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Revenue Cycle Management
An independent practice requires financial strength, and financial strength comes from a well-managed revenue cycle. While there was a time when managing billing mostly meant making follow-up calls to insurance companies, it's a much more sophisticated process now. |
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Electronic Health RecordsAdopting an EHR is one of the most important decisions you will make for your practice. As you prepare to go down this road, careful navigation is required. It is important to understand the things that are most important for success as you move through the decision making stage to implementation and eventually, operations. The Costs of an Electronic Health Record: Gaining a clear understanding of the costs and benefits associated with adopting an EHR will provide you realistic ROI expectations and keep you from making unwise adjustments when looking at numbers.
 The Benefits of an Electronic Health Record: Gaining a clear understanding of the costs and benefits associated with adopting an EHR will provide you realistic ROI expectations and keep you from making unwise adjustments when looking at numbers.
 The HITECH Act: Meaningful Use Final Rules: An overview of recent HITECH Act changes and regulations that affect how and when a practice can achieve meaningful use.
 Understand the HITECH Act: Read this HITECH ACT Overview and access additional resources to help stay up-to-date with HITECH rules and regulations
 EHR Whitepaper: A practical EHR Framework to help practices work their way through the EHR adoption decision process and set realistic expectations, goals, and timelines.
 Understanding the Big Picture- A Look at the EMR Lifecycle: Part 1 of the 4-part EMR Series. Taking a look at several dimensions
related to your EMR adoption and how those dimensions affect your
success at each stage of the process.
 The Real Meaningful Use: Part 2 of the 4-part EMR Series. Preparation, Implementation, and
Successful Use Across Your Entire Patient Population
 EMR Lessons Learned: Part 3 of the 4-part EMR Series. Insight from Those Who've Made the EMR
Journey.
 EMR Costs and Benefits: Part 4 of the 4-part EMR Series. The Business Case - EMR Costs and
Benefits.
 When a Dollar is Not a Dollar: Cheap is not always the least expensive option. One camp views every dollar of cost the same - a dollar no longer in my
pocket - and make no distinction about the type of expenditure it is.
 Fax Machines and EMRs: The value of connectivity- The first fax
machine, by itself, was not worth very much. However, once there was another fax
machine, the first one could send a document to someone and it
thus became more valuable.
 Known Pitfalls and Proven Methods for a Successful EMR Implementation: Considering the vast changes that have to occur to adopt an EMR,
extensive planning must occur for a successful implementation.
 Meaningful Use Final Rules:A summary of the criteria for meeting meaningful use: eligibility, core and menu set objectives, payment periods, clinical quality measures, and more.
 Changes to Stage 1 Meaningful Use: Changes to Stage 1 have been put in place effective in 2013 and 2014. This chart shows which changes are optional and which changes are required.
 Stage 2 Meaningful Use: Stage two Meaningful Use Objectives, Measures, and Exclusions have been released. Here they are in a simple chart.
 Meaningful Use Stage 1 and 2 Comparison: A list of the Stage 1 Menu and Core objectives compared to the Stage 2 Menu and Core set objectives. Find out how Meaningful Use is evolving throughout the different Stages.
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It takes good information and data to make decisions about how to improve your revenue cycle and the performance of your practice. Being able to achieve the outcomes expected requires thorough and complete Business Intelligence.  Business
Intelligence: Using Insight to Improve the Value and
Performance of Your Practice
 Use of Business Intellegence in the Medical Practice:at soundpractice.net from the Journal of
Medical Practice Management
 To Sell or Not To Sell: Again, market forces have hospital systems back in the business of
acquiring practices and employing physicians. What practice's should
consider when faced with this decision.
 Whitepaper: The 'On Demand' Revolution: Health information technology plays a critical and
increasingly important role in the performance of physician practices. To
remain competitive, profitable and compliant in this rapidly changing
healthcare climate, physician practices must transform their office operations.
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