Physician Practice Tools
When to Call Private Sector Advocacy (PDF)
Cash practice alternatives: Considerations for physicians (PDF)
Shopping for a credit or debit card merchant agreement: Guidelines for physicians (PDF)
Fee schedule analysis: Using your complete practice cost as a guide (PDF)
Hypothetical physician practice fee schedule (PDF)
Interactive fee schedule (Excel)
Achieving Medical Home recognition (PDF)
Internal Collections in the physician practice
(PDF)
*Sample Practice Forms and Policies:
Patient financial review form (PDF)
Printing and mailing statements (PDF)
Handling patient billing questions (PDF)
10 steps to enhance patient satisfaction in your practice (PDF)
15 questions to ask before signing an electronic medical record or electronic health record agreement (PDF)
Understanding the HIPAA standard transactions: The HIPAA Transactions and Code Set rule (PDF)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Transaction Code Set Vendor survey (PDF)
Data ownership issues for the physician practice and a medical billing service (PDF)
A guide to working with health plan representatives (PDF)
Read your contracts - protected health information (PHI)
(PDF)
Is your practice losing revenue through inappropriate health plan adjustments?
(PDF)
Frequently asked questions regarding electronic funds transfer agreements
(PDF)
How to Perform a Physician Practice Internal Billing Audit
(PDF)
How to Prepare for a Health Plan Retrospective Audit
(PDF)
Out-of-Network Payment Challenges for the Physician Practice (PDF)
Online Medical Consultations: Connecting Physicians with Patients
(PDF)
*Understanding Your Health Insurance Policy and Payment Practices
(PDF)
The tangled web: The rental network PPO industry
(PDF)
Read your contracts: Is your practice losing revenue through rental network PPOs?
(PDF)
15 steps to protect your practice from unfair payment tactics (PDF)
How to Select a Collection Service
(PDF)
Information technology solutions: consider the potential savings
(PDF)
What is a Medical Billing Service?
(PDF)
*How to Select a Billing Software Vendor for the Physician Practice
(PDF)
*What is a Clearinghouse?
(PDF)
* The AMA and the Kentucky Medical Association would like to thank the members of the Kentucky Medical Group Management Association for their contributions made in the development of these educational flyers.
