Direct-Pay Healthcare: Good for Doctors, but Buyer Beware

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Direct-Pay Healthcare: Good for Doctors, but Buyer Beware

Instead of dealing with traditional insurance, co-pays and deductibles, Dr. Christina Bovelsky has her patients pay a one-year membership fee that includes an annual physical exam, between 2-4 office visits as well as various tests such as strep tests and electrocardiograms. Care for children under 18 ranges from $20-30 per month while adult patients pay between $65-75 per month. The fee amount varies based on the number of visits a patient would like to have per year and any additional visits cost $80 each beyond their included amount.

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Why Doctors Have Lost the Public Trust

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Why Doctors Have Lost the Public Trust

Today, public confidence in the U.S. health care system is low, with only 23% expressing a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the system (Gallup 2014). The United States is tied for 24th place in terms of the proportion of adults who agree with the statement, “All things considered, doctors in [your country] can be trusted.”

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10 Ways to Transform Your "Waiting Room"

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10 Ways to Transform Your "Waiting Room"

The biggest complaints from patients are 1) they have to wait in the "waiting room"  and 2) the doctor didn't spend enough time with them or explain things in a way they could understand. It's about time doctors do something about it.

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Kareo Video: How to Manage Your Denials Post ICD-10

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  1. "Closely monitor denials and rejections" and this should be done daily.
  2. "Watch for denial trends." Where are these denials coming from and why?
  3. "Make changes based upon denial reasons." 
  4. "Be prompt." Identify the problem and quickly implement a plan to fix it.

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Revenue Cycle Integration is Well Worth the Investment

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Revenue Cycle Integration is Well Worth the Investment

The vice president of Revenue Cycle Organization at Intermountain Healthcare, Todd Craghead, began consolidating revenue cycle functions across 22 hospitals and over 100 physician clinics in a 10 year process. According to Craghead, "One of the things that was apparent was the pressure on administrative costs to the health system.

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