3 HIPAA Compliance Myths All Physicians Should be Aware of (And What to Do About them)
Compliance is critical to the operation of your healthcare business. If you don’t meet the required standards of HIPAA, you’re jeopardizing the very survival of your entire business [...]
What Every DME Supplier Should Know About Power Mobility Documentation
There is no hiding it....the Medicare criteria required for determining patient need for a power mobility device (like a scooter or power wheelchair) is both overwhelming, complex and [...]
Common Problems with Orthotics Bracing Documentation – and How to Fix Them
Suppliers and practitioners alike experience frustration and roadblocks when completing orthotic bracing documentation for patients. Here are some common pain points felt throughout the industry, and some helpful [...]
3 Ways for HME’s to Reduce DSO’s (Days of Sales/Signatures Outstanding)
Many HME Companies inadvertently focus on billing practices as the primary reason for their high days of sales outstanding (DSOs) but that's not always the case. Here are [...]
Kansas and HealthSplash Announce Discussions to Improve Efficiencies in Medicaid Eligibility
The Kansas Division of Health Care Finance and HealthSplash are in discussions for a potential pilot using HealthSplash's smart workflow technology aimed at providing a better customer experience [...]
How Wearables Are Transforming the Healthcare Industry Today
We often think of innovations as occurring in the perpetual future, but wearables are changing the healthcare industry today, even as you’re reading this article. These devices, often [...]
6 Ways General Practitioners Can Promote Preventative Care
As Ben Franklin infamously put it, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Yet when it comes to preventative healthcare, many of us fall short. [...]
Ways Each Doctor’s Practice Can Make Their Patients Feel Special
With today’s competitive healthcare environment, keeping your current patients happy is just as important as growing your practice. With the growth of online review sites, patients have gained [...]
Creative Ways General Practitioners Can Utilize Social Media
Gone are the days when patients quietly endured long waiting room times and blindly followed their doctor’s advice. The Internet has turned patients into active consumers who take [...]
For Doctors: Best Ways to Market Your Practice
Medical practices, like any other type of business, must take advantage of the wide range of marketing avenues available today. Effective marketing not only impacts the bottom line [...]
The 12 Benefits of Having Your Doctor at Your Fingertips
While telehealth services have been around for more than four decades, in the past few years the explosion of healthcare technology has really caused a boom in patient-centered [...]
The Best Time of Year to Book Your Doctors’ Appointments
Struggling to get in to see your physician? Worried about long wait times? Or maybe in between providers and not feeling positive about your search for a new [...]
Building Doctor/Patient Relationships Via Telehealth
While the notion of telehealth may seem deeply impersonal, it offers a faster, more effective way to connect and communicate with physicians near you. So much of the [...]
8 Questions to Ask Your General Practitioner During Your Annual Exam
You don’t get a whole lot of time to spend with your doctor. Best case scenario, you’re in his or her office for a total of 20 minutes [...]
Happening Now: What a Second Wave of the Flu Could Mean
When it comes to flu season, there’s some good news and bad news to report. The good news is that we’re over the hump of flu season and [...]
The Importance of Face-To-Face Interactions with Your Doctor
These days, there are so many ways to communicate with your doctor, from in-person visits to video checkups to instant messages. Having various access points to your medical [...]
What the Heck is Blockchain and How Can It Be Applied in Today’s Healthcare Industry?
When mentioning or trying to describe the blockchain revolution, one of the hardest concepts is in separating the news from the hype and the noise. A lot of [...]
What is a Smart Contract?
The brainchild of cryptographer and computer scientist Nick Szabo, Smart Contracts were originally brought to life around 25 years ago, in 1993 or 1994. In his original famous [...]
HealthSplash Announces New App for Patient Controlled Healthcare and Initial Go-to-Market Launch
May 04, 2018 01:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthSplash, a healthcare startup determined to change interoperability within healthcare, announced today that it expects to release [...]
The Holy Trinity: Blockchain, Wearables and Biometrics
According to Forbes, by the year 2020, more than 50 billion internet devices will exist in the world. The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to connect internet-enabled devices—from [...]
Telecare Will Grow with Blockchain
A common misconception is that the terms “telemedicine,” “telecare” and “telehealth” are interchangeable. Each of these terms refers to a different way of administering health care using existing [...]
Seven Qualities of a Reputable General Practitioner
Choosing a new doctor is one of those weird things in life that shouldn’t be complicated but is actually extremely complicated. Not only do you have to find [...]
Seven Crucial Questions to Ask When Looking for a New Pediatrician
New parents often have “find a pediatrician” at the top of their list when they’re expecting. It’s one of those critical yet time-consuming tasks that can suck up [...]
Maintaining Doctor-Patient Relationships in the Digital Era
In the digital age, we’re more connected than ever, but at the same time, we’re less likely to have real, human contact than we were pre-internet. This is [...]