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A productive healthcare practice is one of the main goals of most healthcare practices. No matter your specialty, productivity means money gained and money spent. Every practice is looking for operational improvements that make a difference to their bottom line. And if you are... Read More

Change is something you cannot avoid forever. Especially in healthcare. In today’s healthcare scene, there are many changes coming down the pipe. From Meaningful Use to ICD-10, to the age of social media, the changes are all around us, staring us in the face at times.... Read More

ICD-10 Deadline – A Challenge of 2015 The new ICD-10 deadline comes as no surprise now that it was delayed several times. In July 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented the most recent delay and set a new date of Oct. 1, 2015, giving... Read More

HIPAA Compliance – A Challenge in 2015 In 2015, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will audit EHR use, looking closely at HIPAA security, incentive payments, possible fraud, and contingency plan requirements. Also during the HIPAA compliance audit, the Office of... Read More

Interoperability – A Challenge in 2015 10 years ago, interoperability didn’t mean much to healthcare organizations. Things have certainly changed. The three-year goal of the ONC’s 10-year roadmap is for providers and patients to be able to send, receive, find, and use... Read More

Meaningful Use – A Challenge in 2015 For those who have already implemented an EHR, Meaningful Use Stage 2 focuses new efforts on patient access to personal health data and emphasizes the exchange of health information between patient and providers. Stage 2 also imposes... Read More

As we come to the end of January 2015, it might be good to take a look at healthcare practice goals. Healthcare practice goals should be considered carefully and with a calculator. Most goals for a practice should fall under one of two categories, cost cutting and revenue... Read More

2015 will be a year of new options and focus. Conversion to ICD 10 in October Continued Meaningful Use escalation and requirements Meaningful Use audits ACA re-organizations Bundled payments Mega data analysis Continued expansion of IT services and opportunities Healthcare apps... Read More

Healthcare Billing and ICD-10 go hand-in-hand. Are you ready? ICD-10 is the big story in healthcare for 2015. The AMA estimates that the average cost of this transition will be $83,000 to 2.7 million per practice depending on size and potential delay in reimbursement based on... Read More

Organizations urge Congress to avoid further delays to ICD-10 deadline. A group of healthcare organizations has sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to make sure there are no further delays to ICD-10 implementation. The letter came from a group of 15 health-related... Read More