It's no surprise that money is a leading driver of health care choices. From determining where you go for treatment to influencing when and if you decide to go for treatment, financial factors play a big part in shaping our…

PIP, which stands for Personal Injury Protection, and MedPay, Medical Payments, are two types of payments that cover costs for immediate and necessary medical care after a patient has been in a car accident.  With PIP and MedPay, insurance companies…

“What gets checked gets done.” That was the message scrawled on a piece of paper pinned to the office wall of one of my mentors. He believed in setting expectations and empowering others to carry them out. However, in an…

In the last year, Americans have faced escalating health insurance costs and high-end deductibles. They often end up having to pay thousands of dollars before their insurance company even starts to pay for a portion of the expenses. It is…

Across America, healthcare costs are skyrocketing. Employers are often shifting to consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) in an effort to battle the inflated prices. CDHP plans have high deductibles and the employee is faced with even greater payment responsibility. Unfortunately, many…

The title of this article sounds counter-intuitive, doesn’t it? In order to resolve more self-pay accounts more frequently, empower your self-pay patients to pay in affordable, incremental payments each month. How does this work exactly? Throughout the course of our…