Feds to keep a closer watch on debt collections
Debt collectors will soon be under more scrutiny from the courts and federal agencies – that means choosing a reputable agency is now even more important for businesses.
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Debt collectors will soon be under more scrutiny from the courts and federal agencies – that means choosing a reputable agency is now even more important for businesses.
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Though third-party collection agencies run their operations separate from your company, customers that the agency contacts will still connect the experience with your business. That means what gets said by the agency’s collectors can have a big impact on your company’s reputation.
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It’s a tough time for healthcare providers.
Thanks to an increasingly complex web of coding regulations and payer rules – plus a rough economy making patients and insurance more tightfisted regarding their finances – it’s harder than ever for practices to collect the money they’re owed.
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All organizations need to be careful about how they use their resources. And that includes a company’s most important resource: its employees.
The workforce commands the biggest expense in most companies, and employees are the biggest key to a business’s success. Unfortunately, staff time is also one of the most difficult things for a company to track and manage.
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The Internet has opened up a lot of new marketing opportunities for businesses. Companies can now deliver highly targeted, sophisticated marketing messages to potential customers.
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The cost of providing benefits to employees is one of the fastest growing items in all companies’ budgets. Even as employee salaries have stayed the same, the price of health insurance and other benefits has risen sharply, and there’s no end in sight.
Advances in technology have created powerful new tools that can help businesses cut costs and boost efficiency. But the best technology is often only accessible to the largest enterprises.
The federal government is pushing healthcare providers to make theswitch to electronic medical records (EMRs), pledging billions of dollars instimulus funds to help cover the costs of installing EMR systems. And starting in 2015, hospitals and doctors that aren’t using EMRs will bepenalized in the form of decreased Medicare payments.
Even before the stimulus was passed, many healthcare providers hadbegun installing EMR systems to take advantage of the increasedefficiency, lower operating costs, and – most importantly – better quality ofcare for patients they offer.
This white paper will explain the details of the federal incentive program for EMR software, as well as the steps to take to choose the right EMR systemfor your facility, and how to keep patient data secure and confidential whenit’s converted to an electronic format.
Download your free copy of Electronic Medical Records: Choosing the Best System for Your Practice (pdf)
When times are tight, businesses are forced to get more done with limited IT resources.
Server virtualization is a tool that allows companies to do just that. Virtualization allows businesses to consolidate servers to get more out of equipment they already own, saving on hardware costs, as well as the costs required to maintain, power, and cool that equipment. Read the rest of this entry »