Money’s tight so advertising needs to work. You can’t afford to waste money just recklessly mailing to anybody with an M.D. next to their name.
How effective is your direct mail campaigns? One out of a hundred? You’d be just as lucky shaking hands with people in parking lots and it would cost less. Two [...]

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I have a friend who passes out 1,000 business cards every month. I thought it was impossible. Most people don’t meet 1,000 different human being each month to do it, but my buddy survives on referral business. Rather, he thrives on it.
Some people are naturals are networking, others are wall flowers. The problem for the [...]

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Time is money, but so is space. Offices pay per square foot. They’re wasting money.
When pitching your services to health care providers, here’s another revenue stream that is often forgotten — digital scanning and archiving. Take the doctor over to the mountains of file cabinets from floor to ceiling. Tell them you are Houdini [...]

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ClaimTek Systems knows everybody learns differently. Some people read instructions, some listen to lectures and others watch the video. No one way is better — just different strokes for different folks.
ClaimTek is now creating video on our website that shows just how exciting the medical billing world can be. Filled with potential for those ready [...]

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For some people, the toughest part of business is pitching their services. They can do the work, don’t mind the ups and downs and can handle frustrations, but simply talking to a stranger gives them the willies.
That’s right, public speaking scares them. Hey, it happens. We all have our strengths and weaknesses. But, this is [...]

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You don’t have to be a senior citizen to fear that headline because we all know changes in Medicare are rarely good and trouble always expands.
The Wall Street Journal has an extensive look at expected changes next year in the federal health insurance program. How some programs may close, others change their pay rates. Take [...]

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At a recent national conference in Washington, a roundtable discussion on how businesses could help each other turned into one hour of lively interaction over how Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were the new tools to find clients.
“I met people at a Tweetup,” said one panelist, which drew a laugh, especially from those who didn’t know [...]

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All you’re hearing is electronic medical records this and EHR that. You’re probably thinking what does this have to do with you since you’re in billing, not records?
Basically, President Obama will make it nearly impossible for any health care provider to stay with paper records after 2011. He’s willing to pay for the conversion, but [...]

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Everybody looks for the big partnerships, hospitals and clinics where you can bill for several to several dozen doctors. It’s a gold mine.
Smart entrepreneurs look around for the pennies, too, knowing they add up to dollars. A recent story in the Contra Costa Times made us remember nothing should be overlooked no matter how tight [...]

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It has been a long week. We could use a laugh and Dilbert once again shows us how offices can be funny places.

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It’s easy to get depressed about the economy. You have friends who have lost their jobs. Businesses are closing. Everybody wants to cut back.
Here’s a free piece of advice — don’t let the haters and quitters drag you down with them. You started a business to create and control your own financial freedom. OK, go [...]

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No matter how many years and thousands of forms you’ve completed, we all get stumped now and then. The question is where do you go for answers?
Certainly, ClaimTek Systems is always here to help. But let’s say it’s a simple code or something quick you just want to look up online. Do you have sites [...]

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Doctors are getting all types of free technology. Free webpads for patients to fill out information. Free TVs for their lobby and patient rooms for people to watch free videos touting somebody’s services. Free medicine to dole out as samples.
Free stuff is corrupting. Doctors get so many things free that they start to feel entitled. [...]

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A Vermont lawmaker wants to test electronic insurance cards to pay claims much like credit cards.
A proposed card with computer chips with medical insurance information has been created by a nonprofit company and lawmakers wants to see if it will work.
A lot can slip between the cup and the lip, as they say. Here’s the [...]

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It’s Easter weekend and we know many people are taking time off today. Go ahead, you deserve it.
But here’s a YouTube tale of caution to those who take off and leave workers behind. You’ll laugh throughout. Just remember to lock your office door next time.

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Medical Ecomonics.com is one of our favorite online sites. Lots to read, lots to think about.
Well, they came up with a whopper recently showing the pitfalls of the new EHRs and coding. It seems not only to bog down health care providers, but create incorrect coding. An audit show up to 95 percent errors.
Uh, 19 [...]

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A west coast company layed off its medical billing coders after a vendor told the health care practice that it could do billing itself. After all, about 15 to 20 percent of EHR-based practices are doing so.
An audit found they missed more than $1 million in billing. Sure sounds like billers are worth their weight [...]

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The Gray Lady of Gotham City writes today that the medical community’s technology is a decade behind, calling health care providers “laggards” when updating their computers.
At least the medical community is growing, unlike the newspaper world. We’ll see whose computers are still running a decade from now.
Anyway, the link below to the story makes some [...]

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Have you heard about this new communications phenom?
Twitter — sounds like something a bird does. Well, in a way, it’s like the old saying, “A little bird told me” about the latest news. People send 140-character or less messages to those who sign up about whatever they want.
So how does that bring you business? Well, [...]

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