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Before you can succeed at value based care vs. volume based care; you need a workable definition of value. In the healthcare context, value is defined by cost cutting processes while delivering measurable and reportable improvements to patient’s health. “If value improves,... Read More

The automation of tasks has been around for a very long time; all the way back to the Industrial Revolution.   But automation in and of itself isn’t always the best answer. Investment in the right people supporting automation must be a significant part of any automation process... Read More

Watching summer sports (baseball, tennis, soccer, swimming) has made me very aware of statistics. Indeed, you cannot view a professional or amateur sport without hearing, graphically seeing and being aware of the statistics. And there are stats for everything (even healthcare).... Read More

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

Marketing strategies for healthcare are not a thing of the past or a thing of the future. Marketing strategies for healthcare are important to today’s practices and providers. If your practice has not developed a marketing strategy, than you are more than likely letting... Read More

Is marketing a healthcare practice a good idea? What a loaded question. There are many ways this could be answered. But the plain and simple answer is, YES. Most assuredly, YES, this is a good idea. Have you seen the commercial that boasts relief for you allergy symptoms by... Read More

Staggering numbers…. ”The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services project an additional 14 million Medicare beneficiaries, plus another 9.6 million individuals on Medicaid, by 2023. That’s on top of the 48 million already enrolled in Medicare and the 70 million enrolled in... Read More

Error reduction in data entry could save the industry millions of dollars. Denied claims, claims paid out in error, incorrect demographic entries creating havoc throughout the system(s) are but a few of the reasons preventing error entry is so important. The place to start... 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

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