Expert Interview: Emma Chung Healthcare Financial Systems

Expert Interview: Emma Chung Healthcare Financial Systems

Emma Chung is the Senior Vice President of Healthcare Financial Systems where she oversees the company’s operations as it relates to Revenue Cycle Services, Consulting and Technology. We recently talked to Emma about how revenue cycle management has evolved since she started her career and the challenges she sees facing her clients today. Here’s what … Read more

Dr. Merle Turner, DO of Warner Family Practice On The Challenges of Managing Today's Medical Practices

Expert Interview: Merle Turner DO of Warner Family Practice

Merle Turner, D.O., is the Medical Director at Warner Family Practice in Chandler, Ariz. We checked in with Dr. Turner recently to get his insight on how practice management has evolved in recent years and the major challenges facing practices today. Here’s what he had to say: How has medical practice management evolved since you … Read more

Therapist Sherry McLaughlin of Michigan Institute for Human Performance Shares Her PT Experience

Sherry McLaughlin

Sherry McLaughlin is the President and Founder of the Michigan Institute for Human Performance, innovators of MoveWell® (The Pain-Free Corporate Solution). Sherry recently checked in with us to talk about her practice and share one of her favorite patient success stories. Here’s what she had to say: We’d like to talk about a patient success story … Read more

Cyber Security Expert Shahid Shah of Netspective : HIPAA Tips – How To Best Safeguard PHI

Expert Interview: Shahid Shah of Netspective

Shahid Shah is the CEO of Netspective, which specializes in technology and software engineering services for regulated markets like healthcare, government and medical technology.We spoke with Shah awhile back about the tools Netspective offers to healthcare companies. More recently we asked for his insight on the security needs of medical practices today and how they … Read more

2019 Best Medical Office Systems: ECW – eClinicalWorks

2016 Best Medical Office Systems: eClinicalWorks

Medical office systems seem complicated and difficult to use, but they should actually streamline your medical practice’s efforts to control data and manage your time wisely. Some systems prove more effective than others, which is why we’re reviewing the best medical office systems available to practices. Today, we’re reviewing eClinicalWorks, an effective choice that suffers … Read more

Revenue Expert Dana Bellefountaine of CodeToolz.com : Increasing Physician Revenue Using Advanced MCC Analysis and Payer Negotiation

Expert Interview Series: Dana Bellefountaine of CodeToolz.com

Dana R. Bellefountaine Jr., president and CEO of CodeToolz, is a senior C-level executive with over 20 years of experience in Healthcare Finance and Accounting with medical practices ranging from single-physician startups to multi-physician, multi-specialty facilities. He has a considerable background in reimbursement methodologies and financial analysis. He understands the current and emerging challenges that … Read more

Medical Billing Companies Share How They'll Compete With Major Competitors

Medical Billing Companies Share How They’ll Compete With Major Competitors

At one time billing might have been one of those mundane jobs in a medical practice – but not so anymore. Between automation, outsourcing and healthcare overhauls, the medical billing industry is going through a period of rapid change and seeing the rise of billing giants like Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks and McKesson. We recently asked several … Read more

Expert Interview Series: Matt Dallmann of VGA Billing

Expert Interview Series: Matt Dallmann of VGA Billing

Matt Dallmann is a Co-Founder of New York City’s VGA Billing Services, and specializes in out-of-network medical billing. Here he talks about some of the challenges related to out-of-network billing and offers his insight on the current climate of revenue cycle management. Read on: Can you tell us the story behind VGA Billing Services? My … Read more

Dr. Khalid Waheed, MD on The Changing Landscape of Practice Management

Expert Interview Series: Dr. Khalid Waheed on Practice Management

Dr. Kahlid Waheed specializes in family practice at Quincy Medical Group in Mt. Sterling, Ill. We recently checked in with Dr. Waheed to get his insight on the evolution of practice management and the challenges medical groups are facing today. Here’s what he had to say: How has medical practice management evolved since you started … Read more

ICD-10 Codes: 2019 ICD-10 Coding Review: Medicare's GEM Crossover

ICD-10 code

The shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding has resulted in significant backlogs for many medical practices. A reliable ICD-10 code search tool can help alleviate those backlogs, but only if you select the right program. We’re looking at the top ICD-10 code search tools, reviewing them one by one so you can better understand what … Read more