Cvikota Medical Business Services Blog

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  The Light at the End of the Tunnel

  Hope Springs Eternal.  After a long April filled with uncertainty, the month of May arrives, and I think it is safe to say that spring has officially...

  05/08/2020
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  Cvikota Medical Business Services - Working for You

      These are truly extraordinary times. Healthcare providers and the teams that support them are wrestling with unforeseen challenges every day,...

  04/10/2020
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  Let's be Thankful Together

  “I’m afraid I might be everything I hate.”  -  The Vespers “We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet...

  11/22/2017
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  Now What? Expectations in the RCM onboarding process.

  "If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing."                                                  -W....

  08/31/2017
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  Make "Payment Convenience" a Key Term in Your RCM Vocabulary

  For a while now, there has been a steady drum beat in the healthcare press regarding MACRA/MIPS and the importance of provider participation.  It is...

  08/17/2017
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  Promises and the Art of Not Keeping Them

  “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”   - Unknown “Here's the way I see it, Ted.  Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants...

  06/02/2017
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  Of Dementia and Documentation

  “I meant every word I didn’t say.”  -Jimmy Dunne My mother is 90 and showing early signs of dementia.  She forgets things.  She occasionally suspects...

  04/13/2017
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  Miracle Cures and Medical Billing

  “Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honesty is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you”                                ...

  04/03/2017
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  Cash may be king, but Cash Flow is the power behind the throne.

  A friend of mine says, “Money isn’t the key to happiness, but if you have enough money, you can get a key made!”  That’s not really true, of course,...

  03/17/2017
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  Are you cash-flowing your patients' lives?

  Last night a member of my immediate family spent over two hours in urgent care - two doctors, four nurses working simultaneously, two separate blood...

  11/08/2016
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  MACRA, MIPS, and APMs Understanding the move to value-based reimbursement

  "It's not about the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand."  - Randy Pausch, the Last Lecture Seems like not too long ago we were all fixated...

  04/04/2016
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  RFP, RFI, or RFQ. Anyway you spell it...

  Technically speaking, they're different. The Humboldt State University's IT Services website  explains the differences between them, if you care....

  03/07/2016