CrossCheck Blog

Each calendar season produces its own challenges for people and accidents they may experience. Summer is known as trauma season, fall is the beginning of the flu outbreak, and winter typically has more snow-sport injuries and automobile accidents from poor road conditions. Then there is seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This type of depression is specifically related to changes in seasons. Symptoms usually start in the fall and continue through the winter months. It affects about 10 million Americans per year, is more common in women and typically affects those living in the northern states.

Some version of this chart has been trumpeted in the media for over a decade now, and while it’s clear that helped instigate demands for improvement, it’s not at all clear that the reforms it prompted will solve the problem.

Why do 44.5% of all doctors think that refusing to accept insurance might be the right direction for their business? The question perplexes because according to the New England Journal of Medicine the Affordable Care Act provided insurance to an additional 10.3 million Americans, and a recent Gallup poll found that the number of uninsured has dropped to an historic low of 13.4%.

Is practicing medicine about the patient or the billing codes? Is it about doing your job or proving that you did your job? Some physicians feel that the widely acknowledged shift happening in health care today went the wrong direction, and that the diagnostic promise of technology has not yet arrived while the burdens of computerized data gathering and record keeping certainly have.

According to recent resources published by Physician Practice magazine and by the Medical Group Management Association, the most common sources of waste in your medical practice fall into two broad categories: things you can improve through management, and one major thing you probably don't want to do at all.

With summertime in full swing medical clinics across the country prepare for a stream of accidents and afflictions that could have been prevented with a little careful forethought.

Healing patients goes hand in hand with healing the planet, at least conceptually, so it’s no wonder that healthcare professionals pursue green initiatives in greater numbers than ever before. The public relations justification alone can result in positive strategic outcomes for healthcare organizations looking to attract and retain new business, especially with millions of newly insured Americans looking for services. The public generally expects healthcare providers to be good environmental citizens, and those who measure up – especially those who do so in subtle and unexpected ways – often earn the community’s goodwill.

If you manage a single location, prompt care unit, specialized medical facility, or regional network of hospitals, there are medical supplies you purchase in multiples, regularly, to keep your facility running. Your business isn’t all about supplies -- Patch Adams helps his patients cure their ailments through laughter and positive thinking -- but medical supplies and medicine are needed to provide the level of care your patients deserve. Naturally, to control those costs you seek out discounts for buying in multiples.

Clogged arteries, unbelievable work strain, preservative-filled diets, family stress. The people who come through your medical practice’s doors are up against a war field of attackers soldiering up to wreak havoc on their hearts. While some may feel that having to pay for all the poking, prodding, and testing is a major pain point, others have a financial heart attack when they get their bills. In honor of the 50th anniversary of American Heart Month, we provide some insight into ways that you can help patients’ hearts stay on the beating path.

I’ve returned from attending the MidWest Acquirers Association's 11th Annual Conference this week in Chicago. It was a good trip and I had the chance to visit with many of our ISOs and payment services partners. It’s apparent that the payment processing industry is heating up again.(Or maybe it was the 90 degree weather?) Mobile payments solutions were hot, of course, but I also received a lot of attention on our new MED-RDC service. A remote deposit capture service just for medical businesses, you ask?Well, yes, and we’re very excited about it.