CDI can be a critical initiative that not only increases reimbursement revenue but also enhances the patient experience. In the wake of COVID-19, physician practices faced a myriad of challenges creating a contactless and consumer-friendly patient experience, ramping up telehealth services, and transitioning non-clinical staff to work from home. Given these priorities, it’s understandable that clinical documentation improvement, or CDI, didn’t see much attention during the first half of 2020. However, as providers shift from triaging day-to-day patient flow issues to focusing on financial resilience, CDI can be a critical initiative that not only increases reimbursement revenue but also enhances the patient experience.  How CDI helps practices financially and clinically Now that COVID-19 is beginning to plateau and patients are returning for “in person” visits, providers can once again turn their focus to CDI to achieve the host of benefits it offers. By focusing on quality clinical do

In part 2 of our discussion with Banker’s Healthcare Group, hear from the President of Patient Lending, Keith Gruebele, on how these programs can benefit your practice by extending the amount of patients that can receive and finance your services. In our last episode, we featured the first part of our Practice Financing discussion with Chris Panebianco, CMO of Bankers Healthcare Group, on loans and credit cards for physician practices. This week, we continue our practice financing discussion with a focus on patient lending services. Your ultimate goal as a healthcare provider is to provide the care that you spent years training to perfect. However, to provide care to all patients rests upon the presumption that patients will be able to pay for services. In an ideal world, this would be the case. But sometimes, some patients present with an ailment that must be treated regardless of the cost; the challenge comes in mitigating the cost responsibility In these instances, practices can tur