The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

One morning, you wake up to a missed call and a voicemail from your PR leader. You follow up and learn that this wasnt just any employee. Phone records show that one night she tried calling the behavioral health appointment scheduling line, which was given to her by multiple providers as a 24/7 crisis line, at 2am.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this blog post, we will be discussing the Pediatric Medical Assistant position. Appointment Management: Scheduling appointments, managing follow-up visits, and sometimes handling billing and insurance paperwork. Technical Skills: Proficiency in medical software used for scheduling and records management.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This leads to the following problems: Coding errors Denials of claims Revenue loss Therefore, serious investment in billing personnel training, technology-enabled coding assistance tools, and partnerships with experienced billing services will facilitate smooth coding processes and compliance.

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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. A well-maintained and up-to-date patient database contributes to the overall accuracy and efficiency of the revenue cycle.

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Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

With one simple click of a button, you can create easy to follow rotas for your entire practice team, both clinical and admin staf f, across all sites. Alternatively, email info@practiceindex.co.uk and we will get you set up. The Rota Package also Integrates with Holiday Manager and Timesheet Manager.

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Northwest Career College

MAY 27, 2024

In addition to properly preparing for upcoming patient visits, you must effectively follow up with patients after their appointments. In this blog post, we will explore various strategies and best practices Dental Administrative Assistants can adopt to ensure they provide the highest level of care and boost patient retention.

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Scrubs

APRIL 9, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore how ChatGPT is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by looking at what it can do, who uses it, examples of use cases, challenges faced when implementing it as well as its future implications in the field. This helps free up time for medical professionals so they can focus on more complex tasks.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

.” As we enter Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and civic chasms and economic uncertainty (inflation, health care costs, Great Resignations), I took this page out of Dr, Seuss in my last monthly post for Medecision’s Liberate Health blog. Mortality will be up in the U.S. along with health disparities and inequities.

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Health Prime

APRIL 11, 2024

Fee schedule analysis: Regularly review and update fee schedules to ensure the practice is billing appropriately for services rendered. Patient experience: Focus on enhancing the patient’s journey from scheduling appointments to post-visit follow-ups. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 7, 2025

Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last week. For more info on the blogs, click here. Note: A camera icon in a post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

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Health Prime

APRIL 25, 2024

From that, set up a project for the AR team to adjust the old AR. Ensure you follow up on the progress and run reports at the end of the process to identify all adjusted claims that can be used in return when filing your taxes. Each patient has different needs and a different set of circumstances.

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MedicalGPS

JANUARY 11, 2023

One major challenge facing all physician practices is patient scheduling. It is imperative that the scheduling problem be solved to provide adequate care, improve patient satisfaction, increase revenue and make the physician’s practice run as smoothly as possible. Following are key strategies to make scheduling more efficient.

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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. Scheduler: This is organizing appointments and seeing an office running on schedule.

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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. RCM commands 24% of surveyed CFO’s time, followed closely by operations (18%) and cost management (17%). Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A 2023 IGNUX report states that hospital coding mistakes make up 63% of medical billing errors. Leveraging electronic health record (EHR) systems incorporating up-to-date coding resources can significantly minimize coding errors and improve billing efficiency. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. Contact us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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Scrubs

JUNE 27, 2023

Over time, “your senses get ramped up so if a drop of water touches your skin, it can feel like somebody’s jabbing you with a knife.” She would stay up and research and hardly eat,” said Jack. The family later filed a lawsuit against Johns Hopkins with proceedings scheduled for September.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2024

Growing up in a household where the medical field was ever-present, the sight of my mom, a nurse, coming home from her shifts at the hospital and the stories my aunt shared from her nursing career filled our family gatherings. Nursing felt like a natural path for me to follow.

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A Young Doctor's Journey

MARCH 10, 2025

The prep/lead-up: For me, it started with a video visit with the fertility doctor, and the following day I went into the office for a physical, initial bloodwork (hormone panel, as well as basics) and an ultrasound. Finally, it was approved, and I was to pick up my meds so that we could start! What is the process actually like?

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

The process usually ends with negotiating your terms of a contract and fee schedule. Blog What Is an Insurance Panel? Because of their expertise and experience, hiring a consultant may result in better approval odds, a faster credentialing process, and a higher-paying fee schedule. A drawback of this path is the additional cost.

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Northwest Career College

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In the modern world, several apps make the life of a radiography technician easier and speed up his or her work. This blog will present the top five must-have apps for radiography technicians. You can also use the Radiology Toolbox to access critical medical imaging guidelines and ensure you follow best practices.

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Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Learn about the benefits of outsourcing your medical billing in our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing. Denied claims, follow-ups on unpaid claims, and inefficient billing practices can all contribute to financial setbacks for your practice. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule that announces policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and other Medicare Part B payment policy issues. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. Feel free to reach us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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Health Prime

JULY 18, 2024

The bad news is that if claims are not handled, the average cost to rework a claim is $25.20, which quickly adds up. Read more about this in our blog Simple steps to get your denials under control. Learn more about the benefits of outsourcing your medical billing processes in our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing.

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Accepted Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

That said, medical schools receive many follow-up letters, so they are likely numb to generalizations, flattery, and overwritten letters. If the school doesn’t have a revisit event, you can instead find out when its last interviews are scheduled , typically in February or March. Stay concise (one page or less).

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

These are not convincing if they’re not backed up with evidence. If you are writing about a goal you achieved or a project you completed, spell out the process you followed. Do you now plan your projects when you get them and stick to the schedule you set for yourself? Empty claims are perilously bland and unpersuasive.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It has been a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act since 1985. Placing it on Schedule I meant there was no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, making research access difficult. Scaling Up: Multisite Open-Label Clinical Trials of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Severe Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

Automation in healthcare can lead to multiple benefits for your practice, such as decreased manual efforts, reduced errors, increased capacity, and speeding up administrative processes. Here are five ways you can automate your practice’s workflows to free up your staff’s time, increase revenue and focus on your patients: 1.

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Accepted Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

Mike knew that an intern on his team was struggling with speaking up on client projects, so he mentored the individual throughout the summer and encouraged them to take on a key role on a final presentation. You might also have leadership experience that is separate from your work experience. A tight client deadline?

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Ask yourself the following questions about your practice: Are you turning away potential clients due to lack of bandwidth? Do patients struggle to schedule timely appointments and/or contact their provider when needed? Every clinician, no matter how experienced, must stay up-to-date with emerging knowledge in the field.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 10, 2023

Optimize staff scheduling Efficient staff scheduling is crucial when you are short on personnel. Finding the optimal staff scheduling approach for your medical practice may require experimentation and adaptation. Read more about this in our blog A Three-Point Checklist for choosing your Technology Solutions Partner.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To increase the level of psychological safety at your organization, start by: Practicing inclusion Promoting growth and learning Making communication a priority Championing self-improvement To delve deeper into how to create a psychologically safe workplace, read our blog post, “Promoting Psychological Safety Through DEI Principles.”

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Nearly half of the class end up becoming TRUST Scholars in Montana. You are one of the few medical schools that actually posts your four 250 word secondary essay questions that make up the UW SOM secondary application. One of the Accepted consultants, Dr. Karin Ash, recently posted the following on our Slack channel.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Historically, this group has included the following populations: American Indians and Alaska Natives; Blacks and African-Americans; Hispanics, Latinos, and individuals of Spanish origin; and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. over the previous year) and of Hispanic, Latino, and Spanish Origin matriculants (4.5%

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The Healthcare Blog

JULY 3, 2024

Instead, the doctors gave them given feeding schedules. Following that logic, Wennberg and a fellow physician, Albert G. Even though new moms were not ill, many pediatricians nonetheless deemed it entirely unreasonable for them to decide when to feed their babies. Mulley, Jr. – None of these physician revolutionaries acted in a vacuum.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

How to write a letter of recommendation for medical school The best med school letters of recommendation fulfill the following five criteria: 1. Other obligations or an unexpected illness or obstacle will keep some recommenders from following through. Give your recommenders deadlines – and follow up when necessary!

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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.

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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. CHOL002 is replaced by CHOL004 with wording as follows: CHOL004. mmol/L or lower.

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