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Running a practice in today’s healthcare environment isn’t
easy. In addition to staying on top of frequently
changing government rules, reimbursement challenges, complex technology and
administrative processes, you also need to prepare for your future. Keeping pace and guiding your practice
through all of this takes expertise, time and resources that you may not have. ALN understands and as part of our continuing
mission to help turn your good practice into a great business, we offer ALN’s
WhatMatters webinars and blog - a great way to receive meaningful, timely
information that will help move your practice forward. Join the Conversation
ALN’s WhatMatters webinars explore big picture issues and specific, practical problems and solutions on topics that affect the business side of physician practices. Topics range from big ideas for the healthcare system to stories about what real practices are doing to position themselves for the future to reviews of specific challenges practices face and the solutions available to address. Tim's blog is authored by Tim Coan, ALN's CEO and offers his unique perspective on issues surrounding today's health care system. From newsworthy issues to personal experiences related to the health care industry, Tim discusses a variety of controversial and opinionated topics. We encourage your comments and feedback to help continue these discussions.
For a more condensed version of Tim's commentary, view QuickHIT posts - bite size commentary on particular ideas throughout the healthcare industry.
Download the free WhatMatters podcast and listen to the WhatMatters webinars anytime, anywhere. The one-time free subscription will automatically add new WhatMatters webinars as soon as they become available.
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Moneyball As the movie 'Moneyball' hits theaters, we realize healthcare might learn a few things from professional sports when it comes to using advanced data to measure complex outcomes. Sam's Big Idea Wal-Mart succeeded by building a 'network' organization. New care delivery models will need to operate in the same fashion and will require leaders who are more committed to the nodes on the network than the central hub. ICD-10 deadline is delayed HSS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces ICD-10 deadline delay. Will this hurt or help the industry as a whole? EP Registration and Attestation Deadline for CY2011 EPs have until February 29th, 2012 to register and attest to meaningful use. ICD-10: Lost in Translation Use this online translator to see how your commonly used ICD-9 codes will translate into the new ICD-10 coding system. WhatMatters Webinars Why RCM Performance is More Important Than Ever RCM What Matters Now: Part 1 - A look into the challenges that physicians face today, reporting that can ease those challenges, how automation can improve the revenue cycle, how to get the most out of your RCM performance, and more. Managing Day to Day RCM Performance with Data RCM What Matters Now: Part 2 - A look into practice analytics, important metrics, how to improve collections, the importance of denial code classifications, must-have reporting capabilities, and more. |