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Charting is quietly draining clinical practices. Providers spend nearly two hours on documentation for every hour of patient care, and most finish notes after clinic hours. Not only that but it’s a leading cause of burnout, turnover, and lost revenue. Virtual medical scribe software can provide relief, but the category…
Providers are spending too much time documenting visits. Notes get finished after the kids are in bed, charts pile up between patients, and a significant part of every clinicians day disappears into administrative work that has nothing to do with patient care. For multi-provider groups and growing practices, the documentation burden negatively affects the business in…
Many medical practices still run scheduling, billing, payments, and patient communication on separate systems. That setup creates duplicate work, billing delays, reporting gaps, and a lot of staff frustration. Modern medical practice management software with billing features brings these functions together in one connected platform. The result is better cash…
Incomplete notes. Inconsistent charting. Coding errors. Hours of after-clinic catch-up work. If any of that sounds familiar, the problem may not be your providers…it may be the EHR they’re working in. Generic EHR platforms try to serve every specialty at once, and the result is often a system that doesn’t fit any of them…
What’s the difference between EHR and Practice Management Software, and do you need both at your practice? An EHR (Electronic Health Record) manages clinical care: charting, prescriptions, labs, and patient histories. Practice management software (PM) manages the business side; scheduling, insurance verification, billing, and collections. Most healthcare practices need both, and most…
EHR and practice management pricing for small clinics varies widely based on practice size, specialty, and which features come bundled in. Setup fees range too, depending on data migration, training, and integrations. More advanced or specialty systems generally cost more, especially when revenue cycle management, imaging, or surgical workflows are involved.
Choosing the right EHR and practice management system can make or break how your practice runs. The right system cuts documentation time, accelerates billing, and gives your team the tools to deliver better care. The wrong one costs you hours every day and quietly drains revenue.
On July 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its finalization of the updated Ophthalmic Practice Rules, commonly known as the Eyeglass Rule, found in 16 CFR Part 456. This update comes as a response to ongoing issues with prescribers not automatically providing patients with their eye prescriptions after…
How Migrating Your EHR Data Just Became Easier If you are unhappy with your current EHR vendor, you may feel like you are stuck with them because of the difficulty and cost of transferring your data to a new system. You may have heard horror stories of vendors charging exorbitant…
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) was introduced under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. This system was designed to combine and streamline several existing programs to create one unified system that focuses on quality, cost, improvement activities, and the adoption of electronic health record (EHR)…