Whatever size the office, the smooth running of a medical practice requires the management of tremendous administrative, legal, financial and technological challenges. Prior to joining Hardesty, our healthcare leaders have run healthcare provider organizations or led clinical programs. For our medical practice clients, Hardesty Healthcare Solutions has developed business and marketing plans, identified necessary external resources and actually managed practices on an interim basis until issues have been stabilized. Specific examples have included: recruitment and retention of staff; implementation of the electronic health record and billing software; payer contracting; coding analysis & pricing methodologies; assessing practice compliance; integrating corporate missions; establishing pay structures; fostering and mentoring administrative and clinical leaders; maximizing workload efficiency; improving provider and patient engagement; establishing quality standards and risk management.

Medical billing is getting increasingly more complicated. Risk-adjusted or health-based payment methodologies that have been the cornerstone for government-sponsored programs such as Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations increasingly are being adopted in commercial plans. Proper revenue cycle management ensures that billing errors are reduced so that reimbursements from the insurance companies are maximized. Hardesty Health Solutions can audit billing practices, implement the proper initiatives and information technology and identify the proper coding practices so that claims can be processed and practitioners are compensated for all services rendered.