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7 Tips for the Front Desk to Increase Medical Office Revenue
Here are seven quick tips that each front office person of a medical practice needs to address: 1. Smile, don’t be in such a hurry or so jammed with work that you can’t afford to smile! 2. Send out new insurance and demographic forms (hopefully electronically) to patients who have appointments in the next week. This cuts down on waiting …
Read MoreGood News and Bad News on Medicare Reimbursement
The U. S. House and the U. S. Senate have passed a bill to stop the SGR reduction of 27% that was scheduled to go into effect on March 1. As you have probably surmised, this is only good until 12/31/2012. This means, we get to go through this whole “trying to fix the SGR” process… AGAIN…. At the end …
Read MorePAPER-LESS IN 2012?
Reading an article by the American Medical Association (AMA) on a paperless New Year, I was surprised to see the first tip they came up with was to submit claims electronically. My reaction was due to the fact that electronic claims submission saves money, makes money, boosts cash flow, frees up time for proper follow-up and reduces the cost of …
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