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This week, we achieved yet another milestone at Power Your Practice: our 600th<\/span>\u00a0article! Our celebration involved a few congratulatory pats on the back and plenty of pounding away on the keyboard trying to get to post 601.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to thank all of our readers for continuing to turn to PYP as their health IT and practice management resource. You keep us going.<\/p>\n

Now for this week’s articles:<\/p>\n

Power Your Practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sutter Health, a large not-for-profit health system in Northern California, is going to implement ICD-10 early in hopes of working out the kinks before October 1. Their approach translates well<\/a> for small practices looking to do the same.<\/p>\n

When patients back out on their medical bills, it can be tough to maintain a profitable practice. But you can increase your chances of getting paid by adopting patient-friendly billing techniques<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0fourth installment<\/a>\u00a0of our\u00a05 Must-Track Metrics whitepaper series,\u00a0we look at how the net collections rate helps you assess your practice\u2019s collections process.<\/p>\n

CPOE requirements have only grown more stringent from Meaningful Use Stage 1 to Stage 2. Follow these three tips to make meeting the CPOE criteria a breeze.<\/p>\n

Smartphones have become an indispensable source of healthcare information according to the results from Manhattan Research\u2019s 2013 Cybercitizen Health U.S. study. Find out which patient groups<\/a> are more likely to use health apps.<\/p>\n

CareCloud Blog<\/strong><\/h3>\n

CareCloud\u2019s latest infographic identifies where practices are experiencing the most damaging leaks in their revenue cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s something<\/a> about the Affordable Care Act you may not already know.<\/p>\n

According to the Practice Profitability Index, 25% of physicians are looking to replace their current EHR. The problem is that many EHRs simply aren\u2019t usable. This is why you need to know how to identify<\/a> a user-friendly EHR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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