Accelerated Medical Practice Blog

White Plume offered its first ever “5.0 Rule-Building Lab” in February.  In this two hour WebEx session, clients on AccelaSMART 5.0 and higher gathered to ask questions, learn more, and share successes of using the powerful and flexible rule builder found in AccelaSMART.  100% of the participants reported they would suggest the lab to a colleague. Many thanks to the clients who participated and for the excellent examples and feedback they provided which helped make the...

Providers are fighting to be reimbursed for every dollar. Getting reimbursed properly requires back office staffs to diligently pay attention to changes in payor rules.

The Kaiser Family Foundation published their annual health insurance survey at the end of September.  The results were astounding. Last year, the average premium increase for family plans was 9%, with employer sponsored plans costing an average of $15,000 per family.

White Plume Technologies stays abreast of ongoing changes in medical coding policies from customers. The new requirements for coding glaucoma will impact many of our Ophthalmology customers. 

White Plume's code scrubbing capabilities came to the rescue for an orthopedic practice.

You don’t have to be as smart as Einstein in order to be properly reimbursed…but it helps!

Unlike most professions, just trying to get properly reimbursed for services that you have performed is a significant undertaking in a physician office, with many moving parts to consider. One of the biggest challenges is just staying abreast of all the changes to the many reimbursement guidelines—most of which are unpublished.