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The best way to keep clients happy and gain new ones is knowing your clientele. Physicians Practice has an excellent study on 1,600 physicians that breaks down every angle you can work.
The study’s major point is physicians value their time – especially time off. The old myth of doctors working 100 hour weeks is wrong. [...]

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The Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA), a non-profit educational resource and advocacy group
representing third-party medical billers and billing professionals, has formed an ICD-10 Task Force. The four-year
committee will collaborate with public and industry leaders to
develop an ICD-10 implementation structure and resources to help minimize the
cost, uncertainty and complexity of the transition to the [...]

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Looking for a simple fact sheet on the new ICD-10 rules? So are we. Our friends at Modern Medicine.com have a nifty 4-pager that gets you started.
Modern Medicine face sheet

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We recently heard how California’s six largest private insurers reject 22 percent of claims – 47.7 million annually. We’re now seeing how it breaks down.

The California Nurses Association /National Nurses Organizing Committee broke down the data from 2002 through June 30, 2009.

Pacificare:   39.6% denied
Cigna:  32.7% denied
HealthNet:  30% denied
Kaiser Permanente: 28.3% denied
Blue Cross:  27.9% denied
Aetna:   6.4% denied

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At the end of the work week, sometimes I have a few hours remaining to catch up on whatever. Instead of finding an early happy hour, I look over my business and think what else can I be doing? What should we rework? What needs updating?
This YouTube video is a motivator who’s a little full [...]

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What is the most overlooked segment of healthcare providers? For our money, it’s dentists.
Maybe it’s because we’re afraid of the dentist? Maybe they’re thought as smaller potatoes compared to doctors? Whatever the reason, it’s time to make your checkup on dental options.
There are nearly 180,000 dentists in the U.S. The older one-man bands are still [...]

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS).
ICD-10 will be mandatory for all U.S. healthcare organizations on Oct. 1, 2013, but the system has been around since 1983. The current system, ICD-9-CM, is considered inconsistent with modern billing. The new [...]

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Good question — and there’s no correct answer.
Families in small businesses are very common. Often, it’s spouses, but several generations aren’t unusual. Sometimes it works very well, sometimes it’s a disaster.
Should you consider it? This video discusses several key points to first ponder.

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Good question. It does, well will, on Oct. 1 when Medicare codes are updated. The H1N1 could go under #488 as part of influenza viruses, but a new code should be coming. The good news is the vaccine won’t be widely available until then anyway. And while the federal government has been advocating you [...]

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We’re all hearing about the N1N1 (swine flu) pandemic fears. So what does it mean for your business?
It means EHR technology is moving along faster than expected to help combat the threat, says Dr. David Hunt, Chief Medical Officer for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Agencies are rushing EHRs faster through [...]

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More than $45 billion is being spent on electronic health records in the current stimulus passage, but is it enough? Will EHR transition be smooth as glass or rougher than losing that last 10 pounds?
Federal Computer Week.com lists 5 keys to the transition, mostly from an IT perspective. It’s a little more nerdy than most [...]

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Twenty percent of claims to California’s largest private medical insurers were rejected between 2002 and June 30, 2009, says the California Department of Managed Care.

That number is being used to fuel the “death panel” debates in rebuttal to President Obama’s proposed health care overhaul. But, we’re wondering what it means to those of [...]

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Many of you have websites. But, sticking a billboard in cyberspace isn’t enough. You have to understand facebook, twitter, google, youtube and many more.
This video does a good job of running down the top 10 basics for online marketing. Much of it is free to do.

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It’s easy to get down. But, that won’t help any. Sometimes you need a break. Like this one.

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Let’s face it – businesses either adapt or die.

Many companies were great at what they did and faded away. Stage coaches, telegraph wire and pony express riders were fantastic but you only read about them now in history books.

Medical claims is a great business. It gives you the chance to operate your own business, [...]

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