Valant

JANUARY 16, 2024

Unbillable admin tasks outside of appointment times can eat up a shocking amount of your day. Auto-generating narratives, check boxes, and the ability to pull material forward from a previous note all make it easier to capture and document info quickly. And much of that comes down to your EHR workflow.

Patient Care 52

Patient Care Billing Documentation Appointments 52

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.”

Appointments 102

Appointments Triage Patient Care Scheduling 102

Practice Index

JUNE 13, 2024

This approach has helped to ease the demand for appointments as the doctor is able to prescribe immediately or take other actions to remove the need for an appointment. It’s pretty much a summary or boiled-down version to make it understandable without having to read every sentence of the main document.”

Documentation 52

Documentation Appointments Collaboration 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.

Documentation 102

Documentation Patient Care Billing HIPAA 102

Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Streamline Documentation: Use digital forms and automated systems to collect patient information before their first visit. Pre-Visit Communication: Ensure patients receive all necessary information before their appointment, including directions or telehealth instructions.

Patient Satisfaction 52

Patient Satisfaction Billing HIPAA Appointments 52

Valant

JULY 3, 2024

For many patients, med management offers distinct advantages of efficiency and convenience, whereas frequent and lengthy therapy appointments may be costly and difficult to fit into a busy schedule of work and family obligations. This includes recording prescribed medications, dosages, administration instructions, and any adverse reactions.

Medication 52

Medication Documentation Medical History Collaboration 52

Practice Index

JUNE 13, 2024

Where are supervisors going to find the time to supervise without this directly increasing their workload or reducing the availability of GP appointments in practices? The post The future of Physician Associates – By Phil Coates appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Only time will tell.

Appointments 97

Appointments Documentation Medication 97

Valant

MARCH 30, 2024

Complete and accurate documentation is a crucial part of the therapy intake process. A patient’s medical history, presenting concerns, treatment preferences, and any relevant psychosocial factors should all be documented. It ensures that important information is recorded for future reference and can be used as a baseline.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Medical History Communication Documentation 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.

Billing 52

Billing Patient Satisfaction Appointments Scheduling 52

Valant

APRIL 30, 2024

Understanding Treatment Plans in Counseling A treatment plan is a document that records a patient’s current mental health status and lays out goals for the outcome of their treatment. This document provides a clear roadmap you can use to ensure your treatment stays on track with a client’s goals.

Documentation 52

Documentation Communication Insurance Collaboration 52

Valant

JULY 25, 2024

Personalized Reminders: Use automated reminders for appointments, medication adherence, and self-care. Encourage healthy coping mechanisms. Reinforce positive behaviors. Strategies for Effective Behavioral Health Messaging 1. Highlight the importance of routine visits and follow-ups. Promote self-care routines.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Communication Appointments Medication 52

Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Scale Your Existing Practice Scale Your Existing Practice Learn More 3. Even small tasks like scheduling appointments can have an outsized impact on your practice if not standardized. Contact Valant today to set up a demo.

Scheduling 52

Scheduling Billing Patient Experience Appointments 52

ACI Medical & Dental School

MARCH 9, 2024

In this month’s blog post, we will be discussing the Medical Secretary position. Scheduling patient appointments. Obtaining necessary documents from patients and preparing paperwork. Organizational skills to manage appointments, medical records, and administrative tasks efficiently. What Does a Medical Secretary Do?

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Medical Secretary Medication Medical Terminology Problem Solving Skills 52

Northwest Career College

APRIL 17, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore administrative duties specific to medical assistants. These duties may include scheduling patient appointments, maintaining patient records, directing tasks that follow up on processing billing and coding and coordinating communications between the patient and other health staff with the provider.

Medical Assistant 40

Medical Assistant Medication Appointments Vital Signs 40

Valant

MARCH 25, 2024

The American Health Information Management Association recommends a few policies and procedures related to data integrity that your practice can document and implement. Document all complaints to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. Speak with patience and calmness, especially when a client is upset.

Scheduling 52

Scheduling Communication Appointments Documentation 52

MedicalGPS

JANUARY 11, 2023

Patient scheduling may seem easy enough on the surface; however, many physician practices, therapists, and other healthcare organizations miss opportunities to provide care to their patients simply because patients are not offered appointment slots that meet the patient’s needs. Following are key strategies to make scheduling more efficient.

Scheduling 52

Scheduling Appointments Patient Satisfaction Follow-Up 52

Scrubs

MARCH 21, 2023

Her regular doctor, Dr. Rebecca Hemphill, used the AI app during her last two medical appointments at MaineHealth. He added that medical payers now require so much documentation related to patients that “it’s almost an arms race.” It feels more like my needs are being met. The AI is sold under the name Dragon Ambient Experience or DAX.

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Hospital Follow-Up Appointments Documentation 264

Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

An EHR that is specifically intended for behavioral health practices can offer important features, such as better clinical documentation, tailored billing functionality, and a high-quality patient portal. How intuitive is the user interface for clinical documentation and treatment plans?

Billing 40

Billing Documentation Scheduling Communication 40

Practice Index

JUNE 20, 2024

The LMCs’ Medical Director, Dr Elliott Singer, said: “The document covers steps practices can take to reduce the chances of patient behaviour escalating into abuse or violence. The dashboard contains details of rising numbers of appointments, declining patient satisfaction and NHS financial support for practices.

Huddles/Rounds 52

Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction 52

Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

Performance Reporting: The ability to focus on metrics such as patient retention, insurance aging, and billing documentation status goes a long way towards practice efficiency. Clinical Workflow Improvement EHR data can reveal gaps in care delivery, such as missed appointments or incomplete documentation.

HIPAA 40

HIPAA Documentation Best Practices Appointments 40

Practice Index

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Not to mention the fact that GP appointments contribute heavily to GDP. Last year, the CAP document ran to 15 pages, so I’ll expect a bit more bedtime reading this time. I can’t imagine, looking at the rest of the document, that it’s going to be anything particularly helpful to us. News flash: the answer is NONE!

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Documentation Appointments Billing Patient Care 72

Medical Advantage

MARCH 28, 2024

In this blog, we will explore patient engagement best practices and the top patient engagement tools available. Appointment reminders: Appointment reminders help optimize the use of healthcare resources and minimize wasted time due to no-shows. Patients have come to expect appointment reminders.

Patient Satisfaction 52

Patient Satisfaction Appointments Communication Scheduling 52

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.

Certification 52

Certification Scheduling Continuing Education Best Practices 52

Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

EHRs streamline these tasks by automating routine, repetitive processes such as appointment scheduling , patient communications, and insurance claims processing. Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Scale Your Existing Practice Scale Your Existing Practice Learn More 5.

Billing 52

Billing Communication Patient Care Scheduling 52

Valant

MAY 3, 2024

policies for no-show appointments). Cancellation Policy Form This form should explain expectations for timely attendance of appointments, policies for rescheduling, exceptions for extenuating circumstances, and penalties imposed, such as a cancellation fee. Several forms, such as HIPAA and TCPA forms, are legally required.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Appointments Insurance Communication 52

Valant

JULY 3, 2024

Documentation Headaches An EHR system with limited clinical workflow support tools, such as documentation, can directly impact the quality of patient care. Without robust support, there’s a higher risk of issues creating and submitting adequate documentation, which can affect everything from billing to treatment outcomes.

Documentation 52

Documentation Billing Patient Care Scheduling 52

Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Although this treatment requires at least several weeks of appointments at certified treatment centers where patients are observed for at least 2 hours, the time and cost can be worth it. This is quite different and, for many patients, potentially more effective than other medications. Recent research (e.g.,

Medication 52

Medication Billing Communication Patient Education 52

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? Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. Contact us at sales@hpiinc.com.

Billing 52

Billing Follow-Up Communication Insurance 52

Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

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? Do your providers often run out of time for daily tasks like clinical notes and billing-related work?

Scheduling 94

Scheduling Communication Best Practices Follow-Up 94

Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More Pros of Working at a Group Practice Being part of a team can mean sharing administrative responsibilities, having a built-in patient base, and working in a collaborative environment.

Scheduling 97

Scheduling Billing Collaboration Patient Care 97

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In many diagnosis-related closed claims, a lack of sound documentation supporting the decision-making process of the treating NP or other staff members under the NP’s supervision hindered the case’s legal defense. Common missing or incomplete documentation noted in the dataset included: Lack of a complete patient and family history.

Vital Signs 98

Vital Signs Documentation Diagnostics Patient Safety 98

Practice Index

MARCH 31, 2024

With several documents related to the contract being released on Thursday (28th April) afternoon, we've taken a look at the contract updates to give you a head start on the requirements of the contract so you're up and running quickly. The post An overview of the GP contract updates 2024/25 appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

Follow-Up 111

Follow-Up Documentation Collaboration Admissions 111

Valant

APRIL 24, 2024

Patient will continue practicing thought-challenging between appointments, as well as engaging in 15 minutes of body scans and meditation per day. Objectives: Within the first four sessions, patient will learn how to identify and challenge irrational distressing thoughts.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Follow-Up Communication Documentation 52

ACI Medical & Dental School

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In a recent blog post , the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) revealed the top trends in continuing education today, including: Engaged Learning Students learn best when they are able to engage and interact with the material.

Medical Administrative Assistant 52

Medical Administrative Assistant Certification Medical Assistant Continuing Education 52

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

NCNA convened a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Values Task Force, charged with developing a values statement, and is appointing a new member of the Board of Directors with past experience with DEI programs. The Racial Reckoning Statement is a vital milestone for the association, but it is not the end of the conversation.”

Documentation 59

Documentation Appointments 59

Scrubs

JULY 23, 2023

– yourartmattersxo My mom is a nurse, and her entire job is to work for a lawyer who works with clients on workers comp and go to their appointments and take notes and not let the doctor hassle them. – capwalton Try CDI: clinical documentation integrity specialist. Makes around $80/hr and loves it.

Hospital 190

Hospital Insurance Medication Appointments 190

Valant

MAY 30, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More Cost Considerations: Comparing Different Options to Legally Set Up Your Practice Setting up and running a private behavioral health practice involves numerous costs, of course.

Continuing Education 52

Continuing Education Best Practices Certification Appointments 52