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Driving Medical Practice Revenue Growth: Empowering Healthcare Practices with 15 New Technological Services
Driving Medical Practice Revenue Growth: Empowering Healthcare Practices with 15 New Technological Services In the ever-evolving world of healthcare, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for any practice. The integration of innovative technologies not only …
Revele: Revolutionizing eCW EHR Billing Services with eClinicalWorks EHR Optimization from Day One
Revele: Revolutionizing eCW EHR Billing Services with eClinicalWorks EHR Optimization from Day One Revele, a trailblazer in healthcare Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services, has revolutionized medical and ecw billing services with its innovative …
eCW EHR Ver 12 - A Cheat Sheet by Revele - Part 2
eCW EHR Ver 12 - A Cheat Sheet by Revele - Part 2 Welcome back to Part 2 of eCW V12 Cheat Sheet by Revele. In Part 1, we covered new features that impact Admin and Front Office functions and Provider …
The Future of Revenue Cycle Management: AI's Transformative Impact on Medical Billing and RCM for Medical Practices
The Future of Revenue Cycle Management: AI's Transformative Impact on Medical Billing and RCM for Medical Practices Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry, particularly in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and medical …
Why More Healthcare Providers are Turning to Outsourced Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle Management: Benefits, Challenges, and Trends
Why More Healthcare Providers are Turning to Outsourced Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle Management: Benefits, Challenges, and Trends As the healthcare industry continues to evolve and become more complex, healthcare leaders are facing numerous challenges that require their …
New Features of eClinicalWorks EHR Version 12: A Cheat Sheet by Revele - Part 1
New Features of eClinicalWorks EHR Version 12: A Cheat Sheet by Revele - Part 1 eClinicalWorks Version 12 (eCW v12) is the latest in the line of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems from eClinicalWorks. It is packed with …
The Advantage of Using RCM Experts When Acquiring a Medical Practice
The Advantage of Using RCM Experts When Acquiring a Medical Practice Private equity acquisition is a complex process that requires a lot of due diligence and research. It can be difficult to accurately value a medical …
How to Boost Revenue Using RCM for Medical Practices
How to Boost Revenue Using RCM for Medical Practices When it comes to boosting revenue for your medical practice, updating your revenue cycle management strategy is a great place to start. RCM is the …
How to Optimize Your Clinical Workflow for Telehealth
How to Optimize Your Clinical Workflow for Telehealth Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has become an increasingly common way for patients to receive care. Ideally, telehealth should …
Five Reasons You Shouldn’t Piece Together Your Healthcare RCM
Five Reasons You Shouldn’t Piece Together Your Healthcare RCM Running a successful healthcare practice is about more than just acquiring new patients. A revenue cycle management (RCM) strategy plays a large part …
7 Revenue Cycle Management Best Practices
7 Revenue Cycle Management Best Practices A revenue cycle management strategy enables healthcare providers to collect timely payments from patients and insurance companies. Although most …
COVID-19 and Inflation’s Toll on Physician Practice Collections
COVID-19 and Inflation’s Toll on Physician Practice Collections Every business in the U.S. has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but since the initial onset in March 2020, no sector has felt those impacts …
Prioritizing User Experience in Healthcare Patient Portals
Prioritizing User Experience in Healthcare Patient Portals As the world grows more and more digitized, online patient portals are becoming an increasingly important part of the healthcare experience. Digital …
Did You Experience an Increase of A/R Days in 2021?
Did You Experience an Increase of A/R Days in 2021? According to an article published last week by Cristy Good at MGMA, "half of practices saw days in A/R increase in 2021." MGMA’s most recent stat …
eClinicalWorks Patch ID A-14610 is Now Available for Download
eClinicalWorks Patch ID A-14610 is Now Available for Download NOTICE: eCW Server Vulnerability Discovered This morning eClinicalWorks notified us of an urgent update required for self-hosted clients. The update …
ICD-11 Is Almost Here: Don’t Wait, Update Your HIT Software Now
ICD-11 Is Almost Here: Don’t Wait, Update Your HIT Software Now The International Classification of Disease, or ICD, is the most critical classification and terminology tool for cataloging injuries, diseases, and …
5 eClinicalWorks Features to Start Using Now So Your Practice Skyrockets in 2022
5 eClinicalWorks Features to Start Using Now So Your Practice Skyrockets in 2022 eClinicalWorks' newsletter from last week recapped 5 specific eClinicalWorks and healow National Conference features to start utilizing now so that …
eCW “11e” Plugin Incompatible with Chrome version 95+
eCW “11e” Plugin Incompatible with Chrome version 95+ eCW has identified an issue with the recent Chrome update to version 95 which renders eCW inoperable in the plugin/11e version. Instead of launching …
Should Healthcare System Fees Reflect Rise in Telehealth?
Should Healthcare System Fees Reflect Rise in Telehealth? Healthcare is a complicated field. For providers and decision-makers on the business side of things, complex billing and fee structures are just one …
U.S. Department of HHS: Public Health Emergency Extended
U.S. Department of HHS: Public Health Emergency Extended According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Xavier Becerra, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), …
SBA Provides More Covid Relief for Medical Practices
SBA Provides More Covid Relief for Medical Practices According to SBA: Administrator Guzman Enhances COVID-19 Economic Inquiry Disaster Loan Program to Aid Small Businesses Facing Challenges from Delta …
Advantages of Outsourcing Your RCM | High Cost of Staff Turnover Exacerbates Revenue
Advantages of Outsourcing Your RCM | High Cost of Staff Turnover Exacerbates Revenue 73% Of Medical Practices Rank Staffing as Their Biggest Pandemic Challenge Heading Into 2022. An advantage of outsourcing RCM is avoidance of the …
5 Trends in Managing Patient Collections
5 Trends in Managing Patient Collections It's the task every medical facility dreads: managing patient collections. After all, most providers want to focus solely on offering the most …
New Script Standard Regarding Patient Safety
New Script Standard Regarding Patient Safety There is a new script standard regarding patient safety. Check out this blog for everything you need to know about the new script standard, why this …
Provider Notes Regarding Accelerated or Advance Payment Loan from CMS
Provider Notes Regarding Accelerated or Advance Payment Loan from CMS The 2020 pandemic was a challenging year for all of us - and to make ends meet, some providers had to take advantage of CMS’s offered Accelerated and …
Back to School Immunization Review Checklist
Back to School Immunization Review Checklist Long, warm days, cookouts, trips to the lake, or just staying inside in the air-conditioning with a good book are all sure signs of summer -- but …
Why Is Sleep Important? 7 Reasons for Getting a Good Night's Rest
Why Is Sleep Important? 7 Reasons for Getting a Good Night's Rest Sleep is something most of us look forward to after a long and busy day. Whether you have the softest blanket that you can't wait to wrap yourself …
Covid-19 Financial Impact on the Avg Physician Practices vs Impact on  Revele's eCW Clients
Covid-19 Financial Impact on the Avg Physician Practices vs Impact on  Revele's eCW Clients The Impact of Covid-19 on Physicians’ Practices: 32% Reduction in Collections Industry Wide vs. 11.8% Reduction for Revele's eClinicalWorks RCM …
Everything You Need to Know About Amazon Telehealth
Everything You Need to Know About Amazon Telehealth We're all familiar with the feat we've faced at one point last year or another when we needed the doctor. It was a real dilemma; do we suffer in …
Federal Rules Mandating Open Notes - Explanatory Article and Video
Federal Rules Mandating Open Notes - Explanatory Article and Video Recently, OpenNotes published an article regarding the federal rules mandating open notes. According to OpenNotes, "taking effect in April 2021, …
How Will The Healthcare Industry Look In The Future
How Will The Healthcare Industry Look In The Future The Short Answer? The Same, But Different. For one thing, there’s a reason those who are professionals in medicine call what they do a “practice”. In …
A Complete Guide for Storing the Covid Vaccine Properly
A Complete Guide for Storing the Covid Vaccine Properly The two viable Coronavirus vaccines in the US today come from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna manufacturers. Both companies used an approach only …
PPP2 Loan For Medical Practices
PPP2 Loan For Medical Practices It is once again the time for PPP loans. Last year, we saw a lot of new things happening. To start, March 2020 introduced the original PPP Loan …
Everything You Should Know About Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
Everything You Should Know About Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines While the Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the world for the better part of a year, there is now a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel. Two …
In Transition: Avoiding Mistakes When Patients Transfer to Your Practice
In Transition: Avoiding Mistakes When Patients Transfer to Your Practice New patients represent an opportunity for your practice to walk the talk about efficiency and service. At the same time, adding a new patient who …
Top Physicians’ Practice Management Tips of 2021
Top Physicians’ Practice Management Tips of 2021 Managing a medical practice has always been complex and challenging. However, the events of 2020 have made it even more so. With the Coronavirus …
Quick Summary of COVID-19 Stimulus Legislation
Quick Summary of COVID-19 Stimulus Legislation This information is provided by HBMA: (Yesterday) afternoon, Congress released the text of its 5,593-page package of legislation that includes an …
The Importance of an Efficient Charge Capture Process at Your Practice
The Importance of an Efficient Charge Capture Process at Your Practice It is becoming more difficult than ever for medical practices to maintain — let alone increase — revenue and profits. Revenue cycle management has …
4 Ways to Get More Patients in the Door of Your Practice
4 Ways to Get More Patients in the Door of Your Practice With so much marketing and advertising information being thrown in the face of consumers today, physicians and medical practices often struggle with …
How Much are You Truly Paying for In-House Medical Billing?
How Much are You Truly Paying for In-House Medical Billing? Each new year introduces the latest challenges and complexities related to the healthcare industry. These challenges include MIPS, a switch from FFS …
10 KPIs to Help Measure Revenue Cycle Management Success
10 KPIs to Help Measure Revenue Cycle Management Success Healthcare is rapidly changing, and healthcare organizations are under constant pressure to operate at maximum efficiency while maintaining revenue …
How to Prepare Your Practice for the Future of Healthcare
How to Prepare Your Practice for the Future of Healthcare The healthcare industry has experienced enormous change and uncertainty in 2020 and left many wondering how to prepare for the future. If there’s one …
Recapping the 2020 eClinicalWorks National Conference
Recapping the 2020 eClinicalWorks National Conference This year the 2020 National Conference hosted by eClinicalWorks® looked a little different since it took place entirely virtually, from October …
How to Optimize Your Front Office with eClinicalWorks
How to Optimize Your Front Office with eClinicalWorks The front office is one of the most important pieces of the patient experience but is also an often overlooked area where efficiencies can be gained. …
How to Evaluate a Chronic Care Management Program for Your Practice
How to Evaluate a Chronic Care Management Program for Your Practice With chronic conditions on the rise and Medicare beneficiaries projected to grow significantly in the coming years, practices are turning to Chronic …
The Importance of a Solid Revenue Integrity Program
The Importance of a Solid Revenue Integrity Program A solid revenue integrity program encompasses all areas of the revenue cycle. It includes processes to prevent revenue loss or delay and, if …
4 Steps to eClinicalWorks Optimization
4 Steps to eClinicalWorks Optimization If you are struggling with eClinicalWorks adoption or looking for ways to implement new features, you've probably considered EHR optimization. But …
HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program
HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program Health care providers who have conducted COVID-19 testing or provided treatment for uninsured individuals with a COVID-19 diagnosis on or after …
4 eClinicalWorks EHR Features to Improve Your Revenue Cycle Management
4 eClinicalWorks EHR Features to Improve Your Revenue Cycle Management As medical coding and billing becomes more complex, healthcare leaders are seeing the impact on collections and looking at how modern technology can …
eClinicalWorks Spotlight on Smart Forms
eClinicalWorks Spotlight on Smart Forms eClinicalWorks Smart Forms are an extremely useful feature of the eClinicalWorks EHR. In this blog post we'll dive into Smart Forms and what they …
4 Medical Accounts Receivable Recovery Strategies That Work
4 Medical Accounts Receivable Recovery Strategies That Work Are denials and write-offs spiraling out of control? It might be time to revisit your accounts receivable strategy. An effective healthcare AR …
New PPPFA Law Relaxes Paycheck Protection Program Rules
New PPPFA Law Relaxes Paycheck Protection Program Rules On June 5, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA) to address small business concerns around …
How COVID-19 Might Make Every Practice Reconsider RCM Outsourcing
How COVID-19 Might Make Every Practice Reconsider RCM Outsourcing As states begin to open up and continue to demonstrate caution in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, it’s hard to know what the …
Key Considerations When Choosing a Medical Billing Service
Key Considerations When Choosing a Medical Billing Service Medical billing outsourcing has been growing at a rapid pace over the years, and based on a report by Grand View Research, market size is projected …
5 KPIs to Help Measure Revenue Cycle Management Success
5 KPIs to Help Measure Revenue Cycle Management Success Healthcare is rapidly changing, and healthcare organizations are under constant pressure to operate at maximum efficiency while maintaining revenue …
How AI Can Modernize Your Revenue Cycle Management
How AI Can Modernize Your Revenue Cycle Management It's no secret that revenue cycle management has become increasingly more complex over the years. Increased patient financial responsibility, …
Tips for Choosing the Right EHR Software
Tips for Choosing the Right EHR Software Whether you're considering an electronic health records software for the first time or making the switch to your second EHR, there are several things …
Cash Resources to Prepare for the Healthcare Business Impacts of COVID-19
Cash Resources to Prepare for the Healthcare Business Impacts of COVID-19 We face enormous uncertainty as we continue to battle COVID-19 and understand the long term impact it will have on healthcare. While the full impact …
eClinicalWorks TeleVisits: Frequently Asked Questions
eClinicalWorks TeleVisits: Frequently Asked Questions As COVID-19 continues to spread in the United States, the CDC has called on medical providers to expand their use of telehealth services to continue …
Telehealth and COVID-19 Billing and Coding Resources
Telehealth and COVID-19 Billing and Coding Resources We will continue to monitor updates and provide information regarding medical coding and billing for COVID-19. Here we cover CPT coding, diagnosis …
3 eClinicalWorks Features to Help Reduce Administrative Burdens
3 eClinicalWorks Features to Help Reduce Administrative Burdens Looking to reduce administrative burdens and improve efficiency? eClinicalWorks EHR has a number of features that can speed up patient check-in, …
5 Common Reasons for Claim Denials
5 Common Reasons for Claim Denials When a patient's insurance claim is denied, not only can your cash flow be affected, the relationship with your patient can be damaged as well. Some …
4 Common Mistakes that Lead to High Accounts Receivables
4 Common Mistakes that Lead to High Accounts Receivables Now more than ever, physicians need to closely monitor the impact health insurance plans have on their revenue cycle management. The hard truth is, …
Building a Patient Centric Revenue Cycle
Building a Patient Centric Revenue Cycle Revenue cycle management is a complex interaction of services, billing codes, benefit analysis, and successful invoicing. Historically, hospitals and …
Meet Revele: A New Era for GroupOne Health Source and Pradot
Meet Revele: A New Era for GroupOne Health Source and Pradot Every company needs to have a strong brand. It is an essential piece of a marketing strategy, but for GroupOne Health Source and Pradot, it's much …
Recapping the 2019 eClinicalWorks National Conference
Recapping the 2019 eClinicalWorks National Conference This year the 2019 National Conference hosted by eClinicalWorks® took place in Orlando, Florida, from October 18th-20th. With 4,500 in attendance and …
UnitedHealthcare Will No Longer Reimburse for Consultation Services
UnitedHealthcare Will No Longer Reimburse for Consultation Services UnitedHealthcare (UHC), one of the nation's largest Medicare Advantage plan providers, has announced that it will no longer reimburse CPT® codes …
3 eClinicalWorks Features to Combat Physician Burnout
3 eClinicalWorks Features to Combat Physician Burnout Electronic health records have significantly contributed to improved clinician productivity, information exchange, and an overall improvement in the …
The Top Questions to Consider During RCM Vendor Selection
The Top Questions to Consider During RCM Vendor Selection Today's healthcare leaders understand that they must consider outsourcing revenue cycle management to reduce spending and focus on value-based care …
eCW National Conference 2018: Highlights and Recap
eCW National Conference 2018: Highlights and Recap It's been one full week since the eClinicalWorks National Conference where we joined a crowd of 5,000 in Nashville to network and learn with other …
The 5 eClinicalWorks National Conference Sessions I Won't Miss
The 5 eClinicalWorks National Conference Sessions I Won't Miss It's that time of year again! Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back, my Summer clothes are packed away, and my boots are ready to make their appearance in …
Why the Interoperability Hub Must be Enabled for MIPS in Version 11
Why the Interoperability Hub Must be Enabled for MIPS in Version 11 If you have upgraded to eClinicalWorks Version 11 or plan on upgrading to Version 11 and you are participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment …
Northern Valley Indian Health Selects eClinicalWorks Cloud-Centric EHR for 73 Providers
Northern Valley Indian Health Selects eClinicalWorks Cloud-Centric EHR for 73 Providers eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that Northern Valley Indian Health (NVIH), a non-profit, Tribal Health Program, is …
Waverly Health Center Selects the eClinicalWorks
Waverly Health Center Selects the eClinicalWorks eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that Waverly Health Center is expanding its relationship with the company by deciding …
5 Ways Practices Can Prepare for New Medicare Cards
5 Ways Practices Can Prepare for New Medicare Cards CMS has officially started mailing new Medicare cards to Medicare beneficiaries with the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). During a 21-month …
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Transitions to eClinicalWorks
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Transitions to eClinicalWorks eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (PCI), one of Iowa’s largest, private specialty …
Getting Started with Telemedicine
Getting Started with Telemedicine Because of the convenience, telemedicine may attract new patients or serve as an incentive for current patients to seek treatment more often. Simply …
Pennsylvania's Doylestown Hospital Selects eClinicalWorks
Pennsylvania's Doylestown Hospital Selects eClinicalWorks WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—January 23, 2018—eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announced that Doylestown Hospital has successfully …
Majority of Physicians Happier with eClinicalWorks EHR
Majority of Physicians Happier with eClinicalWorks EHR Ever wonder what an actual end user of an EHR software thinks of it? A recent survey by Reaction Data asked 889 physicians just that. Nearly 57 …
8 Reasons Your Practice Should Be Using eClinicalWorks Messenger
8 Reasons Your Practice Should Be Using eClinicalWorks Messenger An engaged patient can greatly contribute to improved health outcomes. But how can your EHR support improved health outcomes through better patient …
CHEMED Selects eClinicalWorks Cloud-Based EHR
CHEMED Selects eClinicalWorks Cloud-Based EHR eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announced that Center for Health Education Medicine & Dentistry (CHEMED), a …
eClinicalWorks Announces Partnership With FIGmd
eClinicalWorks Announces Partnership With FIGmd eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announces a partnership with FIGmd, the leading developer of clinical data registries, to …
eCW Supports OpenNotes Enabling Clinicians to Share Visit Notes
eCW Supports OpenNotes Enabling Clinicians to Share Visit Notes eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announced that it now supports OpenNotes, an international movement dedicated to making …
eClinicalWorks Self-Activation for Carequality Interoperability
eClinicalWorks Self-Activation for Carequality Interoperability Today eClinicalWorks® announces customers can seamlessly integrate with both CommonWell Health Alliance® and Carequality Interoperability Framework …
12 Eye-Opening Patient Payment Statistics You Should Know
12 Eye-Opening Patient Payment Statistics You Should Know With the increasing number of high-deductible health plans, optimizing your revenue cycle management for patient pay collections is no longer a …
eClinicalWorks Announces Strong Sales Growth Adding Over 3,000 Providers in Second Quarter
eClinicalWorks Announces Strong Sales Growth Adding Over 3,000 Providers in Second Quarter WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, is reporting its strongest sales month of 2017 thus far, with over 1,000 …
10 Reasons We Love eClinicalWorks 10e
10 Reasons We Love eClinicalWorks 10e eClinicalWorks 10e is the newest version of eClinicalWorks and the best part? It's in the cloud. 10e can be used on any platform and it is a unified …
Medical Associates of Clinton, IA selects eClinicalWorks
Medical Associates of Clinton, IA selects eClinicalWorks Westborough, Mass.—July 20, 2017—eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announced that Medical Associates of Clinton, IA, has …
Three ACOs Select eClinicalWorks Population Health Management
Three ACOs Select eClinicalWorks Population Health Management eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announces that Central Florida ACO, NEXT ACO of Nature Coast, and Space Coast ACO selects …
How Practices Can Start Preparing for New Medicare Cards
How Practices Can Start Preparing for New Medicare Cards CMS will issue new Medicare cards starting in April 2018 with a new unique, randomly-assigned number called a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) …
Ezras Choilim Health Center Selects eClinicalWorks
Ezras Choilim Health Center Selects eClinicalWorks WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announces that Ezras Choilim Health Center, a non-profit, federally …
eClinicalWorks Introduces Telehealth Solution on healow™ Mobile App
eClinicalWorks Introduces Telehealth Solution on healow™ Mobile App Westborough, Mass. June 7, 2017 — eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announced today that its telehealth solution is now available …
10 Most Popular Physician Rating and Review Sites
10 Most Popular Physician Rating and Review Sites Gathering online reviews hasn't always been a priority for healthcare providers and clinics, but in today's cyber-connected world, you can't afford …
Happy Staff, Happy Patients: Improving Healthcare Staff Happiness
Happy Staff, Happy Patients: Improving Healthcare Staff Happiness Unhappy staff at your practice? Now, more than ever, having happier and more engaged employees is crucial to your practice's success. The shift to …
How to Switch Medical Billing Services Without Losing Revenue
How to Switch Medical Billing Services Without Losing Revenue If your medical billing service is losing your practice revenue, you should be looking into switching your billing services provider. You know that …
Top 5 Credit Card on File Questions and Answers
Top 5 Credit Card on File Questions and Answers Today the average practice has up to 35% of their revenue coming from patient pay but 81% of self-pay revenues go uncollected. It's no wonder that …
Top 5 Practice Management Challenges and Their Solutions
Top 5 Practice Management Challenges and Their Solutions While it's estimated that practices in the U.S. lose $125 billion each year due to poor medical billing operations, the challenges of practice …
5 Ways to Increase Patient Payments and Boost Practice Revenue
5 Ways to Increase Patient Payments and Boost Practice Revenue Patient payments are a vital part of revenue cycle management, but when patients fail to take financial responsibility, doctors and their practices …
eClinicalWorks Announces Deployment with CommonWell Health Alliance
eClinicalWorks Announces Deployment with CommonWell Health Alliance eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, furthers its contribution to advancing affordable nationwide health data sharing by …
BioDigital Powers 3D Body Map for eClinicalWorks Health Record Data
BioDigital Powers 3D Body Map for eClinicalWorks Health Record Data BioDigital, Inc., creators of the BioDigital Human Platform, announced today the partnership of their 3D body mapping technology with eClinicalWorks, …
Surescripts Advances Interoperability with eClinicalWorks EHR Software
Surescripts Advances Interoperability with eClinicalWorks EHR Software Surescripts, the nation’s leading health information network, continues to expand nationwide interoperability via its National Record Locator Service …
How Trump's Executive Order Impacts the Future of the Affordable Care Act
How Trump's Executive Order Impacts the Future of the Affordable Care Act President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday aimed at lessening the economic burden of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as lawmakers work on …
Qardio and eClinicalWorks Partner to Deliver Patient Health Monitoring
Qardio and eClinicalWorks Partner to Deliver Patient Health Monitoring The award-winning digital health company today announced a partnership with eClinicalWorks, the leading cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) …
How Physicians Can Successfully Negotiate Insurance Contracts
How Physicians Can Successfully Negotiate Insurance Contracts Payer contracts represent a significant amount of physician revenue and should be evaluated with careful scrutiny. Physicians who fail to negotiate …
4 Ways Small Practices Can Best Prepare for Value-Based Care
4 Ways Small Practices Can Best Prepare for Value-Based Care When it comes to government regulations and health care, change is inevitable. In contrast to the current fee-for-service care, the value-based care …
2015 Performance Scores Released on Physician Compare Website
2015 Performance Scores Released on Physician Compare Website The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released new quality data on the Physician Compare website, which includes 2015 …
President Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act into Law
President Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act into Law Earlier this week, President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. The Cures Act invests in President Obama's priorities in …
What Doctors Should Consider When Weighing Independence vs Employment
What Doctors Should Consider When Weighing Independence vs Employment A recent Medscape study found that self-employed physicians are more satisfied in their profession than employed physicians (63% vs 55%). However, …
Patient Safety Risks and Reminders Announced by eClinicalWorks
Patient Safety Risks and Reminders Announced by eClinicalWorks EHR vendor eClinicalWorks recently issued a periodic statement in order to remind eCW users about “potential patient safety risks” in the software. …
Helpful Data Migration Tips When Replacing Your EHR
Helpful Data Migration Tips When Replacing Your EHR Most EHR systems have fallen short of physician expectations over the years. System functionality, cost, and poor customer service have all …
Top 10 Most Common HIPAA Violations
Top 10 Most Common HIPAA Violations With HIPAA violation fines reaching up to $50,000 per occurrence and a maximum annual penalty of $1.5 million per violation, it's important for …
4 Steps to Preventing Medical Claim Denials
4 Steps to Preventing Medical Claim Denials It's no secret that the relationship between health care providers and insurance companies is complicated. Healthcare providers are spending a …
What Top Performing Practices Know About Analytics That You Don’t
What Top Performing Practices Know About Analytics That You Don’t Wondering what it takes for your medical practice to reach true financial success? Two words: data collection. A top performing medical practice can …
2016 Physician Compensation Survey Results
2016 Physician Compensation Survey Results This year's Physicians Practice Physician Compensation survey revealed some interesting insights into the financial burdens physicians are …
eClinicalWorks Kicks Off 2016 National Conference with Over 4,000 Attendees and Thousands More Watching the Live Stream
eClinicalWorks Kicks Off 2016 National Conference with Over 4,000 Attendees and Thousands More Watching the Live Stream ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eCLINICALWORKS NATIONAL CONFERENCE--eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, today kicks off …
5 Things Your Medical Billing Company Should Be Doing
5 Things Your Medical Billing Company Should Be Doing Whether you already have a medical billing company taking care of your revenue cycle management, or you are in search of one to help you improve your …
6 Key Components to a Successful Medical Practice Marketing Plan
6 Key Components to a Successful Medical Practice Marketing Plan Whether you are just starting up your practice, or you're looking to grow your practice, it's important to understand the key components that make up …
Trump vs Clinton: Significantly Rising Prescription Costs?
Trump vs Clinton: Significantly Rising Prescription Costs? It's clear that the American people are heavily burdened with the rising cost of prescription drugs, and patients aren't the only ones that are …
eClinicalWorks Now Exchanging Patient Data Across Carequality Network
eClinicalWorks Now Exchanging Patient Data Across Carequality Network eClinicalWorks is a founding member of The Sequoia Project's Carequality Framework, a public-private collaborative to remove barriers to …
4 Ways Independent Practices Can Thrive in the Face of Changing Reimbursement
4 Ways Independent Practices Can Thrive in the Face of Changing Reimbursement Independent health care providers are facing more challenges today than ever before. With changes in payment models and reimbursement methods, …
5 Ways to Improve Your Practice's Front Desk Collections
5 Ways to Improve Your Practice's Front Desk Collections Although it's considered best practice to collect co-payments at the time of service, things don't always happen that way. Sometimes your office is …
Is Your Practice Ready for Business Healthcare Intelligence?
Is Your Practice Ready for Business Healthcare Intelligence? In the next few years, the existence of clinical and financial business intelligence is expected to grow significantly, according to the HIMSS …
Patients Won't Pay? How to Select a Medical Collection Agency
Patients Won't Pay? How to Select a Medical Collection Agency Unfortunately, there are going to be situations where you may need to send your patients to collections, and it's important to understand when it is …
How the eClinicalWorks Patient Kiosk Can Benefit Your Practice
How the eClinicalWorks Patient Kiosk Can Benefit Your Practice The patient check-in process is one of the most important pieces of your practice. Not only is it the first impression for your patients but it is …
Top 5 Most Widely Used EHRs Named in Medscape EHR Report
Top 5 Most Widely Used EHRs Named in Medscape EHR Report Epic, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, NextGen and MEDITECH have been named the most widely used EHRs by physicians, according to Medscape’s 2016 EHR Report. …
The Basics of Medical Code Bundling and CPT Modifiers
The Basics of Medical Code Bundling and CPT Modifiers Managing a healthcare practice comes with a long list of complex challenges that need to be solved on a daily basis. Anyone who is involved in the …
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Tracking and Measuring Revenue Cycle Management Metrics
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Tracking and Measuring Revenue Cycle Management Metrics When it comes to revenue cycle management, there is a significant amount of data that you could track, but what are some of the most important …
6 Social Media Guidelines for Physicians
6 Social Media Guidelines for Physicians As a physician, you may feel that you don't have the time or energy to set up a Facebook or Twitter profile – let alone the time it takes to …
What are the Elements of a Highly Efficient Claims Process?
What are the Elements of a Highly Efficient Claims Process? Because there are typically multiple parties involved in a medical care claim, the process quickly becomes quite complex, which lends itself to a …
The Beginners Quick Start Guide to Text Messaging Patients
The Beginners Quick Start Guide to Text Messaging Patients Text messaging is fully integrated into millions of people's lives and is a convenient, less obtrusive alternative to the phone call. With 97% of …
Why Your Practice Should Consider Attending the eClinicalWorks Users Conference
Why Your Practice Should Consider Attending the eClinicalWorks Users Conference Have you registered yet for the upcoming eClinicalWorks Users Conference? Maybe you are considering it but aren't really sure what to expect. Maybe …
Why Switching Your EHR Might be the Best Decision You Make This Year
Why Switching Your EHR Might be the Best Decision You Make This Year The future of physician practices is electronic health records (EHRs). We can’t go back to paper and no one is rationally suggesting we do. But there …
Do Patients Hate Your Website?
Do Patients Hate Your Website? Someone needs to tell you: Your website matters. It matters as much as, if not more than, your actual brick and mortar office. For many, it is their …
How an EHR Software Can Improve Your Revenue Cycle Management
How an EHR Software Can Improve Your Revenue Cycle Management Medical billing is a complicated system with one simple goal, to ensure that healthcare providers are properly reimbursed for their services. In …
Why Healthcare Organizations Can't Afford to Ignore Data Management
Why Healthcare Organizations Can't Afford to Ignore Data Management The data-driven healthcare organization is the one most likely to thrive today. Data analytics is now a top driver for IT spending, with more than …
How to Use the eCW Appointment Right Panel for Patient Payments
How to Use the eCW Appointment Right Panel for Patient Payments There's no denying that healthcare costs have significantly increased over the past couple of years. With this we have seen an increase in the number …
Are You Using the eCW Appointment Right Panel for Patient Payments?
Are You Using the eCW Appointment Right Panel for Patient Payments? There's no denying that healthcare costs have significantly increased over the past couple of years. With this we have seen an increase in the number …
How to Make Sure Patients with High Deductible Health Plans Pay Their Bills
How to Make Sure Patients with High Deductible Health Plans Pay Their Bills With more and more patients moving to a high deductible health insurance plan, it is becoming increasingly important to make sure that those patients …
Conducting a Mid-Year Checkup of Your Revenue Cycle Management
Conducting a Mid-Year Checkup of Your Revenue Cycle Management A healthy medical practice centers around patient care and healthy revenue cycle management. You cannot have one without the other. In this day and …
How Can You Reduce Your Accounts Receivables? Try a CCOF Policy
How Can You Reduce Your Accounts Receivables? Try a CCOF Policy Today, high-deductible insurance plans are more and more standard for patients. According to a recent report from InstaMed, 74 percent of healthcare …
9 Medical Practice Performance Metrics to Report on During Your Next Meeting
9 Medical Practice Performance Metrics to Report on During Your Next Meeting Tracking metrics in your medical practice can result in improved efficiency, profitability, and yield better results across your entire practice and …
5 Surefire Ways For Your Practice to Avoid EHR Adoption
5 Surefire Ways For Your Practice to Avoid EHR Adoption If you’re not using an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system yet, you will be soon. Adopting an EHR for your busy medical practice can be a daunting …
How to Turn Your Patients Into Brand Advocates
How to Turn Your Patients Into Brand Advocates Managing a busy medical practice is at times a daunting task. You need to be professional and at the top of your game, managing the financial side of …
It's Not You. It's Them. 7 Signs Your EHR is a Terrible Fit
It's Not You. It's Them. 7 Signs Your EHR is a Terrible Fit By now, you’re probably using an EHR in your practice. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy about it, though. Finding the right EHR for your …
[Infographic] The Impact of Nursing Leadership Styles on Patient Outcomes
[Infographic] The Impact of Nursing Leadership Styles on Patient Outcomes Between declining reimbursement, new incentive programs, and keeping pace with the competitive industry of healthcare, healthcare managers and …
Survey of Physicians Shows Declining Satisfaction with Electronic Health Records
Survey of Physicians Shows Declining Satisfaction with Electronic Health Records A new report from AmericanEHR Partners and the American Medical Association (AMA) based on a survey of physicians, shows that compared to five years …
Managing the Revenue Cycle: 7 Areas for Improvement
Managing the Revenue Cycle: 7 Areas for Improvement Did you know that an underperforming revenue cycle causes US doctors to leave around $125 billion per year on the table? Being successful in the …
Switching EHR Vendors? Here Are 6 Must-Have EHR Features
Switching EHR Vendors? Here Are 6 Must-Have EHR Features Ten years ago, electronic health record (EHR) systems started gaining traction, and that was before things like Meaningful Use and PQRS motivated …
Top 20 Most Popular EMR Software Solutions
Top 20 Most Popular EMR Software Solutions EHR systems assist medical practitioners in the creation, storage, and organization of electronic medical records, including patient charts, …
The Value-Based Payment Modifier Program and It's Impact on Your Practice
The Value-Based Payment Modifier Program and It's Impact on Your Practice The Value-based Modifier (VBM) provides for differential payments to a physician or group of physicians under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and …
5 Ways to Increase Physician Referrals to Your Practice
5 Ways to Increase Physician Referrals to Your Practice Independently owned clinics - particularly specialty clinics - may find the process of getting physician referrals to be daunting. There are multiple …
What Is the Patient Experience?
What Is the Patient Experience? The concept of "patient experience" seems straightforward however, there are widely varying views among people in the healthcare industry as to what …
How to Avoid Revenue Loss During Your EHR Transition
How to Avoid Revenue Loss During Your EHR Transition An upgrade or change of vendor for an electronic health records (EHR) system is a major IT initiative, and disruption is to be expected. The problem …
Communicating About Co-Pays to Patients
Communicating About Co-Pays to Patients Increasing plan deductibles might be a sound solution to slowing health care cost growth, but these high deductible health plans pose a new array of …
Common EHR Myths Debunked
Common EHR Myths Debunked EHRs have come a long way in the past couple of years. We've seen vendors exit the market while others have gained market share and in the cloud has …
Healthcare Metrics You Need to Track in an Age of Value-Based Payment
Healthcare Metrics You Need to Track in an Age of Value-Based Payment The incorporation of value-based payment into healthcare revenue cycle management is one of the defining narratives of this era of healthcare in the …
Recognizing the Signs of Physician Burnout
Recognizing the Signs of Physician Burnout Burnout is an occupational hazard for high achievers, so it's no surprise that it is becoming more common and severe among physicians, who tend to be …
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Medical Billing Service
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring a Medical Billing Service Your healthcare practice holds a great deal of responsibility in providing quality care to your patients. Making the strategic decision to outsource …
Fee Schedule Dos and Don'ts
Fee Schedule Dos and Don'ts What if I told you that your practice is missing out on revenue because of an outdated fee schedule? Would you know how to fix it? Unfortunately, …
4 of the Top Challenges Healthcare CFOs Face (And Their Solutions)
4 of the Top Challenges Healthcare CFOs Face (And Their Solutions) Does any other industry face the extreme financial pressures healthcare providers routinely take on? Add to those pressures the Medicare and Medicaid …
10 Disruptive Healthcare Companies to Watch
10 Disruptive Healthcare Companies to Watch Disruption by technology has affected more industries than it has left alone, and many involve things you do and use every day. For example, Facebook …
Tips for Monitoring and Managing Your Practice's A/R
Tips for Monitoring and Managing Your Practice's A/R Managing accounts receivable (AR) is challenging, and will be even more complicated as more people obtain coverage under high-deductible healthcare …
5 Most Effective Ways to Increase New Patient Referrals
5 Most Effective Ways to Increase New Patient Referrals Referrals offer a connection a little more solid than a new patient who finds you via Google search or in the Yellow Pages. When you get a …
Telemedicine is Taking Off! Here's Why
Telemedicine is Taking Off! Here's Why Healthcare is ever-changing. One advancement, telehealth, is one of the hottest trends in healthcare and technology right now. With the shortage of …
Is Your Brand at Risk? How MIPS Can Impact Physician Brand
Is Your Brand at Risk? How MIPS Can Impact Physician Brand This blog post dives deeper into how MIPS affects a physician brand and explores actions that can be taken to begin addressing MIPS now in order to …
5 Ancillary Services to Increase Your Practice Revenue
5 Ancillary Services to Increase Your Practice Revenue Looking for new ways to grow your practice and increase revenue? It's not just a matter of drawing in more patients who need the medical services you …
Talking HealthIT with Lee Farabaugh CIO at PointClear
Talking HealthIT with Lee Farabaugh CIO at PointClear The healthcare industry is facing growing pains, especially where technology is concerned. We recently caught up with Lee Farabaugh, Chief Innovation …
Are You Undercoding Out of Fear of an Audit?
Are You Undercoding Out of Fear of an Audit? Declining reimbursement is one of the biggest challenges physicians face today. Ask any physician and they will tell you about the daily struggle of …
6 Red Flags That You Chose the Wrong Billing Company
6 Red Flags That You Chose the Wrong Billing Company Choosing a billing company is a big step. The quality of your billing services can make a big difference in your practice revenues, for good or bad. …
4 Core Benefits of Effectively Managing Your AR
4 Core Benefits of Effectively Managing Your AR Developing a clear strategy for managing accounts receivable (A/R) is a step that isn't easy, but that has significant, noticeable payoff. When a …
Top 5 Causes of Recurring Claim Errors
Top 5 Causes of Recurring Claim Errors Preventing claim errors has always been an ongoing effort for healthcare facilities. Today, more than ever, providers are having a harder time …
Five Healthcare IT Leaders Adopt Carequality Interoperability Framework
Five Healthcare IT Leaders Adopt Carequality Interoperability Framework Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen Healthcare and Surescripts First to Adopt Enhanced Data Sharing Practices MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - …
5 Reasons You'll Replace Your EHR in 2016
5 Reasons You'll Replace Your EHR in 2016 The 2015 Jackson Healthcare report on Physician Trends found that 85% of physicians have adopted electronic health records (EHR) systems. …
How Patient Engagement is Changing Healthcare
How Patient Engagement is Changing Healthcare Doctors have long since said that they want patients to be more involved in their healthcare. It only makes sense that the patient who is genuinely …
5 Ways to Find RCM Tools That Grow With Your Practice
5 Ways to Find RCM Tools That Grow With Your Practice Perhaps there was a time when you could argue that revenue cycle management tools were only worthwhile for large practices with big budgets. All that …
Balancing Business with Patient Care in Private Practices
Balancing Business with Patient Care in Private Practices Running a successful medical practice is more than taking care of patients. And while most doctors would prefer to just focus on medicine and …
Why an EMR Shouldn't Be "Out of the Box"
Why an EMR Shouldn't Be "Out of the Box" In a perfect world, every EMR would be easy to use and simple to implement right out of the box. You wouldn't need to close your practice for a few …
5 Ways to Support Your Patients With Chronic Health Conditions
5 Ways to Support Your Patients With Chronic Health Conditions Though they can happen at any age, single and multiple chronic health conditions are more common in older patients, and managing them effectively …
Should Your Practice Charge No Show Fees?
Should Your Practice Charge No Show Fees? The estimated no-show rate for medical practices is around 18%. That may not sound bad, but if you consider each missed visit prevents your practice …
New Database Lets Consumers Search for Provider HIPAA Violations
New Database Lets Consumers Search for Provider HIPAA Violations ProPublica has created and launched a new database, called HIPAA Helper, which allows consumers to search for privacy violations by health care …
6 New Medicare Codes Primary Care Doctors Can Use to Increase Payments
6 New Medicare Codes Primary Care Doctors Can Use to Increase Payments What if we told you there was a way to potentially earn tens of thousands of dollars more from Medicare all while improving patient care? It isn't …
10 Reasons a Physician Should Seek an MBA
10 Reasons a Physician Should Seek an MBA More doctors are pursuing the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree on top of their medical qualifications. Should you? It can be a wise …
Minimizing Malpractice Risks During Flu Season
Minimizing Malpractice Risks During Flu Season The 2015-2016 flu season is here, and that means medical practices must be able to handle an influx of people who want to be vaccinated, as well as a …
Most Commonly Unexpected Denied Procedures
Most Commonly Unexpected Denied Procedures Claim denials are an unpleasant fact of life, and too many of them can dramatically impact your practice's cash flow. Not only do coders have to cope …
Preparing Your Staff for a Successful EHR Implementation
Preparing Your Staff for a Successful EHR Implementation Medical staff are sometimes resistant to begin using EHRs, especially when changing from a paper system for the first time, due to a belief that the …
10 Quick Tips for Successful Provider Credentialing
10 Quick Tips for Successful Provider Credentialing Whether you are adding a new doctor or opening your own practice, you need to start the credentialing process in advance to avoid potential problems. …
How Telemedicine is Transforming Healthcare
How Telemedicine is Transforming Healthcare Healthcare experts might have been pushing telemedicine for decades but only recently have we seen the rapid adoption of electronic health records …
Increasing Patient Pay: 5 Questions You Must Ask
Increasing Patient Pay: 5 Questions You Must Ask Medical billing can be the "elephant in the room" when it comes to dealing with patients. Tricky as it can be, however, it's important to maintain …
3 Ways to Avoid Patient Complaints About Medical Bills
3 Ways to Avoid Patient Complaints About Medical Bills Has your practice seen an increase in patient phone calls surrounding billing complaints? Mistakes on medical bills are not uncommon. In fact, over …
5 Surprising Ways to Fix Communication Breakdowns at Your Practice
5 Surprising Ways to Fix Communication Breakdowns at Your Practice Medical practices often function at a fast pace, and in this type of environment, communication breakdowns will eventually happen. Maybe someone …
How to Revamp Your Revenue Cycle Without Destroying Your Practice
How to Revamp Your Revenue Cycle Without Destroying Your Practice Do you know how your revenue cycle is performing? If I asked you today to run some reports that measure the effectiveness of your revenue cycle, …
5 Surprising Ways Physicians Can Prevent Revenue Loss
5 Surprising Ways Physicians Can Prevent Revenue Loss Decreasing reimbursement and rising costs aren’t the only factors causing financial problems for medical practices. In most practices, inefficiency …
"Always Be Recruiting" and Other Recruiting Tips Your Practice Needs
"Always Be Recruiting" and Other Recruiting Tips Your Practice Needs Every industry on Earth has changed drastically in the 21st Century. Healthcare professionals, however, have been hit harder than most, with changing …
Have 15 Minutes? Run These 5 Reports to Assess Your Revenue Cycle
Have 15 Minutes? Run These 5 Reports to Assess Your Revenue Cycle Are you (or your practice manager) regularly measuring key performance indicators (KPIs) that indicate the health of your revenue cycle management? …
Preventing Revenue Cycle Disruptions When Acquiring a Practice
Preventing Revenue Cycle Disruptions When Acquiring a Practice In recent years, hospital systems have been buying up physician practices, expanding their networks and preparing for managed health approaches to …
Why Finding a Qualified Medical Coder is Difficult
Why Finding a Qualified Medical Coder is Difficult Whether in a hospital, a physician practice, or a skilled nursing facility, medical coders are the essential connection between the clinicians who …
Top Questions About Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
Top Questions About Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management As with any business, healthcare providers must deal with the nuts and bolts of getting paid so that the business can continue to function and serve …
The Importance of Preauthorization
The Importance of Preauthorization In the medical billing world, preauthorization, prior authorization, precertification, and notification are terms that may be used interchangeably to …
The Social Media Controversy with Doctors
The Social Media Controversy with Doctors Ten years ago, it was easy for doctors to keep a professional distance between themselves and their patients. They could have an unlisted personal …

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