The Smart Medical Practice

Best Office Software For HIPAA Compliance PracticeSuite is on everyone’s shortlist for a fully integrated end-to-end cloud based EHR/EMR office system. Its affordable pricing is unmatched, but more importantly, quality customer care and high client satisfaction sets this platform apart from other physician office systems. Additionally, their single screen charting tool is unequaled and the

Lori Skipper began her education with the goal of becoming a CNA but quickly realized her talents lay strongly in medical billing and credentialing. She is completely self-taught, having extensively researched and studied procedures, codes, and rules. Lori began working as a biller and credential expert 15 years ago and started BTO in November 2016

Health Information Exchanges are valuable partners for medical practices who want to have the fullest picture of the care a patient is receiving in the community.  They stand ready to assist and advise providers in the healthcare communities they serve. Occasionally we read articles or hear people say, “Health Information Exchanges (HIE’s) are dead!” However,

Managing Legacy Data after Billing System or EMR Replacement When a medical practice replaces its billing system or electronic medical record (EMR), it is at risk.  The risk lies in how legacy patient data from the retired system is handled.  While it is common for demographics and other basic key data points to be converted

Advanced appointment scheduling software can reduce scheduling conflicts, improve patient satisfaction, and increase office revenue. We are humans, and humans make mistakes, especially where appointment scheduling is concerned. When we rely on sticky notes, passing messages from one person to another, and hoping to reconcile schedules, something is bound to slip through the cracks. Medical

Practice Management Hack #1: Benchmarking Your Practice For Efficiency And Growth Benchmarking is used in almost every industry in order to monitor and measure performance. At its core, the process involves an initial measurement or measurements of data that establish a benchmark to which all other efforts must meet or exceed in order to be

Harold Miller is a professor in the department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School. We recently asked Dr. Miller about his background in OBGYN and about the most important lessons he’s learned in his career. Here’s what he shared: Can you tell us about your professional background?  I

Cutting-edge medicine taps the newest technologies and approaches to improve care. At the other end of the medical innovation spectrum are the communication modes in use in many practices. Email on a desktop or laptop was once cutting edge, but it’s been replaced by instant messaging on phones or tablets, at least in the non-medical