By Sal Casillas New diabetic retinopathy diagnostic technology is helping primary care practices add eye screenings for 30 million diabetic patients and increasing HEDIS scores. Diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of preventable blindness in the United States in people
By Sal Casillas How one multi-specialty surgery center is making big investments and taking big risks to grow with outcomes-based payment models Benita Tapia at 90210 Medical Center, a high-performance multi-specialty surgery center in Los Angeles, knows all about the
In the introduction to this blog series, we talked about the sacking of traditional fee-for-service payments and the rapid push to value-based models that reward quality and cost-effectiveness over the quantity of services provided. For this article, imagine you are
For many physicians, synergizing patient encounters and EHR systems has been akin to mastering the trick of rubbing your belly while patting your head. On one hand is the patient’s need for a strong connection with their doctor, while on
The transition to ICD-10 has felt like watching a movie in slo-mo. Although it’s been more than a quarter of a century (1990 to be exact) since the World Health Organization endorsed the revised classification system, the U.S. moved at
History will doubtless record the collapse of healthcare’s traditional fee-for-service model. While the ransacking of fee-for-service has taken longer than Visigoth King Alaric’s three-day siege and sack of Rome in 410 AD, both the medical community and the Romans should
COMMON ISSUES THAT LEAD TO INSURANCE CLAIM DENIALS The insurance claim denial could cause big trouble for your practice, leading to problems with cash flow and the effectiveness of the training. Stopping insurance claim denial before they exit your practice
By Cody Frew For those who started their careers before electronic health record (EHR) systems existed, the use of voice recognition may come easier to them because they have already been dictating for years. Dictation is a tried and true
