Healthcare Success

MAY 9, 2022

The QR code allows hospitals and healthcare providers to satisfy this need with immediate physician-patient interaction and engagement – all through smartphones and tablets. . In this blog post, you’ll learn: Why QR codes have made a comeback, When to use them, And, 8 ways to improve the patient experience and drive leads with QR codes. .

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Etactics

APRIL 26, 2022

Collecting from your patients is easy, right? Between patient pay preferences and communicating with insurance organizations on the claim side , things get a little dicey. The reason why you get up every morning to go to work isn’t to spend the majority of your day trying to collect money from your patients. I’m being facetious.

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Etactics

AUGUST 31, 2022

If you’re sending out statements and past due letters but failing to receive payments from your patients, this will ultimately hurt your profits. Being able to ensure that your patients will be able to pay their balances should be a top priority. In the year 2000, roughly half of Americans had access to the internet at home.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 31, 2023

As a hospital or health system, you know the value of patient engagement. You understand that it’s crucial for improving the overall patient experience and health outcomes for people of all socio-economic classes. But are you up-to-date with the latest patient engagement strategies? What Is Patient Engagement?

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Healthcare Success

JULY 11, 2022

In this blog post, I share: What is Google Analytics 4 (GA4)? For example, suppose most of your patients prefer using desktops to fill out new patient forms ahead of their appointments but mobile devices to schedule appointments. Google Analytics 4 makes it easier to track patients across all of your platforms.

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Etactics

MARCH 29, 2022

80% of patients prefer to pay for their healthcare online. First, patients want to pay their medical bills over the internet. Second, they would likely want to use Apple Pay as a payment option. From your perspective as a healthcare provider, you want to make your patient payment options as convenient as possible.

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Etactics

JUNE 21, 2022

88% of dentists worry about their patients’ ability to pay. According to the same source, patient payment is the number one concern that dentists have related to their organization. It outranked acquiring patients by 8%. But why is patient payment the biggest concern for dentists? via Bankers Health Group.

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Etactics

JULY 8, 2021

At the end of the day, patient volume is what makes or breaks your practice. If you can’t sustain a consistent amount of patients coming into your office, you’ll lose revenue and eventually have to close your doors. Patient traffic has a direct impact on your revenue, word of mouth marketing , and community respect for your business.

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Icanotes

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The value of your services is often seen as subjective, and many patients ask for reduced fees — but even the most compassionate therapist needs to make a living to support themselves and the long-term success of their practice. Will group therapy be particularly useful for patients with a certain condition? Table of Contents.

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Health Populi

APRIL 17, 2019

Consider the voice of a patient before the advent of the Internet in the digital 1.0 One patient could talk with another over their proverbial neighborhood fence, a concerned parent at the PTA meeting with others dealing with a children’s health issue, or a recovering alcoholic testifying in person at an AA session.

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Etactics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Almost 90% of hospitals and healthcare professionals offer patient portals to their clients. Just some of these make it simple for patients to… Access their personal health information Obtain helpful health data Communicate with professionals. Yet a majority of people still don’t access patient portals.

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Sheppard Health Law

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

On August 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (“IPPS”) final rule (“Final Rule”) for fiscal year 2022. Proponents of the requirement argued that the requirement would “help lower costs, improve competition and empower patients.”.

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Etactics

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

If you’re reading this blog, chances are that the company you work for works with HIPAA in some type of way. It’s a federal law that protects sensitive patient information within the healthcare industry. So on to the question that this blog is all about. Do HIPAA laws apply to employers? There isn’t 1 answer to this question.

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Etactics

JULY 20, 2021

I could go into further detail based on the survey’s results and break down all of the reasons why so many modern-day patients struggle with paying off their medical debt, but that falls outside the scope of this blog post. How are you supposed to operate if your patients can’t pay you? You simply can’t afford to.

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Best Medical Billing Company | Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

MARCH 8, 2023

Sync to our latest blog to learn how external billing audits help providers in analyzing the billing errors that are overlooked. The process to perform an audit should cover all billing frontiers like patients’ documents, medical charts, submitted claims and claims denied with complete EOB.

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Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 20, 2023

For example, an overwhelming sixty percent (60%) of recently-surveyed licensed psychologists reported having no openings for new patients, with many having a volume of patient requests that outweighs their ability to even maintain a waitlist. [1] 6] Increase provider reimbursement strategies.

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Etactics

JULY 16, 2021

Maybe you just started a blog that provides accurate medical information to common questions as a way to increase your patient volume. Even if you don’t blog, new patients may stumble upon your website when looking to switch their provider. Most online businesses must have these certificates. You know this.

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Etactics

APRIL 4, 2022

According to TransUnion almost half of all patients don’t pay off hospital bills of $500 or less. But even conquering all of those preliminary steps doesn’t guarantee payment. So, you send a bill and the patient received it. As a result, you resend it to the patient and include a past due letter within the envelope.

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Medical GPS

JUNE 30, 2021

Patient Feedback: Ultimately Important. Regardless of how many times you passionately express to a robot on the phone or online chat, “I’d like to speak to a representative,” you’re repeatedly directed through a maze of automated responses. Now, patients and providers are working in a partnership to make care decisions together.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2020

ATA’s CEO Ann Mond Johnson and team turned on a dime over the past few months, migrating the already-planned live conference scheduled in early May to this week, all online. I’ll be midwifing a panel this afternoon at 440 pm Eastern time, initially focused on how health care can garner patient loyalty. consumers.

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Etactics

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Providing healthcare no longer just stays between a doctor and the patient, it now involves many different parties. Having the stress of wearing many hats within a company naturally takes you away from providing your best patient care. Handling hours of tedious work with the click of a button free up more time for patient care.

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Etactics

AUGUST 10, 2022

But the truth is that HIPAA extends beyond facilities that treat patients. This is for when someone needs to get a patient’s health information. If a patient is unable to give their authorization, there are limitations in place in regards to their information. If you don’t you’ll face a massive fine.

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 1, 2023

There were several key changes this year for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. Along with our Founder, Joe Kiani, we are laser focused on achieving a safer healthcare system, with zero preventable harm—both for patients and clinicians. Aligned Incentives—Payment for quality of care, not volume of care. Patients with C.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This approach has the potential to improve patient engagement, treatment adherence, and health outcomes, while also enhancing the well-being of providers and staff. To learn more, read the NASHP blog post “ How Alaska Supports Rural and Frontier Behavioral Health Services.”)

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Etactics

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If you have a pile of timely filing denials, there’s still hope to receive payment for them…it’s just a matter of knowing what to do and how to execute the steps properly. That’s exactly why I’m writing this blog post, here are 3 effective appeal letter for timely filing samples. Simple enough, right?

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Etactics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Luckily, this blog post exists to give you the topics that your phishing training needs to include. Search Engine Phishing: Cybercriminal creates a fraudulent web page that’s designed to collect personal information and/or payment information. s patient records. Now, to stay within the scope of this blog post.

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Etactics

JANUARY 11, 2022

To deal with the logistics associated with handling a patient ecosystem that large, Medicaid seeks outside help. Required Patient Demographic Information There are only 4 pieces of patient demographic information you need at a minimum for billing purposes Full legal name Date of birth Address Gender. payment reminder emails ).

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NASHP

JUNE 22, 2023

A growing number of states are implementing maternity-focused payment models, including value-based payment models. This case study highlights Connecticut and Pennsylvania’s respective approaches to designing maternity-focused value-based payment models as one approach to improve maternal health outcomes. maternity care).[7]

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Health Care Success

JANUARY 4, 2022

What’s more, healthcare consumerism means big changes for healthcare organizations and officially ushers in a new era of the patient experience. . Are you modernizing your business to meet your patients’ changing needs and expectations? Healthcare Consumerism: 5 Ways Marketing has Evolved for the Patient-First Era.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2019

Patients in the U.S. Data illustrating that “paradox” is shown in the second chart: while 78% percent of patients told Maestro Health their health care experience is positive, 69% feel they lack control over their patient journey. patients had received a medical bill that was higher than they anticipated it would be.

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Etactics

AUGUST 5, 2021

For this blog post I breakdown the 5 most popular medical coding certifications that you could get to help you specialize in the medical coding field. The exam is available in two formats: online or in person. The fees, time, number of attempts, and time allowed varies between in-person tests and online tests.

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Etactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

For the scope of this blog, an insider threat is a person in the healthcare organization who has access to electronic PHI, or ePHI, and uses this information to negatively impact the healthcare provider. Electronic Health Reporte r ) There were 5 million breached patient records in 2017. The median ransom payment was $73,906.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Payments for counseling (both in Medicaid and private insurance) are typically contingent upon the actual administration of the vaccine, which may disincentivize providers from spending the time needed to discuss COVID-19 vaccinations questions with parents who have concerns around the vaccine.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2019

Fast forward to 2018, and Fitbit’s blog posted about women’s health tracking, using the words “menstruation,” “period,” and “sexual health.” The watch can track heart rate, has GPS, and can make mobile payments using Google Pay.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This year-end/New Year 2022 post on my Health Populi blog will weave together many of the key findings from these consumer health/care reports that are most resonating with me and the work I’m doing…. Deloitte also notes the growing use of telehealth and online appointment scheduling the enables access to services.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2022

Mid-afternoon Monday, February 28, 2022, the White House issued this Fact Sheet with the same title as this blog (bolding added by me): All people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and to have access to quality medical care. And in no case should a health care facility be causing a patient harm.

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