Five Scheduling Practices That Are Costing You Money To maximize revenue, it makes sense to run your practice as much like a business as possible. At a minimum, that approach involves treating each appointment in your schedule as a product you are trying to sell. That being the case, any scheduling practice that limits your
PracticeSuite, Inc., a medical office software and service company for medical practices, has launched a storm assistance program for clients impacted by hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
“We are greatly concerned by the devastation caused by the recent storms,” said Vinod Nair, Founder and CEO of PracticeSuite. “We are supporting our medical practice clients, their staff, and their patients by donating funds to the affected areas and assisting individual medical practices in their recovery efforts.”
The PracticeSuite community’s first line of response began with donating emergency relief funds delivered through organizations with people on the ground in the storms’ impact zones. PracticeSuite has invited its national customer base to join in this response.
Tip # 11 – Securing Your Doctor’s Smartphone For HIPAA Compliance 91% of mobile devices are within owners’ reach 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This figure includes physicians and other healthcare practitioners, as well as patients. The nature of the job, most physicians want to be accessible at all times and need
Did you know that in some form the facsimile, or fax, has been around for 175 years? It’s true. But it’s also true that the time has arrived for document faxing to be updated in order to catch up with electronic medical records. Although faxing in 1842 wasn’t in the form that the modern practice
Hack #8 – Effectively Managing Underpayments No doubt your practice has endured its share of claim underpayments. Thirty percent of claims are denied or ignored on first submission, and 60% of those claims are never resubmitted, according to a 2013 Healthcare Business Management Association article. Common reasons for denial of claims include incorrect patient information (such
Telemedicine Creates Its Own Workflow Challenges Currently, 31% of healthcare organizations use video-based telemedicine services, and 34% offer remote patient monitoring, according to a recent KPMG survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics. Demand for telemedicine services varies by region, specialty, and other variables, but there’s potential across the nation for more of it. In a study
Tip # 12 – Restrict Access To Your Practice Management Software Today’s leading practice management, electronic health record, and patient scheduling software is cloud-based, accessible from internet web browser. The convenience and reliability of these solutions are unmatched—not to mention they make ongoing IT support and server and backup maintenance things of the past. However,
The aim of the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) is to safeguard the privacy of sensitive medical information. The practice of medicine has changed a lot in the two decades since HIPAA’s passage, and it’s not always clear what lengths an office needs to take to avoid violation and comply with requirements. Data
As patients take more control of their healthcare, providers may lose out if they can’t meet modern-day expectations for conveniences like text messaging. This isn’t just a youth movement, either. Currently, 20% of boomers, 44% of Gen Xers, and 42% of Millennials are likely to switch practices unless they can get clear, concise, convenient communication
Finding the right software to run a doctor’s office can be tedious and time consuming: there are myriad options for every task that staff and providers perform. But regardless of the size of the practice or specialties included in it, the best medical office software is the one that works reliably and unobtrusively to organize
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