loyalty. This streamlines the check-in process during appointments and minimizes the need for paper-based administrative tasks.

Communication 98

Communication HIPAA Billing Appointments 98

Northwest Career College

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

If youve been considering a job in the medical field that is cost-effective and time-saving, this blog might be just for you. Some of the work activities include: Appointment Setting Managed patient records and ensured they were up-to-date. Handled all insurance forms and also billing-related processes.

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Medical Administrative Assistant Medication Problem Solving Skills Billing 40

Health Prime

JANUARY 1, 2025

Delegating specific medical billing processes in your practice to an expert partner offers a strategic and forward-thinking approach to enhancing efficiency, reducing administrative burdens, and ensuring financial stability. Read more about this in our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing.

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Billing Medication Insurance Patient Care 52

Arkenea

APRIL 8, 2025

This blog provides an in-depth exploration of Allscripts EMR, highlighting its features, benefits, and applications. The EMR operates as a centralized digital hub for healthcare providers, enabling them to manage patient records, schedule appointments, write prescriptions, and access diagnostic tools.

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Billing Scheduling Appointments Patient Care 52

Practice Index

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Weve seen our energy bills rise, supplier costs go up, and now we have to find thousands more for staff wages. Fewer staff means longer waits for appointments. appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. A Practice Manager in the South West says longer waiting times could be one consequence.

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A Young Doctor's Journey

MARCH 10, 2025

I chose to start on Monday of a two-week period when I would be able to go in for all AM appointments. Otherwise, in most other cases, you go in for your appointment on the first or second day of your period, whenever that is.) So there you have it: All the information about egg freezing that I could squeeze into a single blog post.

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Medication Appointments Follow-Up Insurance 52

Valant

AUGUST 20, 2024

Working with multiple patients at the same appointment affects everything from how you schedule sessions to how you take progress notes, and a system that runs smoothly makes for a better patient experience. Blog Starting Out With Group Therapy? Decide how you’ll communicate for this task—patient portal, phone, email?

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Billing Scheduling Documentation Appointments 105

Scrubs

JUNE 2, 2023

I’ve been to three doctor’s appointments. Bennett’s husband recently created a GoFundMe to help the family pay for medical bills. “Now, Medical bills have already begun coming in. Bennett ultimately spent two weeks in the hospital ICU before she could go home. I just thank God that it happened here,” said Tyrone Bennett. “We

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Follow-Up Billing Hospital Appointments 134

Health Prime

APRIL 18, 2024

This process starts when a patient schedules an appointment and ends when the provider receives payment for the services rendered. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. RCM refers to the process of tracking and managing the financial transactions involved in providing healthcare services to patients.

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Follow-Up Appointments Billing Scheduling 105

Valant

AUGUST 5, 2024

By consistently collecting and analyzing this data, clinicians can gain insights into patient progress between appointments; implement evidence-based, targeted treatments; and improve patient engagement by involving them in monitoring their own progress. There is a famous saying, “what gets measured gets managed.”

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Appointments Triage Patient Care Scheduling 105

Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Administrative Burden Running a practice yourself means handling all administrative tasks, including billing, paperwork, and regulatory compliance. Billing, scheduling, and other administrative tasks are often handled by dedicated staff, allowing providers to focus more on patient care. This can lead to longer wait times for patients.

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Scheduling Billing Collaboration Patient Care 97

Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently introduced a bill addressing cybersecurity protections and oversight in the healthcare industry. The Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act , introduced on February8, 2024, aims to bolster a vulnerable and often-targeted industry against cyberattacks.

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Billing Hospital Patient Safety Appointments 59

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Circumventing long waits for appointments and the bureaucracy of traditional medical practices, concierge patients pay out of pocket for the convenience of easy access to care. A weight management clinic could bill insurance or provide services that clients pay for out of pocket.

Bookkeeping 52

Bookkeeping Hospice Acute Care Insurance 52

Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In one of our past blogs, we delved into the end-of-year reports you should run in your practice. To take action, follow up promptly on overdue accounts, review and optimize your billing processes to reduce delays, and consider implementing automated reminders for patients and insurance companies. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

Medication 52

Medication Billing Documentation Appointments 52

Valant

MAY 2, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More Justifying the Expense of an EHR-Provider Partnership An Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution is essential for private practices. The value an EHR provides outweighs the investment.

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Documentation Patient Care Billing Insurance 102

Valant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Choosing an EHR built for behavioral health can be especially helpful for evidence-based talk therapies requiring frequent appointments. Understanding EHRs in Behavioral Health An EHR built for behavioral health can help you with treatment planning , progress monitoring, outcome measures, telehealth , billing , and more.

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Billing Appointments Documentation Scheduling 52

Valant

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For instance, monitoring appointment scheduling and wait times helps streamline administrative processes and reduce patient wait times. Thus, by analyzing data on appointment wait times, cancellations, and scheduling bottlenecks, practices can identify areas for improvement and optimize their scheduling workflows.

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Billing Patient Satisfaction Appointments Scheduling 52

Valant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Unbillable admin tasks outside of appointment times can eat up a shocking amount of your day. Billing insurance, for example, is often seen by practitioners as prohibitively complex and time-consuming, so Valant created a billing feature that gets claims to payers faster and with less hassle.

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Patient Care Billing Documentation Appointments 52

Health Prime

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Convenience With telehealth, scheduling appointments becomes more flexible, and individuals can receive timely care without long wait times. Read more about this in our blog Implement RPM with Behavioral Health Patients to Improve Patient Care & Add a New Revenue Source. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Billing Appointments Scheduling Medication 52

Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

Revenue Cycle Management Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) refers to the entire medical billing process, from beginning to end. We manage your billing, coding, and claim submissions, so you can get back to what matters the most: your patients. Read more about this on the blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical credentialing.

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Discharges Scheduling Admissions Appointments 52

Health Prime

AUGUST 10, 2023

Enhance your use of electronic health records (EHR) systems, appointment scheduling software, and other automated tools to streamline administrative tasks and reduce the workload on your staff. Read more about this in our blog A Three-Point Checklist for choosing your Technology Solutions Partner. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Medication Billing Scheduling Patient Care 52

Minority Nurse

JUNE 1, 2023

Healthcare Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum When a patient attends a medical appointment, their presenting issue might be diabetes, hypertension, or asthma. Letters to the editor, podcasts, articles, blog posts, social media, and other means can be utilized by nurses to make their voices heard.

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Unit Organization and Environment Appointments Billing Medication 98

Valant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More American Psychological Association (APA.org) The APA website offers valuable resources for practice management and professional development.

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Certification Scheduling Continuing Education Best Practices 98

Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Pre-Visit Communication: Ensure patients receive all necessary information before their appointment, including directions or telehealth instructions. Centralized Scheduling: Implement a centralized patient scheduling system to manage appointments effectively and reduce issues such as overbooking or no-shows.

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Patient Satisfaction Billing Appointments HIPAA 52

Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Intake, scheduling, billing, patient portal functions, clinical reporting, and other basic functions of your practice should work the same across all providers, staff, and locations. Learn about your patients’ experience with the patient portal , scheduling, intake, and billing/payments. Consider integration between software tools.

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Scheduling Billing Patient Experience Appointments 52

Health Populi

JULY 19, 2022

This gesture is enabling families to get to medical appointments around Paducah, Kentucky where, this week, car drivers faced regular gas priced at an average of $4.16 I launched my Health Populi blog in September 2007 with this cartoon from the New Yorker, originally published copyright Michael Maslin in 1994. one year ago.

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Do your providers often run out of time for daily tasks like clinical notes and billing-related work? Do patients struggle to schedule timely appointments and/or contact their provider when needed? Ask yourself the following questions about your practice: Are you turning away potential clients due to lack of bandwidth?

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Scheduling Communication Best Practices Follow-Up 94

Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Establish a robust system that verifies insurance information before the appointment. Read about the benefits of outsourcing your eligibility and benefits process in our blog Why should you outsource your patient’s eligibility and benefits process? This process starts before the patient is checked in.

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Billing Follow-Up Communication Insurance 52

Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Obtain consent from new patients to provide appointment reminders , to send PHI through a secure patient portal, to obtain medical records from past providers, and more. As your practice grows, a strong team will include front and back-office staff to handle patient communication, scheduling, billing, etc.

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