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MGMA’s Project SwipeIT: Standardization of health insurance cards

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:49:00 +0000

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is taking on waste…IT style.

It’s a great initiative, and I recommend that we consider getting on board. The goal is to prevent up to 2.2 billion in waste that occurs each year through the use of non-standardized insurance cards. By using machine-readable cards, patients, private practice clinics, and insurers can all save. Click below to learn more about this great initiative.

MGMA’s Project SwipeIT for standardized health insurance…

Adding value to profit with predictability

Bridget Morehouse PT, MBA — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:04:58 +0000

Have you ever asked yourself the question, “How efficient is my practice?” If expenses are the resources invested into the practice to generate revenue, then how good are your expenses at generating revenue? The answer lies within the profit of a practice, which considers your income with the influence of your expenses. Profit can be analyzed by looking at the following:

Total expenses per

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Change Management Key to EMR Implementation

Kyle Fleischmann, PT, MS, OCS — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:25:43 +0000

I have assisted with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) roll-out into a number of small to medium sized healthcare clinics. Careful planning and management of these projects is important for successful EMR implementation and seems to become even more critical as the number of employees in a practice rises. I came face-to-face with this recently as I assisted with the implementation of an IT infrastructure and a software package into a 7 physician practice with 33 employees. Planning, management, and communication at all…