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Increase Profits By Efficient Medical Billing

Correct and efficient medical billing can have a positive impact on your practice and all doctors are well aware of it. Medical billing is best handled by specialists who have complete knowledge and adequate experience. But it’s seen that many doctors try to handle medical billing themselves and end up losing revenue. Doctors are trained to treat aliments and injuries and perform well when they are doing just that. Medical billing is the work of specialists so doctors should hire a reputable and experienced medical billing company rather than wasting their time and energy.

A professional medical billing service can maximize your revenue as correct medical insurance claims are submitted within the given time frame. Also you won’t have to spend money on overheads like employing people and software for billing system. If you are doing a good job then your profits must go up but many times it happens that despite your practice doing well your financial report does not show profits.  This happens when the medical billing is not handled by professionals. When you give the rein you your medical billing in hands of professionals you can concentrate on treating patients freely and even get weekly or even daily reports from the company.

With latest technology and software of medical billing service you can rest assured that accurate online insurance claims will be submitted by the experienced staff with correct medical coding which will save you both hassle and money. Software used for medical billing has to be upgraded from time to time which is another additional expense when you try to do billing yourself. Along with that changes and amendments are made in the billing management system by the government from time to time. When you take medical billing service from a professional company, you don’t have to keep a track of them as its their responsibility to upgrade their skills and software to meet the changing demands of the industry.

Active Management is a reputable and leading medical billing company with vast experience and expertise in the field of medical billing. For more information of medical billing serviceoffered by them you can logon to their website www.activemds.com.

Increase Vaccination Rates This Flu Season with Standing Orders!

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Looking for ways to improve your Flu Immunization Workflow Strategy? Try Standing Orders!

Using standing order protocols for flu vaccination in your medical practice allows trained healthcare professionals – who are permitted to do so under state law – to assess a patient’s need for vaccination, determine if there are contraindications or precautions, and then to administer influenza vaccine without obtaining a physician’s written or verbal order for an individual patient.

Studies have shown that standing orders, carried out by nurses or other qualified healthcare professionals, are one of the most consistently effective means for increasing vaccination rates and reducing missed opportunities for vaccination, thereby improving quality of care. (1)

The goal of standing orders? Increase vaccination coverage in a practice by:

  • Eliminating highly skilled (and busy!) clinicians from involvement in vaccine needs assessments and writing vaccination orders one patient at a time
  • Delegating to nurses, or other legally qualified health care professionals, the role of assessing patients’ vaccination needs and vaccinating them
  • Empowering the whole team to improve the practice’s vaccination program

CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended the use of standing orders to increase adult vaccination rates since 2000. (2)

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) recommends standing orders for vaccinations based on strong evidence of effectiveness in improving vaccination rates among adults and children, when used alone or with additional interventions, and across a range of settings and populations. (3)

Who is authorized to administer vaccines under standing orders? It varies by state law. To find out which medical personnel are permitted to administer vaccines under standing orders in your state, contact your state immunization program manager.

Want to start a standing orders program in your practice setting?

The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has materials available that help make standing orders easy to implement. “Using Standing Orders for Administering Vaccines: What You Should Know” is a one-page article describing the basics of standing orders.

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel!

IAC has created free standing order templates for all routinely recommended vaccines for administration to children, teens, and adults. They are all available online and are modifiable in any way you choose to suit your practice’s needs.

These standing order templates are based on ACIP vaccine recommendations and are reviewed for technical accuracy by CDC staff. IAC updates its standing orders protocols whenever ACIP makes changes in vaccine recommendations.

These standing order templates are based on ACIP vaccine recommendations and are reviewed for technical accuracy by CDC staff. IAC updates its standing orders protocols whenever ACIP makes changes in vaccine recommendations.

You can access all of IAC’s vaccination standing order templates HERE.

Here are four to get you started:

What strategies have you employed to improve your practice workflow this flu season?

 

References:

  1. Use of standing orders for adult influenza vaccination: A national survey of primary care physicians Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb; 40(2): 144–148.
  2. CDC: Use of Standing Orders Programs to Increase Adult Vaccination Rates.
  3. The Community Guide: What Works to Promote Health

— This post Increase Vaccination Rates This Flu Season with Standing Orders! was written by Carol Bush and first appeared on Capture Billing. Capture Billing is a medical billing company helping medical practices get their insurance claims paid faster, easier and with less stress allowing doctors to focus on their patients.

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