{"id":2216,"date":"2012-03-30T17:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2012-03-30T17:00:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T21:00:49","slug":"power-5-week-in-review-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/power-5-week-in-review-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Power 5 Week in Review: HIT Educations, Overpayments and \u2018Jam Sessions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no denying that it was a very loud week in healthcare as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/29\/us\/politics\/supreme-court-health-care-ruling-to-bring-bipartisan-fallout.html?_r=1&amp;hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court heard opposing arguments<\/a> on the \u201cIndividual Mandate\u201d of the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>But at Power Your Practice, we\u2019ve kept things a little calmer. Amid the sturm and drang of healthcare policy news, you can count on PYP to be your refuge and upstanding resource for valuable <strong>health IT and practice management insights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We opened Monday by advising you on how to gain a pre-emptive understanding of the ways an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/how-ehr-impacts-practice-processes-workflows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHR will impact your practice workflows<\/a> and processes. We\u2019ve created so much unique content on the EHR transition that we will be launching a comprehensive \u201cEHR Buying Guide\u201d for our readers in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Ahmed investigated the best up-and-coming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/6-health-it-university-program-cutting-edge-careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare IT programs<\/a> available at U.S. universities. Ahmed posits that with the advent of the health IT field of study, \u201cwe could be witnessing a revolution in\u00a0<strong>the way we\u00a0<\/strong><strong>use\u00a0the world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PYP contributors from Solutions Medical Billing advised administrators on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/how-to-handle-overpayments-patients-payers-and-paybacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Handle Overpayments<\/a>\u201d in Wednesday\u2019s article. One major takeaway? Only credit overpayment amounts to future visit charges if you have the patient\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth installment of the Actionable Analytics series covered \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/actionable-analytics-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracking Patient Flow to Save Money<\/a>.\u201d Don\u2019t forget \u2013 to learn all ten of our tips on <strong>improving profitability and patient experience<\/strong> through analytics.<\/p>\n<p>And I closed the week yesterday by asking \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/what-could-your-practice-learn-from-jazz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Could Your Practice Learn From Jazz?<\/a>\u201d I\u2019m highly interested in examples of creative leadership in healthcare. Are you taking an innovative approach to management at your practice? Email me at <a href=\"mailto:madelyn@poweryourpractice.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">madelyn@poweryourpractice.com<\/a> and tell me about your leadership style!<\/p>\n<p>Next week, PYP will <strong>investigate the ACO model<\/strong>, conduct a Q&amp;A with an industry-leading mHealth CEO and dive into measuring and improving patient satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/poweryourpractice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Power Your Practice on Facebook<\/a> and let us know what you thought of this week\u2019s content amidst the healthcare reform debate. And come back next week for more great articles!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s no denying that it was a very loud week in healthcare as the Supreme Court heard opposing arguments on the \u201cIndividual Mandate\u201d of the Affordable Care Act. But at Power Your Practice, we\u2019ve kept things a little calmer. 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