If you’ve ever received a medical bill, chances are you were confused, frustrated, or both. The bills are often filled with inscrutable codes, massive dollar amounts that seem to make no sense, and a complete lack of clarity around what you’re actually being charged. It’s a systemic problem in the US healthcare industry that leads […]
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Why Your Patients are Failing to Use Your Portal Properly Patient Portal Challenges Healthcare consumers vary from tech-savvy Generation Z, Y and Millennials, familiar with rapid click-throughs, to straightforward answers, to patients with little or no faith or proficiency in computing tools. In any instance, just a few words can sum up the probable value-added […]
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HL7 (Health Level Seven) is a standard for swapping health information between medical applications. This standard identifies a format for the transmission of health-related information. Information transmitted using the HL7 standard is sent as a collection of one or more messages. Each message sends one record or item of health-related information. Background on HL7 Format Two […]
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Telehealth is Useful, but is it Here to Stay? Maybe we really don’t want to talk about it, but truth is, major calamities like the COVID-19 pandemic often lead to innovations in healthcare. As a prime example, the use of virtual care skyrocketed as people, asked to socially distance, looked for substitutes for in-person visits. […]
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No matter the industry, artificial intelligence (AI) has become routine and commonplace. When it comes to healthcare, AI helps practitioners streamline tasks, expand operational efficiencies and simplify complicated medical procedures. AI in medical billing and coding is becoming increasingly more crucial. Although AI is certainly transforming the healthcare industry, this technology is still quite new. As […]
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What an Economic Recession Could Mean for Healthcare It’s looming, in the coming months or next year, many financial experts foresee an inevitable economic recession in the United States and elsewhere. A large downturn in the economy will adversely affect the aspect of most people’s lives. Their finances, lifestyle and healthcare. Initially, the effect(s) of […]
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Medical Billing Techniques that Can Be Installed to Help Your Medical Practice Health care providers should periodically review their financials and revenue cycle, so that they can take corrective measures at the earliest if required. A great deal of medical offices / health care providers find that medical billing is one area which could be […]
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