At HIS, we are uniquely dedicated to helping physician practices, like yours, grow faster and create measurable value for you and your partners. That said, we hope that our monthly eNewsletters will arm you with some of the business tools you need to be successful. In this issue of Inside HIS (will link to this month's), we : Offer advice on how to respond to the changing demands of medical billing Discuss an update on CPT Coding Changes for 2012 Share three steps you must take to improve your revenue cycle Discuss how EHR is the catalyst for sweeping change in healthcare

1. DECEMBER 2011
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IN THIS ISSUE
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HOW TO RESPOND TO
THE CHANGING
DEMANDS OF MEDICAL
BILLING
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CODING CORNER:
UPDATE ON CPT
How to Respond to the Changing
CODING CHANGES 2012 Demands of Medical Billing
Self-pay patient accounts
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THREE STEPS TO have increased sharply in http://
IMPROVING YOUR recent years, making
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patient receivables a
more significant part of to-respond-to-the-challenging-
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THE PROPER TOOLS revenue stream.
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EHR
This greatly effects
practices/hospitals that
have implemented an effective, streamlined collections
method. Read On...
Coding Corner: UPDATE on CPT
Coding Changes 2012
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We have over 60 certified coders, who are
experts in ensuring proper coding for
compliance and maximum
F I R T Y reimbursement.
In early November, we featured a coding tip regarding the
(855) RING-HIS impending CPT Coding changes in 2012. Most of you saw
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Suite 200 an update, regarding CPT Coding Changes. Read the full
Park Ridge, IL 60068 post by clicking here.
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2. DECEMBER 2011
Three Steps to Improving Your Revenue Cycle
Revenue cycle management procedures have come under the
spotlight as physicians and practices seek to generate additional
income by implementing policies for speeding up cash flow, http://
increasing collections on expected reimbursements, decreasing bad blog.healthinfoservic
debt write offs and utilizing technology when possible to reduce
staffing expenses. e.com/blog/bid/
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But the challenge is developing a plan with the optimal mix of
components to bring sustainable, measurable improvement to your Improving-Your-
revenue cycle, and to keep the solution as simple and
straightforward as possible. Busy practices and physicians don't have
time to sift through a revenue cycle management plan that is difficult to disseminate, in terms of
its initiatives and its real value over time to the organization. The following 3 simple steps can
significantly improve your revenue cycle. Read the full article by clicking here.
Arm Yourself with the Proper Tools When Choosing an EHR
You have made the decision to include an EHR
http:// implementation in your annual budget, you have sent
RFP's to several vendors, and the bids are coming in for
blog.healthinfoservice.c
evaluation. All your candidates promise that their EHR
om/blog/bid/108088/ solution is the best for increased productivity, user
EHR-The-Catalysts- friendly, cost effective, etc.; your decision maker's
for-Sweeping-Change- challenge is to separate the truth from barrage of
information coming at you and select the system that
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results in optimal EHR implementation.
Click here to read the full post.
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