Archived Newsletters

Vitals (Vol 10): At the end of the day, medical practice revenue performance determines if you will practice privately tomorrow.

Spring 2012

We often don’t like to discuss revenue performance; after all, our business is care and medical attention delivered to our patients – not money. Yet without healthy revenue performance we do not have the resources to care for our patients, our staff or our families. When anybody, even a physician, works hard to deliver their very best service they deserve to be compensated.

Vitals (Vol 9): Efficiency increases revenue receipts – you owe it to yourself to collect what you’ve earned!

February 19, 2009

Ask most Physicians or Billers about their collection performance and most will tell you it’s “Good.” Ask how this is measured and few have the statistics handy to support the claim. Historically,success has been 1) steady patient count, 2) steady revenue stream,3) enough revenue to cover medical practice expenses and 4) enough to provide the Physician the living he or she expects. Ask the Physician or Biller in the office what keeps you up at night and most answer – nothing, our revenue stream and patient count are solid!

Vitals (Vol 8): Is it time for a medical practice revenue performance analysis?

January 19, 2009

Let’s remember that maximized revenue performance is not just about profitability. It is ensuring that your practice has the necessary resources to provide quality care to your patients, keep strong performers on your staff, and invest in technology to provide a high standard of care, quality clinical outcomes and improve patient and staff satisfaction.

Vitals (Vol 7): Transparency disclosure incentives are being paid

December 24, 2008

CMS announced on May 18th that the first incentive payments were being sent. It has been a long wait and lots of work but the Transparency Disclosure incentive period has started and the monies are being paid. Note – Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), carriers, and fiscal intermediaries will not be making these payments. CMS is working with a Payment File Development Contractor to make these payments. Please do not contact your MAC regarding EHR incentive payments.

Vitals (Vol 6): Training and attention to detail key

November 24, 2008

New EMR and billing system implementations are among the greatest challenges a provider and medical staff may face today; you have spent years doing the same thing, the same way and now you do it pretty well.

Vitals (Vol 5): Change starts today

October 24, 2008

Your medical practice is a business. It provides a service to consumers and income for employees. It supports the economy at every level whether sponsorship of a Little League Team or lunch purchased at the local deli to the taxes paid at the local, state and federal levels.

Vitals (Vol 4): Be organized and remember – If you don’t ask, you don’t get

September 24, 2008

If your practice is like the majority of medical practices in the United States, you accept third party insurance, and the provider contract rates are the single largest factor affecting your total practice revenue…

Vitals (Vol 3): What’s in it for me?

August 24, 2008

Starting in 2011, providers deemed to be “meaningful users” of EHR systems will be eligible to receive $40,000 – $60,000 in incentive payments paid out over five years in the form of increased Medicare and Medicaid premiums…

Vitals (Vol 2): Start planning in 2010 for 2011 incentives

July 24, 2008

The Recovery Act establishes financial incentives beginning in January 2011 for eligible professionals (EPs) who are meaningful EHR users. Beginning in 2015, payment adjustments will be imposed on EPs who are not meaningful EHR users…

Vitals (Vol 1): The importance of a business continuity plan

June 24, 2008

What happens when your business is affected by disaster – a fire, flood, tornado, hurricane or earthquake? How do you recover operations and get back to business? Imagine the impact one of these events would have on your practice, staff and your patients.