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Credentialing vs. Contracting: What's the Difference?

The short answer: Credentialing is the process of verifying a provider's qualifications: licences, training, and malpractice history. Payors require this verification before a...

How Long Does Credentialing Take? A Payer-by-Payer Guide

Credentialing is one of the most time-consuming and revenue-critical processes your practice will navigate.Whether you're bringing on a new provider, expanding into additional...

What Is Revenue Cycle Management In Healthcare?

What is Revenue Cycle Management in Healthcare? In healthcare, Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is the end-to-end financial process that allows providers to get paid for the car...

Payor Contracting: Everything You Need to Know

In today’s complex healthcare landscape, negotiating favorable payor contracts is critical to protecting your practice’s revenue and ensuring long-term sustainability. Whether...

Not All Reimbursement Rates Are Created Equal

I remember the call distinctly. I had just written an article for a publication titled “How to Negotiate Reimbursement Rates.” Dr. Jordan, a New York dermatologist, called and...

Top 5 Ways Medical Practices Can Combat Inflation

Inflation is affecting many businesses, but medical practices tend to see the brunt of its effects because of the way payment structures are dictated by insurance payers. Even...

What’s different between Credentialing and Contracting a Provider?

What Is Credentialing? Credentialing is the formal process of verifying a provider’s qualifications. This ensures that doctors and nurses have the proper training and experien...

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How Private Practice can Thrive during COVID 19 and Beyond

From the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been reaching out to us expressing some of the most difficult decisions they have ever been faced wit...

Reimbursement: The need for Physician Groups to assert their Authority

Years before COVID19, a physician I was speaking with asked me why insurance payers hardly ever cover Telehealth. Telehealth, he argued, could revolutionize our healthcare sys...

How Poor Payer Reimbursements are Effecting Practices

Most physicians who have been practicing for a few decades remember the days when private payer reimbursements dwarfed Medicare reimbursements. That dynamic has long since fli...

Why You Should Care About Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue Cycle Management is the financial process that helps to bridge the ever-growing gap that divides business and healthcare. The revenue cycle itself encompasses all the ...