by Ben Cervinski | Oct 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Compliance around medical laws and regulations is top of mind for healthcare practices now more than ever. Over the years, more and more regulations have been put into place, and it can feel nearly impossible to keep track of them all. To operate a successful...
by Ben Cervinski | Sep 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
The email address is a familiar one, and it’s got nothing out of the ordinary when you open it. The message is semi-concerning, but you get hundreds of emails a day, and there’s nothing that is getting your inner alarm bells ringing about an issue. That is how they...
by Ben Cervinski | Sep 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
There is no business that can really chance and pivot at a moment’s notice. And anybody who has worked in the U.S. health care system knows that it is an industry that never pivots at a moment’s notice. Sometimes change can take decades. But one thing that a physician...
by Ben Cervinski | Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
A medical practice is not for the faint of heart. There is so much to do every day with just the clerical work, let alone the whole idea that you are literally treating people to keep them healthy instead of falling into bad habits that could endanger their life span....
by Ben Cervinski | Aug 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
You know the deal. Go into the doctor’s office, get checked on by a nurse, and see everything being logged into a chart by hand. Then you wait — hopefully not a very long time — and then the doctor comes in, finishes up your annual physical and makes his own entries...
by Ben Cervinski | Jul 29, 2019 | Medical Credentialing, Urgent Care
Urgent care facilities must follow strict regulatory procedures, both at a federal and state level. One of the most time-consuming processes, particularly when it comes to hiring providers, is credentialing. Lags in documentation can slow the process, which means your...
by Ben Cervinski | Jul 26, 2019 | Medical Billing, Urgent Care
Your urgent care practice is thriving – you have decent patient volume, you have positive reviews online, and you hire providers dedicated to providing evidence-based, compassionate care – but your profit margins are still not what you expected. If your revenue leaves...
by Ben Cervinski | Jul 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Electronic health record software can streamline the process of activities and operations for many health care providers, whether it be a hospital, medical institution or practice of varying sizes. Having an EHR is the equivalent of having a patient’s paper chart in a...
by Ben Cervinski | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Billions of dollars. That’s how much the federal government and private insurers lose every year because of medical billing fraud. Yes, some of it is unintentional because of a billing mistake or poor practice workflow. But the large majority of medical billing fraud...
by Ben Cervinski | Jun 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau once estimated that 52% of all debt listed on credit reports in America is a result of medical bills. And when a consumer has a bad charge on their credit card bill from a medical billing error, that is a black mark on the...
