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Practice How to cut no-shows without double-booking your schedule 
Billing Claim denials explained: where the money gets stuck 
Compliance What a HIPAA security risk analysis has to cover 
Health IT Cloud EHR or a server in the closet: what a small practice should weigh 
Devices What a value analysis committee asks before it buys a device 
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Healthcare, run like a business
Billing, compliance, software, devices and the deals behind them, explained plainly for the people who run practices and build health tech.
Front desk to lab bench · one section at a time
Make the rounds, one department at a time.
Practice Stop 01 of 06 Ana Petrovic 8 min read Practice How to cut no-shows without double-booking your schedule Before you pay for a smarter scheduling tool or start overbooking, run these five checks. Most missed appointments share a few fixable causes, and the first two cost nothing. Read the story Billing Stop 02 of 06 Ana Petrovic 7 min read Billing Claim denials explained: where the money gets stuck A denied claim is not lost money yet, but it is late money with extra work attached. Here is what a denial actually is, why most of them start at the front desk, and how to read the codes. Read the story Compliance Stop 03 of 06 Jules Moreau 9 min read Compliance What a HIPAA security risk analysis has to cover The risk analysis is the document auditors ask for first and practices most often get wrong. Here is what it needs to include, in the order you will actually do it. Read the story Health IT Stop 04 of 06 Priya Raman 7 min read Health IT Cloud EHR or a server in the closet: what a small practice should weigh The hosting decision shapes your costs, your IT workload and who answers the phone when something breaks. Here is how the two options compare for a practice without an IT department. Read the story Devices Stop 05 of 06 Tomás Ferreira 8 min read Devices What a value analysis committee asks before it buys a device A great device can still stall in a hospital for months. The reason is usually a committee most vendors never meet, and the questions it asks are more about cost and workflow than about the technology. Read the story Biotech Stop 06 of 06 Tomás Ferreira 6 min read Biotech Stop valuing a biotech on its platform slide Platform stories raise first rounds. Partners and later investors pay for assets and data. Young biotech companies would do better to lead with the second and let the platform earn its place. Read the story Latest
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Healthcare runs on more than medicine. Here is what we would hand a new owner, a compliance lead, a founder and a buyer on their first day.
Running the practice For owners and managers Staying compliant For compliance leads Staying compliant
Building health tech For founders Buying equipment For buyers Buying equipment
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- Practice 1 How to cut no-shows without double-booking your schedule 8 min Oct 23
- Billing 1 Claim denials explained: where the money gets stuck 7 min Oct 21
- Compliance 1 What a HIPAA security risk analysis has to cover 9 min Oct 19
- Health IT 1 Cloud EHR or a server in the closet: what a small practice should weigh 7 min Oct 16
- Devices 1 What a value analysis committee asks before it buys a device 8 min Oct 14
- Biotech 1 Stop valuing a biotech on its platform slide 6 min Oct 12
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