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David Dyke demos Relatient scheduling

The Healthcare Blog

David Dyke is the Chief Product Officer of Relatient, which is one of the biggest players in the up and coming area of direct patient scheduling. David explained that and then demos how Realtient allows provider organizations to let both new and returning patients self-schedule. Why is it so hard?

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Major Wins for Therapy Providers in the Finalized Physician Fee Schedule for 2025

Medbridge

Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, with some major wins for therapy providers as well as some bad news sprinkled in. First, the Bad News: Payment The rule finalizes a 2.8 First, the Bad News: Payment The rule finalizes a 2.8

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Stalemate on Schedule II Telehealth Prescribing May Hinder Extension of Pandemic-Era Flexibilities

Valant

The Impact of Schedule II Telehealth Prescribing on Behavioral Health Controlled substances, particularly Schedule II medications, play a crucial role in mental health treatment. The ability to prescribe Schedule II medications via telehealth has ensured continuity of care for patients who might otherwise struggle to access treatment.

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5 Challenges (and Solutions) for Nurse Staffing Managers

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Flexible Scheduling With long working hours and dozens, if not hundreds, of employees to manage, keeping track of shifts isn’t always easy. Nurses come and go, and schedules often change at a moment’s notice. Solution: In addition to honoring personal schedule requests, improving retention rates usually comes down to the workplace.

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3 effective strategies to minimize administrative burden during holiday peaks 

Health Prime

Find out more in our blog 5 strategies to keep revenue flowing in December and slow months. Strategies to help your practice navigate the holiday peaks effectively 1. Also, using automated scheduling tools can enable faster and more efficient processing of appointments and billing.

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Forty Minutes of Bright Light Helps Nurses on the Night Shift Feel Less Tired

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Healthcare workers are experiencing high levels of fatigue due to staffing shortages, difficult schedules, and heavy workloads. Although we focused on nurses working rotating schedules, our results may apply to other types of shift workers as well.” ” said Jay Olson, one of the authors of the study.

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Nurse-Turned-Patient Shocked by How She Was Treated by the Healthcare System

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Small tasks like scheduling her next appointment became needlessly tedious and overly complicated. When I went to schedule a biopsy, the scheduler had left for the day and no one else was going to do it. The other receptionist said, ‘Oh, you just missed her’ and I became enraged.