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WhatMatters WebinarsOverview: Patient BillingA brief summary of the Patient Billing webinar with Tim Coan and Patti Bowles as they discuss current trends on patient billing and what innovative practices are doing to manage this growing part of their revenue stream.
Patient BillingIn this webinar, Tim Coan, ALN's CEO, is joined by special guest Patti Bowles, Vice President of Marketing for ACSI West, as they discuss the current trends on patient billing and the things that innovative practices are doing to manage this growing part of their revenue stream.
To Sell or Not To SellAgain, 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.
WhatMatters BlogMusings on the NFL and e-BooksLike the running back with the big contract who is now a little slow, assets become liabilities very fast. Barnes and Noble stores were the secret to selling books just a few years ago. nNw that Amazon sells more Kindle e-reader downloads than hardcover books, the technology advantage is only accelerating. Technology is an incredibly disruptive force once it gathers steam. So what does this mean in healthcare?
When Does the Law Kick In?We all remember Econ 101. If demand goes up and supply is short, prices go…? Up, right? Wrong, in this case. Prices are down. My equity analyst friend said, ‘Prices eventually have to find their rightful level.’ - That is the bigger question for physicians. If demand is growing, and the supply is not, when will physicians act to force pricing to move to its rightful level?
Twenty Year PerspectiveManufacturing has been investing in IT longer than most any sector, and not surprisingly, saw its productivity grow almost 60% faster over the past 20 years than the economy as a whole. I am not an economist, but as a healthcare guy, finding myself again right at the beginning stage of an IT investment boom, I would suggest there are some long view lessons we can learn from our industry brethren who went 20 years before us. The idea that healthcare IT can, and will, lower costs makes too much logical sense.
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