Notes from the team.
Provider Credentialing and Payer Enrollment: Why a New Physician Can't Bill for 90 Days
A practice's new physician cannot bill for 90 days or more because commercial payers, Medicare, and Medicaid each run entirely separate credentialing and enrollment queues, and none of them wait for the others.
Who Should I Outsource My Medical Practice Front Desk To? The 9 Criteria a Practice Owner Should Verify Before Signing
The Short Answer: Outsource your medical practice front desk to a HIPAA-compliant managed-service provider, not a staffing agency: that holds documented SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications, runs OIG exclusion screening, integrates with your EHR, and will sign a Business Associate...
Healthcare Back-Office Support Services: The 6-Function Workload Audit a Practice Should Run Before Outsourcing Anything
The short answer: Healthcare back-office support services is a category of outsourced administrative work: billing, coding, insurance verification, prior authorization, scheduling, patient communications, and credentialing, that practices delegate to specialized vendors.
One Virtual Assistant or a Managed Team? How to Tell What Your Practice Needs
A solo provider seeing 40 to 60 patients per week typically needs one virtual assistant at approximately 20 hours per week . This covers scheduling, patient callbacks, and routine administrative coordination without overstaffing.
One Calendar, Four Systems: Scheduling for a Behavioral Health Telehealth Practice
Behavioral health telehealth practices typically manage patient intake from 3 to 4 separate platforms simultaneously (directory listings like Psychology Today, payer-network portals like Headway and Alma, direct booking tools like Zocdoc, and their core EHR) with no native...
What Happens When Your Virtual Medical Assistant Calls Out Sick
When your virtual medical assistant calls out sick, one of two things happens depending on your vendor model. With a single dedicated VA, you have a real service gap for that day. There is no compliant backup available on short notice.
You Can't Manage What You Can't See: Getting KPIs on an Outsourced Patient-Call Team
Managing an outsourced patient-call team means tracking five core KPIs: service level, abandon rate, average handle time, first-contact resolution, and occupancy.
Beyond Denials: How Outsourced Payer Underpayment Recovery Finds Revenue Your Denial Reports Miss
Outsourced payer underpayment recovery finds revenue your denial reports miss because denial reports only track claims that were formally rejected. Underpayments occur when a payer accepts your claim and pays it, at a rate below what your contract requires.
New Practice, No Volume: Should You Hire a VA or Use AI Coverage First?
Three things new practice owners believe. Myth or fact? Call each one, then see how other readers called it.
HIPAA-Trained Is Not HIPAA-Compliant: The BAA Loophole That Leaves You Exposed
Three things practice owners believe. Myth or fact? Call each one, then see how other readers called it.
What Does a Virtual Medical Assistant Actually Cost? Hidden Fees, Setup, and Total Cost of Ownership
Three things practice owners believe. Myth or fact? Call each one, then see how other readers called it.
AI-to-Human Escalation: Designing Handoffs That Don't Drop the Patient
Three things practice managers believe. Myth or fact? Call each one, then see how other readers called it.
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