This was a dynamic week for Power Your Practice, to say the least. Between heated topics like client-server EHR costs and no-show fees, the last few days were as nail-biting as healthcare gets.
We ushered in the week with “Should You Charge Your Patients No-Show Fees?,” which depicts both sides of the no-show fees debate. This is a timely article, seeing as the MGMA estimates patients fail to show up 5% to 7% of the time.
Next, many practices believe client-server EHRs only require a lump sum upfront, allowing them to forget about system operating costs. Think again – physicians and practice managers often forget about other subscriptions they need.
Have you ever thought of catering to patients’ needs by engaging employees at your practice? If so, Wednesday’s contributor article will prove rather useful.
Our fourth weekly Actionable Analytics post teaches physicians and practice managers how to enable a practice’s revenue cycle with real-time analytics that will streamline payment processes from start to finish.
And of course, our Friday article juggled more playful ideas. This week we tried predicting the future of mobile apps in healthcare, attempting to trace the evolution from informational retrieval app to more proactive, medical tool-like
Now you can exhale loudly, but don’t get too comfortable. Next week we’ll feature a very special contributor article, chronicle advances in telemedicine, and teach you how long you should be retaining your patients’ medical records.
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