Busy medical practices often employ non-physician healthcare practitioners to ease the workload on physicians. Incident-to billing ensures Medicare doesn’t penalize practices for this practical solution.

Artificial intelligence is in virtually every aspect of our daily lives. In medicine, it’s helping small clinics and solo providers reclaim their time, provide excellent patient care, and run a successful practice.

Standard operating procedures, or SOPs, are a key ingredient in any successful business. SOPs create a master plan everyone in a medical practice can follow, from how to onboard a new insurer to how to take a tissue sample to how to sanitize an exam room.

The success of a small healthcare practice can often be viewed through three metrics:

Medicare reimbursement involves a complex series of rules, qualifications, and calculations, which change annually. It’s critical for specialty practices to stay on top of each year’s changes so you can be prepared for how they might affect your bottom line. This guide will address: 1. How Medicare Reimbursement Works 2. The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 3. Proposed 2025 Changes to Medicare Reimbursement 4. How to Maximize Your Revenue from Medicare 5. The Future of Medicare Reimbursement

Medical practices are evaluated on the quality of care they provide their patients. Increasingly, in a consumer-driven healthcare market, practices are also assessed on patient satisfaction.

Claims adjudication can create serious bottlenecks in healthcare providers’ revenue cycles. While the American Health Information Management Association estimates about two-thirds of denied claims are recoverable, fewer than half are ever resubmitted.

What Does Patient Engagement Mean? Patient engagement encompasses every experience, encounter, or interaction where the patient engages with your practice. In today's digital age, this often involves patients interacting with online portals, mobile apps, or digital experiences on the practice's devices. Patients may use these tools to schedule appointments, shop for products, watch informational videos, view before-and-after photos, sign consent and intake forms, and review pre- and post-treatment instructions.