Things You Don’t Know About Orthopedic Billing. Ask The Experts!

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Things You Dont Know About Orthopedic Billing.
Ask The Experts!
No matter what the nature of your specialization
is, medical billing for Orthopedics is an uphill
task. Most generally, orthopedic practices thrive
on efficient billing practices that help in
streamlining revenue cycle management by cutting
out delays and minimizing stress on cash flows.
However, there are other things that when managed
can help you grow your business. Here are some
pieces of advice from experts A tip I Track
Key Management Measures for Your Orthopedic
Practice Its important for both physicians and
administrators to have knowledge about the
progress of the business. A monthly report that
tracks key management measures pre-determined by
your orthopedic practice helps you look at a
clear picture of where you are in terms of
reaching your goals. This report is made up of
critical measures that give an idea about the
growth of the business. It needs to clearly
dictate what factors are working in favor of the
practices and what areas require a change.
Factors like billing amount, cash collections,
collection rates, and average wait time for a
patient appointment, non-physician cost per
patient, and payer mix are some important
measures that are important for an insightful
report.
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Once prepared, you should compare it to reports
from previous months/quarters and also with
reports from the same period the previous
year. Tip II Know the Market Evaluation of Your
Orthopedic Practice Market evaluations are keys
to determining your clinics position in the
marketplace, figuring your competitors,
determining strategic payers and employers, and
other such things of importance. With the help of
some specifically designed software programs, the
task of plotting your location, drawing
comparisons with competitors, and mapping the
driven values against data from the latest census
becomes easy. All this assessment helps you
figure the rate at which you are acquiring
patients and the areas they are coming from.
Market Evaluation helps you chart a direction
towards which you gear up in the future for the
great success of the business. Tip III Figure
out The Long-Range Financial Projection of Your
Orthopedic Practice Projections are based on
present performance in combination with practical
assumptions of future performances.
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Factors like inflation, expansion, revenue increas
es due to business growth, and the price of the
product in the future are also counted while
deciding on projections for the practice. This
strategic tool helps to figure out what strategic
changes need to be made in the business to
achieve desired goals.   Tip IV  Develop a
Strategic Plan A strategic plan needs to very
simply define the actions you need to take, and
answer the questions about what you want your
business to be. It should answer questions
surrounding the size of the practice, services
you intend to offer in the future and expansion
plans, etc. After outlining a strategic plan, and
direction you need to finalize how you are going
to accomplish that plan?  It is also important to
review and update it annually. Tip V Diversify
Your Revenue When you are looking for brighter
horizons in terms of revenues from your
orthopedic practice, include diversified revenue
streams in your practice. There are a host of
related medical services you can provide that can
fetch profit and diversify your revenue stream.
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Tip VI Focus On Marketing You would stand
surprised with the effect a proficient marketing
strategy can have on your orthopedic practice.
The bottom line is that you need to tell your
story or share the identity and work with your
customers. Develop an effective marketing plan
that caters to the kind of consumers you are
looking for. Brochures, Email marketing,
Door-to-door campaigning, and representation at
healthcare events in the area are some of the
many marketing techniques that can be used to
reach out to the customers. Medical Billers and
Coders (MBC) offers support for our clients in
the orthopedic medical billing and coding
process. We are always open to our clients
questions and/or issues about their orthopedic
medical billing. When your focus is on your
patients and not on orthopedic billing problems,
weve succeeded.   Contact us today to get
started on all your orthopedic medical billing
needs!