Automation

In today's fast-paced business environment, the ability to automate business processes can be the key to staying ahead of the competition. Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of tools designed to help businesses automate processes and improve productivity. It consists of four main components: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse. Power Apps allows businesses to create custom apps without the need for extensive coding knowledge. Power Automate, on…

A healthcare facility’s Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) is designed to provide clear access to discounted or free care for those that need financial assistance to access vital healthcare. The policy is designed to both make patients aware of any assistance that they are entitled to receive and also to ensure a consistent quality of service and level of transparency across the sector. And becoming FAP compliant is vital for all…

What Is A Good Faith Estimate? The concept of a Good Faith Estimate (or GFE) was introduced alongside the No Surprises Act in early 2022. The estimate acts as notification of expected medical costs to those who are uninsured or choosing to pay for treatments separately from their medical insurance plan (self-pay patients). The legislation must be followed by all licensed healthcare providers and there are no specified exemptions for…

What is the No Surprises Act? The No Surprises Act, in its most basic form, is federal protection for those with either individual or group healthcare plans. It is designed to protect them from surprise medical bills when using emergency services (and some non-emergency services.) The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that as many as one in every five insured adults had received surprise medical bills in the…

Covid -19 created a profound impact across the planet.  Costing millions of lives, altering social and interactional norms, and disrupting the global economy, the world has needed to quickly adapt to a “new normal.” Of course, there are always silver linings in the darkest of clouds. For the healthcare industry, this silver lining is a reevaluation of its practices and priorities and the emergence of new trends in healthcare. In…