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Paying An Annual Fee to Keep Your Doctor

I recently was informed by one of my clients that he is being “courted” by a company that helps doctors trim their practices to 400-600 patients. These patients will be invited to stay with the practice by paying an annual fee to have better and more access to their doctor by having less wait time [...]

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Patients Without Healthcare Insurance

As I complete my fifteenth year as a solo medical billing service,I find this year the most difficult one for patients suddenly without insurance.

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Why Medicare Is Not The Enemy

As a billing service, I come in contact with many insurance plans on a daily basis. Every year, I have my favorites and the ones that I dread. In all the years I have been in this business, the latter change from year to year (I always have at least one on my hot list [...]

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Your Practice Won’t Be Your Father’s Private Practice

The medical practice of tomorrow will look much different than it does today. I recognize that statement to be fairly obvious, but my sense is that the transition is happening much faster than most doctors recognize right now. Only about 10% of current medical practices use an electronic medical record but the push is on [...]

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