One of the intended effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare (ACA) was to improve the physician payment landscape and the quality of care provided to patients. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are one of the mechanisms that was enacted...
It has become regular practice to jump online to see what others think of a restaurant before grabbing a bit to eat. You should expect that something as important as finding a physician is being treated at least as critically as dinner plans. Our businesses...
We have reached the time of year when the fiscal year is coming to a close for many of our practices, whether that is this quarter or next. If you haven’t been closely tracking your accounts receivable throughout the year, this is a good time...
Whether you're new to the healthcare space or a veteran, with the abundance of information out there how do you know which sources are worth paying attention to and reliable? We know you can't rely on speroSays for all of your industry updates (it's a pretty great...
This week on our blog we want to hear from you! What are your greatest revenue cycle challenges? What information are you looking for and how can we be a better resource for you? We’ll take your feedback to our team to develop better content...
By Congressional standards, last night was a very exciting night in the Senate. A “votarama” had been slated for later in the day, and voting for the “skinny” version of the repeal and replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to...
Working in revenue cycle requires us to have a fairly heavy reliance on a great variety of data. I would go so far as to say many of us here at speroMD have crossed the bridge to being quite nerdy when it comes to data. ...
Our blog often focuses on treating the medical practice as a business. For many of us, the patient care element is the focus and it dulls the otherwise sharp business perspective we may have in a different environment. With this in mind, it’s important to...
speroMD is located in Illinois, and therefore many of our readers live and work in Illinois. Whether or not you are in Illinois, the state made national news this week due to extreme budget difficulties that led Moody’s to threaten a “junk” status credit rating...
At long last, yesterday we all received the first look at the healthcare bill that is the product of the legislative process following the House’s passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is the bill born from the...