Archive for the Week of March 16, 2005
Archive for the Week of March 16, 2005
Welcome to the medical billing blog archive for the week of March 16, 2005.
Here you will find links to every article added to the Outsource Management Group web site during the week of March 16, 2005.
You can browse this week's archives by clicking the "More" button from any of the excerpts below.
Unruly Patients – Knowledge is Power
Every practice has them, the sad, the mad, and the just plain bitter. Patients that are unhappy with co-pays, deductibles and out of pocket expenses. Prescription prices are up and so are premiums. How does a front desk or outsourced management team cope? In a word, education. Remember that customer service is still the easiest product to deliver in any profession. Staff and support team members who are willing to step up to the plate and deliver information in a sincere and confident manner can weather any patient fury. For those practices that lack an information source in a hurried front office consider info sheets explaining how new plan yearly …