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What To Expect in Healthcare in 2021

What To Expect in Healthcare in 2021

As the last gyrations over the 2020 election move to the sidelines and the new Biden/Harris Administration names its Health Team – what can healthcare executives, professionals, and systems expect in 2021? The trajectory of the American medical system will pivot back to center with a re-affirmation of the Affordable Care Act under President Biden. Never one to espouse the “Medicare for All” revolution, Joe Biden will restore aspects of…
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Sorting Imagine Ticklers for Maximum Effectiveness

Sorting Imagine Ticklers for Maximum Effectiveness

September 3, 2020Jennifer KrokenPractice Solutions ConsultantIf you’re new to ImagineSoftware or have employees that are, you may need a refresher (or recommendations) on how to best utilize your insurance and denial ticklers for maximum effectiveness. While each practice assigns ticklers differently, most assign by insurance carrier. However, there is no “right” way to assign your ticklers—some will argue that by assigning by carrier each rep becomes an “expert” in that…
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CMS Releases 2021 MPFS Proposed Rule

CMS Releases 2021 MPFS Proposed Rule

August 4, 2020 Delena Supinski Director of Account Management  CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) released the MPFS (Medicare Physician Fee Schedule) Proposed Rule for the 2021 calendar year on August 4, 2020. The most significant change to specialty physicians is an 11.9 percent decrease in the Conversion Factor from $36.09 in 2020 CY to $32.36 in CY 2021. For Radiology, the impact of this decrease on common CPT® codes such…
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Increase Your Energy and Productivity

With multiple priorities, tasks, and responsibilities to accomplish, staying on top of your to-do list can sometimes be a challenging endeavor. Productivity and time management are areas that many people struggle with and have trouble when trying to break out of old patterns. The amount of energy you have during the day is a direct correlation to how productive you are. The more things you complete the greater your sense…
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Creating A Successful Virtual Event

Efforts to contain the Coronavirus has reached into many industries and caused large scale disruption which will have ramifications for months to come. As the event industry grapples with this new reality, many organizations are finding ways to connect with their stakeholders while still maintaining social distancing and avoiding large-scale meeting. Normally, conferences and trade shows have a captive audience. The clients and prospects are outside of their work environment…
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Bots and Robotic Process Automation

Robotics Process Automation (RPA), specifically in healthcare billing, allows organizations to automate routine tasks just as if humans were interacting with the software themselves. Robotic automations interact with existing systems, require minimal integration efforts and work consistently with 100% accuracy. Gain efficiency through every step of the healthcare revenue cycle with ImagineSoftware's RCM solutions. Having a digital workforce means that an organization has employed multiple bots performing various tedious administrative…
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Automate Your Medical Billing

The efficiency of your medical billing operations affects every area of your business. When a billing system is outdated, the staff spends more time in denials, claims and coding which can affect your bottom line. In this day and age, the efficiency of your revenue cycle determines the success of the business. So how can you make your healthcare organization more effective? By automating your medical billing. Billing offices and…
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Cyber Security: 3 Tips for Remote Workers

With many organizations employing a remote workforce, cyber criminals are working overtime to steal valuable company data and cripple healthcare companies when they are needed most. February saw a 21% month over month increase in data breaches, and a 231% increase in breached records – meaning that more records were breached in February than in the last three months combined. Help your employees work safely in a HIPAA compliant environment…
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Working From Home: Tips for Managers and Employees

In this new landscape, many of us are finding a “new normal” and developing resourceful ways to accomplish our tasks, set goals and meet deadlines. Help your employees work safely in a HIPAA compliant environment At ImagineSoftware, one of our core values is a “No Excuses Attitude” meaning that we “keep our focus on the solution, not the limitations.” As such, we have been dedicated to implementing efficient work from…
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5 Steps to Create an Omni-Channel Payment Experience

The concept of omni-channel payments has been around for several years now. Many large retailers pioneered the concept to develop conveniences we use today in our everyday lives, i.e. buy-online and return in-store. Gain efficiency through every step of the healthcare revenue cycle with ImagineSoftware's RCM solutions. The concept is simple: provide consumers with multiple ways to pay for a product or service while simultaneously connecting that transaction seamlessly back…
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ImagineSoftware: Automating Pathology

While still attending high school, Dr. Kevin Homer developed his own pathology software billing package for his father’s pathology business. This custom software package was ideal, even years later when Dr. Homer acquired his father’s practice. However, with the implementation of ICD-10 it became imperative for him to find a billing software that was robust enough to handle the volume of procedures his office charged for as well as one…
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The Advantages of In Home Healthcare

With value-based care agreements racing to the horizon of healthcare it has become imperative for payers to offer services that meet the needs of their patients. Organizations that think outside the realm of normal healthcare services to acquire higher reimbursement rates and lower patient readmissions is key to surviving in this new value-based landscape. Calculate patient responsible charges before they walk out the door. To garner a higher reimbursement rate,…
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