Well, it’s that time again. In what’s become an annual tradition here at Power Your Practice, we reflected upon the past year in healthcare and compiled a list of 52 industry developments for the benefit our readers. So, feel free
It’s that time of year again at Power Your Practice. On our side, we sit tight in Miami, hoping for a last-minute 20-degree drop in temperature so we can wear the new cardigans we bought on sale while holiday shopping
Pundits are calling 2014 the year of the perfect storm when Stage 2 Meaningful Use and the switch to ICD-10 are supposed to combine to create some sort of healthcare industry apocalypse. And while it’s true that handling both regulations
The holiday season invokes different images for different people. Some think about snowmen and sledding, while others think of spiked eggnog. We in Miami think of a temperature dip into the mid-70’s and the timeless ballad El Burrito Sabanero. Whatever
CareCloud is buzzing this morning amid news of our Stage 2 certification. More specifically, ONC-ACB testing body Drummond Group has certified that CareCloud Charts, our award-winning electronic health record solution, is now compliant with the Office of the National Coordinator’s
A physician practice is a network of interconnected parts, all of which must be working in unison in order to achieve success. Effective marketing is worthless if dissatisfied patients constantly flee to competitors. The most productive billers in the world
In an era where electronic health records are permeating all aspects of clinical care, who really owns patient data is the question on everybody’s mind. In reality, providers, patients, and health IT vendors all have some ‘justifiable’ proprietorship over
It’s no secret that physicians are having a harder time remaining profitable than ever before. Whether it’s declining reimbursements or rising costs, the Affordable Care Act or coding and billing changes, it seems practice success is being challenged at every
It seems legislators are finally moving toward replacing the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), a payment model that has plagued physician reimbursements for nearly a decade. Last Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee passed
Government entities don’t like to use the word penalty; thus, they created the euphemism payment adjustment. And although there’s not much you can do to challenge the status quo, you can avoid negative consequences by being prepared. So here’s what
