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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

Every 11 seconds a baby boomer becomes eligible for Medicare (MCR). By 2020, there will be 70 million MCR eligible patients in the US. What is your practice strategy for handling MCR patients? Now you may now be asking, why do I need a strategy for seeing MCR patients that is... Read More

One of the by-products of the Affordable Care Act, the so called Obama Care, is the rise of high deductibles. High deductibles have always been around; the difference is the volume. In most practices, the volume of high deductibles has been sparse as most patients are either... Read More

The ICD-10 deadline is not as far away as you may think. The conversion from ICD-9 has become the most urgent need in today’s healthcare community. And although all formats of healthcare media are promoting how to get ready for ICD-10, too many practices and hospitals are behind... Read More

Within any healthcare management system there are several hot topics. However, two stand out among the rest; money and communication. Historically, ancillary departments have been money makers for clinics and hospitals. Utilization of Radiology, Clinical Laboratory, Pulmonary... Read More

Become a Part of One of the Fastest Growing Healthcare Careers – Medical Coding & Billing More and more healthcare employers are looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of medical coders and billers. If you have analytical abilities, are adept at learning... Read More

We recently analyzed all the requests for help that MMS has received in the last year. What we found may be helpful to your practice. When we took all the questions and requests and subtracted language from the equation (the many different ways to ask the same things) 10... Read More

When the government web site for enrolling in “Obama care” crashed and failed to handle the traffic, the president called in the top IT experts who had experience in dealing with problems of this magnitude and the results were a fixed web site. How did they do it? The google... Read More

Original blog post was written by the associates at Simas & Associates, LTD, a government and administrative law firm. The information given is used with their permission. A link to the entire article has been provided below. The Affordable Care Act (the ACA, aka ‘Obamacare’)... Read More

When the government web site for enrolling in “Obama care” crashed and failed to handle the traffic, the president called in the top IT experts who had experience in dealing with problems of this magnitude and the results were a fixed web site.  How did they do it?  The google... Read More