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. Also, remember to optimize staffing levels and roles to improve productivity and patient care.

Billing 105

Billing Patient Satisfaction Scheduling Medical Coding 105

Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

Implement appointment reminders and follow-ups Use automated appointment reminders and follow-up communications to enhance the patient experience. When done correctly, medical practices can improve their effectiveness while improving cash flow, staff well-being, and patient care. At Health Prime, we can help!

Follow-Up 105

Follow-Up Appointments Billing Scheduling 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. Time and cost savings A patient portal significantly reduces administrative overhead.

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Communication Billing Appointments 98

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Most health consumers expect providers to communicate about routine health care helping them track lab results, recommend and schedule preventive tests and screenings, text or online chat between appointments, and send reminders about taking medicines. Less than half say they’re currently getting that support from health care providers.

Communication 125

Communication Patient Experience Scheduling Appointments 125

Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Inaccurate patient information Collecting accurate patient information is one of the main objectives of the check-in process. In this stage of the medical billing process, your front-end staff ensures proper collection and recording of valuable data essential to provide proper services to the patient and ensure their coverage.

Medication 98

Medication Patient Satisfaction Communication Insurance 98

CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Data that helps make decisions and increases prosperity in healthcare practices In the complex healthcare industry, medical billing metrics serve as guiding beacons for practices and billing services. Understanding Medical Billing Metrics Medical billing KPIs are essential metrics in the healthcare industry for several reasons.

Billing 52

Billing Medication Patient Satisfaction Appointments 52

Health Prime

JUNE 20, 2024

Maximizing interventions to protect HCPs, patients, and visitors is always critical, including when considering strategies to address staffing shortages. However, with fewer healthcare professionals available, patient-to-provider ratios increase, leading to longer wait times, rushed appointments, and reduced patient satisfaction.

Billing 105

Billing Patient Care Appointments Patient Satisfaction 105

Scrubs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They can often perform clinical duties like taking patient vital signs, administering injections, and assisting with minor surgical procedures. At the same time, they manage administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, billing, and maintaining patient records.

Medical Assistant 147

Medical Assistant Medical Administrative Assistant Medication Medical Terminology 147

CollaborateMD

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

There’s got to be a method that’s more direct and aligns with modern patient preferences. Well, there is, and it could fast become your medical billing secret weapon. Introducing broadcast messaging and SMS billing. SMS texting is sending a direct, short message to an individual patient’s phone.

Billing 52

Billing Medication Communication HIPAA 52

CollaborateMD

JANUARY 31, 2024

Navigating piles of billing paperwork drains your time and energy. The right medical billing software streamlines this process, making it quicker and more accurate. The added efficiency gives you more time for patient care and reduces administrative headaches.  This article breaks down chiropractic medical billing software.

Billing 52

Billing Medication Follow-Up Insurance 52

Valant

AUGUST 20, 2024

Put Proper Systems in Place Before you enroll a single patient in your new venture, make sure your daily workflow supports the logistics of group management. Decide how you’ll communicate for this task—patient portal, phone, email? Our software makes management a breeze whether you’re seeing one patient or ten.

Billing 105

Billing Documentation Scheduling Appointments 105

Coronis Health

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Are you considering partnering with an ophthalmology medical billing company for your facility? Outsourcing Your Medical Billing Can Free up Time and Resources for Your Ophthalmology Facility Those working in the ophthalmology industry often wear many hats while providing comprehensive care for their patients.

Billing 52

Billing Medication Follow-Up Medical Coding 52

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

For mainstream Americans, “the math doesn’t add up” for paying medical bills out of median household budgets, based on the calculations in the 2019 VisitPay Report. Given a $60K median U.S. VisitPay conducted a poll among 1,734 U.S. One-fourth of consumers would prefer to research payment options online.

Insurance 113

Insurance Billing Medication Follow-Up 113

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2024

Patients’ experience with health care in the U.S. adult consumers’ perspectives defined “patient experience” (PX) as, “The sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization’s culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.” The study into U.S.

Discharges 62

Discharges Scheduling Appointments Billing 62

Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2018

Convenience is an integral component to consumer experience, and for healthcare that means same-day appointments, messaging between patients and clinicians, hours of operation, and on-line scheduling. Roughly one-in-five providers is planning or developing virtual care services.

Hospital 81

Hospital Customer Service Patient Experience Billing 81

Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Krush explained the importance of any digital front door in health care covering the entire patient journey, from initial awareness of symptoms and appointment scheduling to filling prescriptions, obtaining referrals, dealing with medical bills and asking general questions.

Tests 103

Tests Medication Appointments Billing 103

Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Standardizing technology systems can make all the difference to the efficiency of your workflow, the patient experience, the ease of training new staff, and your practice’s capacity to grow profits. Patients, too, likely have opinions and how they want and need to interact with your practice.

Scheduling 52

Scheduling Billing Patient Experience Appointments 52

MedVA

DECEMBER 7, 2023

With an influx of patients seeking last-minute appointments, increased administrative tasks, and the general chaos of the festive season, healthcare providers must find innovative solutions to manage the holiday rush efficiently. Streamlined communication improves patient satisfaction and reduces the stress on front desk staff.

Medical Assistant 52

Medical Assistant Medication Appointments Billing 52

Northwest Suburban College

JUNE 14, 2024

They may be responsible for preparing the examination room, obtaining vital signs, and ensuring the patient is comfortable. Their attentive care helps create a positive patient experience while providing crucial support to physicians.

Medical Assistant 52

Medical Assistant Medication Follow-Up Appointments 52

Medical Advantage

MARCH 27, 2024

Improving the Patient Experience A seamless patient experience is integral to the success of any healthcare practice. With athenahealth’s integrated system, practices can offer their patients a more cohesive and user-friendly way to manage their healthcare needs.

Billing 52

Billing Patient Satisfaction Patient Care Appointments 52

CollaborateMD

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Here are five benefits you can enjoy from insights provided by patients: Improved patient satisfaction:  Regular feedback helps you find and solve problems in your practice. These fixes can lead to higher patient satisfaction. More revenue:   Studies  link positive patient experiences with increased hospital revenue.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Appointments Patient Satisfaction Billing 52

Valant

JULY 5, 2024

For clinicians, efficient scheduling means better time management and the ability to see more patients. Features that improve the scheduling flow might include patient-initiated appointment requests, automated reminders, and waitlist management. The billing lifecycle helps establish healthy cash flow and financial stability.

Documentation 40

Documentation Billing Scheduling Appointments 40

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

For patients, the most painful access issue for most is seeing a clinician quickly, which 4 in 5 health consumers point to. Then, 1 in 2 patients say finding an appointment that fits their schedule is a top pain issue, followed by appointment schedule processes.

Appointments 62

Appointments Scheduling Billing Medication 62

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

The “digital front door” has become increasingly important to health care organizations, as well, with 63% of providers enabling patients to make appointments through their portal, and 61% providing online bill payment.

Patient Satisfaction 87

Patient Satisfaction Follow-Up Patient Experience Communication 87

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2024

Health care access is a challenge in rural and urban areas, cities and suburbs, and across more demographic groups than you might realize, as we see wait times grow for appointments, primary care shortages, and delays in screening plaguing health systems around the world.

Triage 71

Triage Appointments Collaboration Scheduling 71

Medical Advantage

MARCH 8, 2024

The platform is designed to not only enhance the patient experience but also streamline administrative tasks and boost the overall efficiency of your practice. They also can view test results, request prescriptions, and manage their appointments, all at the time most convenient for them without having to call the provider.

Appointments 52

Appointments Communication Patient Satisfaction Scheduling 52

Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Inaccurate patient information Collecting accurate patient information is one of the main objectives of the check-in process. In this stage of the medical billing process, your front-end staff ensures proper collection and recording of valuable data essential to provide proper services to the patient and ensure their coverage.

Medication 52

Medication Patient Satisfaction Communication Insurance 52

Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This process starts before the patient is checked in. Establish a robust system that verifies insurance information before the appointment. Remember to inform patients ahead of time of their benefits so they understand what they are paying for. At Health Prim e , we can help. Contact us at sales@hpiinc.com.

Billing 52

Billing Follow-Up Communication Insurance 52

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Patients-as-consumers increasingly expect retail-enchanting service levels from health care – especially as patients pay medical bills increasingly out-of-pocket. Convenience can take the form of time: for example, time to drive to an appointment and/or time required to be away from work to attend to that appointment.

Hospital 83

Hospital Appointments Follow-Up Billing 83

Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

patients 18 and over in August and September 2022, which learned that the high cost of health care services (46%) and higher costs of living overall (43%) contributed to peoples’ healthcare avoidance in America. The Qualtrics Study explored the views of over 1,000 U.S.

Insurance 62

Insurance Appointments Billing Hospital 62

CollaborateMD

MAY 17, 2023

Our presentation focused on how integrating with a unified communications platform like Updox and leveraging extensible APIs can enhance your EHR, streamline communication workflows, and improve the patient experience. Patients today are more informed than ever before.

Communication 52

Communication Triage Appointments Patient Care 52

Medical Advantage

MARCH 8, 2024

Practice management: Provides a single real-time medical billing dashboard to track all claim and appointment-related tasks, helping to maintain schedule density and optimize practice operations. athenaCollector : Streamlines the process of billing, collections, and patient payments.

Billing 52

Billing Appointments Scheduling Patient Care 52

CollaborateMD

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Encourage retention of patients or usage of optional/elective medical services by opening much-needed provider-to-patient lines of communication. Increase patient follow-up care. Help individual patients with their healthcare needs or billing questions. Enter: The rise of broadcast communication in healthcare.

Communication 52

Communication Appointments Scheduling Follow-Up 52

Practice Builders

JANUARY 25, 2024

Analyzing the patient journey is pivotal for a comprehensive diagnostic approach, as it reveals potential obstacles and roadblocks. To deliver an unparalleled patient experience, medical practices must grasp patient needs and preferences at each stage. The emphasis shifts from online presence to quality of care.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Communication Patient Satisfaction Appointments 52

Valant

MARCH 30, 2024

Checklists serve as guides for therapists and counselors, helping them navigate through the intake process and ensuring consistency across patient interactions regardless of who conducts the intake. Consequently, a good session checklist should not only improve efficiency, but also enhance the overall patient experience.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Medical History Communication Documentation 52

Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

EHRs streamline these tasks by automating routine, repetitive processes such as appointment scheduling , patient communications, and insurance claims processing. It allows for resources to be allocated most efficiently, freeing up valuable time for clinicians and staff to focus on patient care and the patient experience.

Billing 52

Billing Communication Patient Care Scheduling 52

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Second, too-long waiting times for appointments to visit the doctor motivate 15% of women to skip care, versus 10% of men in the U.S. Third, both “not feeling well enough to visit the doctor” as well as lack of transportation to get to the appointment drove 9% of women to not seek care.

Appointments 71

Appointments Patient Experience Billing Medication 71