Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Denied claims, follow-ups on unpaid claims, and inefficient billing practices can all contribute to financial setbacks for your practice. According to a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat Poll , 69% of healthcare leaders reported their organization’s denials increased in 2021.

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Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2021

In this year’s 2021 annual report by Deloitte into Connectivity & Mobile Trends, their report details How the pandemic has stress-tested the crowded digital home. One in five people liked ease in scheduling virtual appointments. Both you were, and your home was as well. A year after the first COVID-case emerged in the U.S.,

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

In our 2021 State of Healthcare Training and Staff Development Report we found that, despite these benefits, many healthcare organizations have not yet made DEI a priority. The following strategies are key factors to consider as healthcare organizations approach DEI efforts. Know your baseline. Measure success.

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

Automation in healthcare can lead to multiple benefits for your practice, such as decreased manual efforts, reduced errors, increased capacity, and speeding up administrative processes. Here are five ways you can automate your practice’s workflows to free up your staff’s time, increase revenue and focus on your patients: 1.

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2021

healthcare system — overused, over-stressed, under-paid, detailed n How Health Systems Can Care for Caregivers , published in the NEJM Catalyst July 2021 issue. Nirav Shah (of Stanford University), we know that caregivers are among the most over-utilized resources in the U.S. Remote monitoring is utilized by 1 in 5 health care leaders.

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

Automation in healthcare can lead to multiple benefits for your practice, such as decreased manual efforts, reduced errors, increased capacity, and speeding up administrative processes. Here are five ways you can automate your practice’s workflows to free up your staff’s time, increase revenue and focus on your patients: 1.

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Mobius MD

AUGUST 8, 2024

This list of the top 3 EHRs follows rankings from the Best in KLAS Software and Services Report. Many organizations adopt Epic because it provides a comprehensive system for managing patient records, scheduling, billing, and clinical workflows. Finally, Epic’s prestigious reputation gives it a leg up in the industry.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Arkenea

MARCH 14, 2025

In 2021, the number of healthcare apps on Google Play Store stands at 53,054. Doctor profile look up feature The healthcare app you develop needs to allow the patients to choose the doctor of their preference. A doctor profile look-up section is a must-have feature if you offer booking of in-person or virtual healthcare appointments.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

The cost depends on the team, features, functionalities, and the time required to wrap up the development process. In 2021, the CMS published rules to implement an RTBT (Real-Time Benefit Tool) by January 2023. The cost of custom e-prescription software development is around $20,000 to $700,000 or more.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

We rely heavily on our coding quality team to onboard new coders and get them up to speed on our quality standards,” said Jake Hess, Senior Director of Revenue Cycle Shared Services at Spectrum Health. You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

We rely heavily on our coding quality team to onboard new coders and get them up to speed on our quality standards,” said Jake Hess, Senior Director of Revenue Cycle Shared Services at Spectrum Health. You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters.

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MedicalGPS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Endeavor for Excellence: Step 4 – Establish Performance Baselines If you have been following along for the redeployment of MedicalGPS’ service improvement program, this week we move into Step #4 — establishing baseline performance measures. The minimum score was 44.67%, which occurred in November of 2021.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Novel Treatments for Anxiety Disorders Among antipsychotics, as of 2020, the only FDA-approved anxiety treatment is an older medication called trifluoperazine, which has the same problem with tardive dyskinesia following prolonged use ( Garakani et al.,

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Though some of us may still be struggling with keeping up with the strict diet routine the app has to offer, the usage of such apps hasn’t dropped. million in 2021 and is anticipated to reach $15,017.42 This type of gamified approach focuses on giving users incentives to follow through with their promises. percent by 2028.

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Accepted Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We launched a new curriculum in 2021, so we’re fully engrossed in what’s called the Trek curriculum. And so for instance, you might be scheduled to be in surgery on Tuesdays with the same preceptor each week and a pediatrics clinic on Wednesday afternoons, for instance. 1:44] Absolutely.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Physician burnout rates hit 63% in 2021. Even on the days I am able to limit work to, let’s say, a nine-hour day, and nobody calls after hours, the worry about patients can follow me. A former section chief once told a colleague, “You have to figure out funding so you can get out of clinical medicine before it kills you.”

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees. However, Dr P, who had an extremely high caseload at the medical center, failed to follow up on this finding. Some follow up on results.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

adults are willing to be vaccinated, and they’re not happy about the process in getting their jab, according to Gallup’s poll taken in the last week of January 2021. That percentage has risen to 71% as of February 1 2021, as the first line chart shows the reversal in public embrace for vaccination against the coronavirus.

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2022

The overall finding that emerges out of patients’ own observations: that one’s race, age, insurance status, admission diagnosis, and living situation were all associated with completion of physician follow-up — or lack of follow-up. The Key Points chart here from the study summarizes the study learnings.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

DON’T MISS Linda Abraham’s 2021 interview with Dr. Kristen Goodall: All About BU School of Medicine, a Social Justice-Minded Med School [Episode 405]. Today’s guest, Dr. We can look up stuff. If it’s just facts, we can look them up. But I would assume that the scores on the step two should go up.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

According to a report published by Chime, 83 percent of acute care organizations stated high use of patient portals by users in 2021, as compared to 74 percent in 2020. Enhanced Patient Care Patients can get annoyed by long waiting hours and freeing up time for appointments. at any given time.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Will they be happy to wake up every weekday morning and go to work? The following is a breakdown of how some of these themes drive professional satisfaction for physicians. The following answers were quoted in the survey results 6 : “I do absolutely no charting at home.” “I From 2020 to 2021, the mean score decreased by 17.6%.

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Arkenea

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In today’s digital age, patients increasingly rely on the internet to find healthcare providers, research medical conditions, and schedule appointments. According to Statista, as of 2021, mobile devices accounted for over 50% of global website traffic.

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Valant

APRIL 8, 2025

Not only will your staff spend less time checking charges, theyll also spend less time following up on denials. June 4, 2021 ICD-10 Code for Anxiety, Unspecified 2025 – F41.9 June 1, 2021 Making Value Based Care a Reality Embracing the shift from volume to value starts with focusing on outcomes and quality of care.

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Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

New requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in November 2021 and a new time-limited enforcement effort by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in March call for focused inspections and put a higher level of scrutiny on nursing home compliance and the quality of care provided.

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Valant

APRIL 21, 2025

Regular reviews of access permissions, particularly after staffing changes, help ensure security policies remain up to date. Practices should define role-based access levels, granting providers full clinical access while limiting administrative staff to only scheduling and billing permissions.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

We take all concerns raised about publications in the journal very seriously, and are following up on these per our policy and COPE guidelines. Parents read the following before deciding to participate: Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) is a new phenomenon that is only now beginning to be recognized.

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The Healthcare Blog

AUGUST 23, 2024

Most likely that goes to 50-50 as the Republicans will definitely pick up Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia. The good news is that Manchin (WV) and Sinema (AZ) will soon both be gone, so the Dems that will be there won’t be as difficult to persuade to follow a Presidential agenda. Right now they have a 51-49 edge in the Senate.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

New HIPAA Regulations in 2021. While there have not been changes to HIPAA regulations in 2021, new legislation has been introduced that is related to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, in terms of cybersecurity, patient access to healthcare data, and HIPAA enforcement. 2021 HIPAA Safe Harbor Law.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

JMM Joseph Marine, MD Last week, I saw a 70+ year old patient in the office in follow-up after a catheter ablation procedure. He told me that he followed me on X and was aware of my skeptical views of the covid boosters because of the lack of solid data behind their FDA approval and CDC recommendation.

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