- 6 ways to improve your practice’s operations
When managing patient flow, dealing with staff issues and figuring out how to get paid, every minute counts. By making a few small changes in your day-to-day operations, you can free up provider time, streamline your front office processes and create…
- 7 days ago, 11 May 12, 2:54pm -
- Cyberchondriacs: How to deal with self-diagnosers
Anyone, not just hypochondriacs, can type their symptoms into a search engine and get a list of potential diseases and conditions they could be suffering from.Here are a few ways to deal with self-diagnosers in your practice.
- 16 days ago, 2 May 12, 2:54pm -
- Patient-centered care initiative improves health, reduces costs
A clinic in New Jersey reduced its overall spending by 12 percent – all by putting the patient first. Find out how they did it.
- 22 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 2:54pm -
- 3 ways to keep your billing staff accountable
Your billing staff ultimately controls the success of your revenue cycle. The most successful billing staff understands their individual expectations and those at the practice level. For you, the administrator, this means creating a detailed performa…
- 28 days ago, 20 Apr 12, 2:54pm -
- Make your data work for you
Widespread adoption of EHR and practice management software means that many medical practices have this information at their fingertips – they just don’t use it.
- 32 days ago, 16 Apr 12, 2:54pm -
- To re-age or not: It’s more than accounting
When assessing the best way to evaluate, track and report accounts receivable (A/R) in your practice—and how that metric fits into the larger financial picture—some professionals debate the value of re-aging accounts.
- 37 days ago, 11 Apr 12, 2:54pm -
- Cut your call volume while remaining 'open' 24 hours
Web-based patient portals that interface with your EHR can further improve your practice’s productivity, streamline patient communication and ultimately improve patient satisfaction.
- 42 days ago, 6 Apr 12, 2:54pm -
- Case study: Managing paper records in preparation for an EHR
The practice needed to build the electronic medical record for existing charts as quickly as possible and retire the paper charts.
- 49 days ago, 30 Mar 12, 2:54pm -
- Bringing peace: Managing disruptive physicians
While dealing with the ups and downs of physician behavior is an assumed part of the job, inappropriate or disruptive behavior from physicians can cause decreased morale and low staff retention.
- 56 days ago, 23 Mar 12, 2:54pm -
- Five ways to increase patient satisfaction
Satisfied patients are loyal patients. Dissatisfied patients can verbalize their dissatisfaction to anyone who will listen, such as a practice review website, so it’s important to stay on top of how your practice is (or isn't) satisfying the people…
- 63 days ago, 16 Mar 12, 2:54pm -
- The price of gasoline won't get you a raise
Whether you're interviewing for a new position, got a promotion or it's just time for a raise, making a plan before you approach your superior about compensation plan or a pay raise is crucial. This includes bringing industry data, such as peer ben…
- 67 days ago, 12 Mar 12, 2:54pm -
- 13 ways you can improve patient safety
A study identified medical record documentation, lab tests and referrals, patient scheduling and follow-up as areas where medical practices and hospitals can improve patient safety.Read more from the MGMA In Practice Blog.
- 77 days ago, 2 Mar 12, 2:54pm -
