Implementing New Ways to Build More Revenue for Your Medical Practice

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Last week at a local POMAA meeting, I spoke on the topic of generating more revenue for your practice. Here are just a few of the highlights from that talk: There are many conventional ways to generate revenue for our practices which involve some of these just to name a few: Recalls Phone Calling Systems Tracking Missed Appointments/No shows Increasing fee schedules Utilizing wait lists to fill empty slots Increasing hours of operation Providing comments on statements Evaluating paper vs electronic (i.e. statements, collection letters, etc.) Collections – Collecting at time of service Up-to-date Profiles Incentives – PQRI and E-Prescribing [...]

How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Medical Practice Marketing

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Guest Post By Eunice Coughlin We’ve all seen the explosive growth that social media networks like Facebook and Twitter have experienced in the past few years. As small and large businesses have integrated social networks into their marketing plan, they’ve experienced more brand awareness and growth as a result. Medical practice managers may be reluctant to begin social media marketing because they don’t understand it and may think of it as a huge time-waster for their staff. In truth, it can save you time and empower your patients, staff and doctors to communicate better with each other.  It ultimately contributes [...]

How Social Media Can Help A Medical Practice

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Are you on Facebook practice manager?  Whether you are or are not it is important to note that Facebook had a growth of 145% just in the last year.  From a business standpoint there is something to take note of here.  How many businesses do you know that are growing at this rate? Social media is here to stay; and it is important that medical practices see the value that it has to offer for their business.  Concentrating on the media part rather than the social part can help enhance your practice visibility by: Attracting more attention to your medical [...]