Medical Practice Management

The following article was posted on www.mgma.com by Caren Baginski on Wed, Jan 13, 2010     Streamlining your medical practice’s patient collections goes beyond simply collecting from patients at the time of service. In fact, there are many ways to improve patient collections, from performing a monthly charge-capture audit to having your front desk [...]

The Following Post was taken from www.mgma.com Guest blog by Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, healthcare speaker and author of Front Office Success: How to Satisfy Patients and Boost the Bottom Line. It takes a few seconds to form a first impression, but that impression lasts a long time. Your medical practice’s front office [...]

Chicago, IL — On October 1st the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) announced that it has tested and certified 33 Electronic Health Record (EHR) products under the Commission’s ONC-ATCB program, which certifies that the EHRs are capable of meeting the 2011/2012 criteria supporting Stage 1 meaningful use as approved by the Secretary of [...]

CCHIT is Authorized by HHS as Testing and Certification Body for Electronic Health Records

CHICAGO – August 30, 2010 – Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) announced today that it has been recognized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as an Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) under the initial certification program created to certify that electronic health records (EHRs) are capable of meeting the criteria to support meaningful use and qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). EMB’s CareRevolution is one of only 13 products in the country with the CCHIT 2011 certification.

Is your staff finding it challenging to effectively communicate with difficult patients regarding copayments? Here are a few examples how the Medical Group Managers Association (MGMA) recommends handling these situations.

PATIENT: “I didn’t know I owed this.”

RESPONSE: “Your insurance company and our billing office sends statements informing you of your obligation. The doctor has performed a service and should be paid for it.”