In today’s technological landscape, terms like “big data,” “artificial intelligence,” “machine learning,” and “predictive analytics,” are being thrown around more often than ever before, sometimes interchangeably. But it’s important to understand that all of these concepts are not synonymous. The term that we are going to focus on in this post is predictive analytics (one …
Before joining the healthcare industry, I had no idea about all of the aspects that go into ensuring a patient is able to see the provider that they need to see. It sounds like it would be easy, but every time appointments are successfully booked, attended, and reimbursed – it’s actually kind of a small …
Practice Schedule Management = Provider Time Management = Practice Success Patient scheduling in a medical practice is no easy task. In fact, patient scheduling is not really a task at all. It is a process and a unique, complicated one at that. At a root level, patient scheduling is a form of time management and …
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Scheduling Inaccuracy vs. Healthcare Optimization Scheduling operations go hand-in-hand with healthcare optimization. But if there is much room for improvement, sometimes scheduling can actually work against the goals that the practice is trying to meet. It’s important to find a balance between patient care and the practice’s goals. A practice always wants to make sure …
We always talk about optimizing practices, but not a whole lot about what that really looks like. In our upcoming series, we want to give you the complete run-down on how different aspects of your healthcare organization can be promoting the goals of your practice to help you increase efficiency and provide better care for …
Let’s see a show of hands, how many people have manually posted payments for a 10-page Medicare EOB? I have and let me tell you, it is tedious and filled with opportunities for error. The good news is that most folks back in 1995 – when I was entering each payment, adjustment, and transfer by …