Medical Economics

JULY 24, 2025

Reynolds Key Takeaways UnitedHealth is cooperating with DOJ investigations into its Medicare Advantage billing practices, focusing on diagnoses that increased federal payments. Department of Justice (DOJ) into its Medicare billing practices. They are also facing DOJ antitrust scrutiny over their $3.3

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Medical billing is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of practice management in the dynamic healthcare landscape, where the primary focus is on providing quality patient care. Common medical billing challenges and solutions 1. Rising administrative burden The medical billing administrative burden keeps growing.

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Arkenea

JULY 23, 2025

trillion in annual transactions, yet billing inefficiencies cost hospitals an estimated $262 billion each year. At the heart of this challenge lies the complex world of billing in hospital management systems, where accuracy, compliance, and efficiency determine the financial viability of healthcare organizations worldwide.

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Physicians Practice

JULY 16, 2025

One Big Beautiful Bill Act offers practices new expansion opportunities Jim Chinn, CPA July 10th 2025 Article New tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act empower medical practices to expand, enhance cash flow and simplify compliance for physicians. 70: The state of private practice with Paul Berggreen, M.D.,

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MedVA

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

MEDVA was created to solve one of healthcare’s most pressing issues: the administrative overload and staffing shortages that can divert medical staff from patient care. At MEDVA, we believe in supporting healthcare providers by eliminating the administrative burdens that detract from patient care.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 1, 2025

Delegating specific medical billing processes in your practice to an expert partner offers a strategic and forward-thinking approach to enhancing efficiency, reducing administrative burdens, and ensuring financial stability. Trusting credentialing services to experts ensures accuracy and compliance with industry standards.

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Physicians Practice

JULY 8, 2025

Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Blog Article Discover effective strategies to reduce overhead costs in medical practices without layoffs, enhancing staff morale and improving patient care. Rent, supplies and payroll devour well over half of every medical practice’s budget, and each line item is getting fatter.

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Medical Economics

JULY 22, 2025

minutes working in an EHR system per 30-minute visit, which includes charting, billing and coding. Patients will also experience enhanced care coordination from their physicians and a more proactive management strategy for their chronic conditions — all of which will lead to overall better outcomes.

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CollaborateMD

JUNE 18, 2025

And rising to the top of your list of challenges is no doubt the issue of claim denials, which remains a persistent headache for medical billing companies and healthcare providers alike. And what’s worse is that strained resources can even hinder patient care.

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Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Inaccurate patient information Collecting accurate patient information is one of the main objectives of the check-in process. In this stage of the medical billing process, your front-end staff ensures proper collection and recording of valuable data essential to provide proper services to the patient and ensure their coverage.

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CollaborateMD

APRIL 3, 2025

Healthcare practices are often plagued with medical billing compliance questions like: “Am I upcoding?” ” “Do I have all the correct patient information?” RELATED ARTICLE: Your Medical Billing Secret Weapon: SMS Text and Broadcast Messaging What is Medical Billing Compliance?

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Northwest Career College

JULY 3, 2025

Accurate documentation is essential for medical billing and coding, but many beginners struggle to understand the technical terms and guidelines. Without accurate medical documentation, insurance claims can be delayed or denied, frustrating patients and physicians. Why is Medical Documentation Important?

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Phlebotomy Careers

JUNE 22, 2025

They serve as a vital link between patients and the medical team, ensuring smooth operation within medical offices, clinics, and hospitals. Medical assistants are multi-taskers, handling a variety‍ of ​duties that range from ‍taking patient histories to ​managing ‌appointments and billing.

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CollaborateMD

APRIL 18, 2025

Patient care remains the top priority for healthcare providers. But in a swiftly evolving technological world, conventional methods for managing and enhancing care might fall short. Real-time data analytics is an innovative tool revolutionizing healthcare operations and reshaping perspectives on patient outcomes.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. Compliance and audit reports help you monitor adherence to coding, documentation, and billing standards.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 1, 2025

Delegating specific medical billing processes in your practice to an expert partner offers a strategic and forward-thinking approach to enhancing efficiency, reducing administrative burdens, and ensuring financial stability. Read more about this in our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing.

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding the Challenges in Claims Processing Errors in medical claims processing have traditionally posed significant challenges for hospitals, insurers, and patients alike. Manual methods are prone to: Human Error : Misfiled billing codes, missing data, and inaccuracies are common with manual input, according to one report.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. They help you track the efficiency of your billing processes and identify potential bottlenecks. To learn more, contact us at sales@hpiinc.com.

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EvidenceCare

JUNE 18, 2025

Dr. Chaudry outlined how data lives in hundreds of siloed systems—EMRs, LIS, RIS, billing platforms, scheduling tools—and each has its own formats, definitions, and communication protocols. Clinical teams focus (rightly) on patient care, not perfect documentation. It’s hard, it’s resource intensive, and it’s exhausting.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 25, 2025

Enter into this climate two emerging payment approaches that are gaining traction: the pay‑first model, which collects copays, deductibles and any postvisit balances up front, and the direct primary care (DPC) model, which replaces fee‑for‑service billing with a flat subscription fee for primary care services.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Medical billing is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of practice management in the dynamic healthcare landscape, where the primary focus is on providing quality patient care. Common medical billing challenges and solutions 1. Rising administrative burden The medical billing administrative burden keeps growing.

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We Care Online

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This knowledge influences patient care decisions, the allocation of resources, and the overall functioning of healthcare organizations. Why Healthcare Financing Matters in Nursing Nurses are at the forefront of patient care, and their decisions significantly impact both patient outcomes and healthcare costs.

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Valant

JULY 9, 2025

An Evolution of Care The adoption of AI in behavioral health is not a disruption, but a natural evolution of care. With thoughtful integration, therapists can utilize AI features to reduce administrative burden and reclaim more time for patient care and practice growth.

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E-Clinic

JULY 23, 2025

Unified clinic management is a simple solution that helps you automate your admin so that you can save time while still getting tasks like scheduling, billing, and reporting done. Benefits of Unified Clinic Management: Reduces Admin Heavy Tasks Admin is a big part of your clinic management and getting it right is key to your success.

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Arkenea

JUNE 20, 2025

EHR revenue cycle management represents far more than simply connecting clinical and billing systems. It embodies a fundamental transformation in how healthcare organizations approach financial operations, patient engagement, and operational efficiency. Additionally, EHR RCM can also enhance patient satisfaction.

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Medical Economics

JULY 25, 2025

After two decades in the medical billing industry, we’ve seen too many trustworthy physicians get blindsided by audit requests, scrambling to gather documentation while trying to understand what went wrong. For example, take an orthopedist who actually sees up to 70 patients a day. The same red flags appear again and again.

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Northwest Suburban College

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This makes it crucial for medical assistants to deliver patient care efficiently. On the clinical side, you will learn to perform tasks like taking vital signs, drawing blood, and preparing patients for exams. These skills are essential for patient care and provide a solid foundation of medical knowledge.

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Northwest Career College

APRIL 9, 2025

Knowing how to use medical billing or new office software makes one an even more outstanding team player; it contributes to adaptability. Specific: Each month, I will learn one thing pertinent to my job as a Medical Assistant, such as more about the medical billing side or mastering new office technology.

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Physicians Practice

JUNE 25, 2025

Lead, follow or get out of the way Neil Baum, MD June 20th 2025 Article Innovative medical practices thrive by embracing change, prioritizing patient care and learning from setbacks to enhance success and satisfaction. Related Content 9 design tweaks to refresh your practice Keith A.

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EvidenceCare

MARCH 18, 2025

Innovation, AI, and the Future of Patient Care At the ViVE conference leaders in digital health shared their experiences and forward-thinking strategies for improving patient care, streamlining operations, and integrating technology into clinical workflows. Dr. Rich Loomis The Biggest Operational Challenge in Healthcare?

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Medical Economics

JUNE 30, 2025

Future Steps in Documentation and Efficiency (00:13:49) Considers whether agent AI can further automate tasks like billing and multi-step processes. 71: Agentic AI with Isaac Park of Keebler Health Author(s): Austin Littrell Fact checked by: Keith A.

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Physicians Practice

JULY 8, 2025

Reynolds July 8th 2025 Article Discover effective strategies to reduce overhead costs in medical practices without layoffs, enhancing staff morale and improving patient care. Recent Videos Related Content 7 ways to cut overhead without cutting staff Keith A. 70: The state of private practice with Paul Berggreen, M.D.,

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Physicians Practice

JUNE 19, 2025

Smartphones sit on the reception counter, physicians tap tablets at the bedside, and billing staff troubleshoot laptops from home. Even innocuous habits— scrolling social media at the nurses’ station —can expose screens to wandering eyes or distract staff from patient care.

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Mobius MD

DECEMBER 3, 2024

When healthcare systems deploy AI to run more smoothly, clinicians experience fewer disruptions and can focus on what matters: patient care. However, AI can play a valuable role in reducing the burden of routine processes adjacent to clinical visits, like appointment scheduling, billing, and claims management.

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KevinMD.com

JULY 20, 2025

Hospital employment was once billed as the solution to the headaches of private practice — a way to gain stability, reduce administrative burden, and focus on patient care. But for many physicians, that promise has come undone.

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Prism Career Institute

JUNE 17, 2025

The values expressed in the creed reflect the association’s commitment to ethical standards, compassionate patient care, and dedication to advancing the healthcare profession. An ethics-based work attitude gives an assistant the ability to serve effectively with the trust of patients and colleagues.

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Medical Economics

JULY 8, 2025

While teams pour countless hours into patient care, goodwill alone won’t keep operations running. Appeal faster with templates Maintain three ready-to-use letters in your billing system: one for medical-necessity denials, one for coding edits and one for missing prior authorizations.

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