Maximizing Reimbursement Despite Recent Cutbacks

The healthcare sector as we know it is changing rapidly. Reimbursement cutbacks are rampant. How are you coping with these changes? Are you maximizing reimbursement? Are you analyzing your revenue cycle? Are you reviewing and auditing your claim denials? Have you looked at scheduling? How about billing and coding?

Begin 2014 With a New Career | Social Media Marketing Assistant

BHM Seeks Social Media Marketing Assistant Are you passionate about social media and incredibly self-motivated? BHM Healthcare Solutions has an exciting remote work opportunity for a Social Media/Marketing Assistant, who will assist the company with the growth and maintenance of our social media presence across a variety of social media platforms.  The Social Media/Marketing Assistant […]

Medicaid Expansion | A Look at the Numbers to Date

As we know by now, the expansion of Medicaid was one of the major points of contention within the Affordable Care Act. Although the Supreme Court upheld the expansion in a June 2012 decision, it limited the federal government’s ability to penalize states that did not comply with the mandate. As a result, participation at […]

Pharmacogenomics is Personalized Medicine

The more I learn about Pharmacogenomics the more it makes sense.  Having worked in the Pharmaceutical industry for nearly 35 years I heard very little about Pharmacogenomics until recently.  This is all about using the patient’s history, including genetic variants, to make clinical decisions.  As a patient builds their own Personal Health Record to include […]

10 Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction

Patients are at the center of the medical practice, and with the emphasis on coding, billing, revenue, and all the other changes to come in this upcoming year, we believe that it is important that organizations don’t forget to focus on the one thing that can not only make or break their practice….but impact their […]

Are You Ready for ICD-10? | ICD-10 Implementation

Are You Ready for ICD-10? If you aren’t, you certainly are not alone. The official switch to the IDC-10 code set was originally set to take place on October 1, 2013. Fortunately, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) extended the compliance date to October 1, 2014. So, whether you’re a healthcare […]

Healthcare Predictive Modeling | Your Best Friend in 2014

Healthcare Predictive Modeling will be the savvy organizations best friend in 2014 Over the past few weeks we have been discussing the changes that will abound in the healthcare arena for 2014.  In fact, this is an unprecedented time of change for healthcare with impacts across the board clinically, financially, and organizationally.  In one of […]

Healthcare Reform and the Revenue Cycle

Analyzing Your Revenue Cycle

Analyzing your revenue cycle from start to finish can lead to recouping significant revenue dollars for your organization. Have you analyzed your revenue cycle lately? Do you know where to begin? To you know what to measure, how to measure, and how to analyze the results?

12 Days of Obamacare: Medicaid Expansion

How is Medicaid Expansion impacting healthcare in general, healthcare exchanges/subsidies in particular?In keeping up with the holiday traditions, we are highlighting the 12 days of Obamacare. As such, on the 7th day of Obamacare, Obama gave to me: Medicaid Expansion, Increased Age for Children, Affordable Healthcare,
No Pre-existing, Preventive care, Healthcare Exchanges, and an Individual Mandate