in How Independent Practices are Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic and Planning for Future Practice Operations In late April 2020, over 500 independent practices were interviewed to better understand the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their practices' viability, patient volumes, and how technology (like telehealth) is being used to overcome some of these challenges. The information below highlights the current state of independent medical practices. View Infographic By Aaron Perreira



gu Guide: It's Time to Switch to a Software Platform You Can Trust Kareo is an all-in-one, integrated technology platform that streamlines care delivery, patient engagement and business management workflows. View Guide

sa Isn't It Time to Switch to a Better Software? Switching to Kareo is easier than you think. We'll guide you every step of the way. View Data Sheet

gu COVID-19 Telehealth Coding and Billing Resource Guide For the latest on what independent medical practices and their billing companies need to know in providing telehealth services during the COVID-19 crisis, Kareo has put together a resource guide on CMS updates and answer questions from their recent webinar on the same topic. View Guide By Cher Knebel

Cher Knebel is a Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Kareo and has been a content creator for more than two decades, 15 years in health care industry.

gu Financial Relief Reference Guide View this reference guide to help you better understand the expanded government programs that you can take advantage of to ease financial burdens and maintain your current staff levels. View Guide By Aaron Perreira



aq APM Eligibility Assessment All eligible providers need to participate in MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) to avoid potentially significant penalties. How will this impact your practice? View Assessment/Quiz

cl Technology Assessment: What Matters to You Most? What tools do you need to deliver outstanding patient care while building a financially healthy practice? We'll help you customize an integrated platform that meets the unique needs of your independent practice. View Checklist

cs Success Story: InTouch Psychological Services Switching to Kareo Helps Mental Health Clinic Expand View Case Study

we HIPAA & OIG Compliance for Medical Billing Company Owners The success of your business relies on timely billing and accurate coding. Whether you’re managing the billing for one provider or 50, it’s a complex job that must meet a variety of regulations, making it easy for medical billing companies to be the target of false claims and fraudulent crimes. VIEW WEBINAR

cs Success Story: Manuka Health Clinic Telehealth solution from Kareo extends quality care for Lyme-MSIDS patients and boosts practice revenue View Case Study

cs Success Story: NeuroHope of Indiana Non-profit Rehab Center Works Miracles with Kareo View Case Study

we State of the Independent Practice Industry Report The results are in! Kareo conducted a nationwide survey to collect data on the current state of the independent medical practice. Respondents spanned general practice, family practice, internal medicine/primary care and more than 50 different specialties. VIEW WEBINAR

we Medical Billing Industry Report Kareo recently conducted a nationwide survey of medical billing companies with the goal of identifying key trends and sentiments around the medical billing industry, healthcare and billing technology, and business opportunities and risks. VIEW WEBINAR

we Getting Paid in 2019: What Independent Medical Practices Need To Know As 2018 is coming to a close, many independent practices are wondering what to expect in 2019. Patient financial responsibility continues to be a challenge for many practices. The Quality Payment Program (MIPs) continues to evolve. CMS is proposing changes to the way E/M visits are paid. VIEW WEBINAR

we Switching Your Medical Practice Software Is Easier Than You Think It’s a reality that at many independent medical practices, they don’t love their software. Providers struggle with unintuitive systems that add to their workload. Billers are frustrated with subpar claims and payment management features. Managers are sick of logging into multiple platforms to do their jobs. But it’s too hard to switch software providers, right? View Webinar By Heera Kang

Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Kareo

ba 5 Ways to Get Paid Under Value-Based Payment Models Under value-based payment models, payers increasingly reward high-quality services that improve outcomes. Find more ways to get paid using this value-based model. View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

ba Clean Claims Resource Roundup There's a renewed focus among independent medical practices to reduce insurance claims rejections and denials. Review some of the most common preventable rejections and denials. View Blog Article By Aimee Heckman

Healthcare Business Consultant

ba 5 Tips to Boost Your Revenue Cycle Management RCM is important because it not only protects the cash flow of the practice, but it also informs business transactions and supports provider and staff earnings. Try these five tips to help your practice drive effective RCM. View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

ba Relieving Regulatory Burdens on Small Practices In today’s demanding environment, a small practice needs an information technology partner that can keep up with market trends. Learn more about relieving regulatory burdens here. View Blog Article By Tom Giannulli

Former Chief Medical Information Officer, Kareo

ba Are You Smarter Than Your Payers? 3 Tips to Analyze Payer Reimbursement Accepting denials and underpayments as the status quo is one of the most common reasons why practices struggle to remain profitable. Use these three tips to help your practice analyze their reimbursements. View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

ba Understanding the Medical Claims Process to Get Paid Improving your claims process improves the profitability of your business. Get valuable tips here to improve your claims process. View Blog Article By Aimee Heckman

Healthcare Business Consultant

ba Are You Ready for the New Medicare Beneficiary Identifier? All new Medicare beneficiaries began receiving a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) instead of the old Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN). Make sure your office is ready for the new Medicare changes. View Blog Article By Aimee Heckman

Healthcare Business Consultant

ba Why Physician Practices Need a MIPS Expert on Staff Independent practices must find a way to streamline the CMS incentive program reporting process. Learn more about appointing a MIPS expert today. View Blog Article By Marina Verdara

Marina is a Sr. Training Specialist guiding Kareo customers to higher levels of success with their CMS Incentive Program reporting, including MIPS and Meaningful Use.

ba How to Choose a MIPS-Savvy Medical Billing Service Nine out of 10 small, independent practices are unprepared financially and technologically for the challenges of implementing value-driven care. Learn more about your outsourced billing options and software solutions for MIPS success. View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

vi Medical Billing Company Market Overview Rob Pickell, Kareo's CMO, talks to medical billing companies during the 2018 Kareo Success Summit. Learn more about future prospects and opportunities in revenue growth for billing companies. View Video By Heera Kang

Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Kareo

ba Q&A With Kareo's Head of Data Security Across healthcare, data security has become a top priority. Learn how medical practices can protect patient information. View Blog Article By Jesse Salmon

Information Security Architect at Kareo

ba Barriers to MACRA Participation Eligible providers are facing real-time barriers during the first year of MACRA. View Blog Article By Vicky Warren

Healthcare Writer

cl APM Checklist for Billing Managers Billers and billing managers can use this checklist for their clinicians that are participating in the Quality Payment Program under the APM reporting track. View Checklist

cl MIPS Checklist For Billing Managers MACRA support services is an untapped business opportunity for medical billing companies and professionals. View Checklist

we Setting Up Your Medical Practice for a Smooth Reimbursement Process The cost in additional staff time to rework a rejected claim can come to $100 per claim, by some conservative estimates. Not to mention the cost of the lost revenue when denied claims ultimately end up in collections and are written off. Setting up your practice for a smooth reimbursement process, with less rejections and denials, can make a significant difference in your practice revenue and workflow... View Webinar

lk Webinar: Get Paid Faster by Improving Your Enrollments Process Enrollments can be a complicated process and one of the primary barriers to getting paid. Independent medical practices and their billing partners will benefit from a streamlined and efficient enrollments process to remove barriers that block timely reimbursement. View Webinar

we Telehealth for Revenue Generation and Patient Retention: Why Billing Companies Should Care Surveys show that most patients are interested in telehealth appointments and would prioritize increased access to care over in-person interaction with providers. View Webinar

we How Telehealth Helps Improve Care Delivery and Increase Revenue Do you have telehealth? This is a question you’ll get more frequently now that public and private reimbursement is opening up. Patients are coming to expect this care delivery method, and new technology makes it easier than ever to offer video visits. View Webinar

ba Why Clinicians Need a 2015 Certified EHR What does “2015 Certified EHR” mean to clinicians? Beyond the fact that 2015 is indeed the most recent certification criteria as issued by the HHS, why should medical practices care? View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

ba Getting Paid in 2018: Ways to Optimize Time in Medical Practices Physicians may feel they are working at high speed, but looking at what they are actually doing minute to minute reveals important details. View Blog Article By Elizabeth Woodcock

Medical Practice Management Trainer, Speaker & Author

ba 2018 MIPS Timeline and Scoring System Here's an overview of the 2018 MIPS scoring system and important dates to keep in mind during your year of reporting for the Quality Payment Program. View Blog Article By Marina Verdara

Marina is a Sr. Training Specialist guiding Kareo customers to higher levels of success with their CMS Incentive Program reporting, including MIPS and Meaningful Use.

ba 2018 MIPS Eligibility Assessment In 2018, all eligible providers will need to begin participation in MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) to avoid potentially significant penalties. It will be important to find out how this could impact Medicare Part B reimbursements for your practice. View Blog Article By Marina Verdara

Marina is a Sr. Training Specialist guiding Kareo customers to higher levels of success with their CMS Incentive Program reporting, including MIPS and Meaningful Use.

ba Your 2018 MIPS Action Plan At Kareo, we're here to help you on your journey through Year 2 of the MIPS incentive program reporting process. View Blog Article By Marina Verdara

Marina is a Sr. Training Specialist guiding Kareo customers to higher levels of success with their CMS Incentive Program reporting, including MIPS and Meaningful Use.

ba Clinician Guide to the MACRA 2018 Quality Payment Program Based on the new scoring system, reporting for a full year—starting from Jan. 1—could earn you up to a 5% positive payment adjustment. And in fact, measures in the Quality category must now be reported for the full year. The time to take action is now! View Blog Article By Heera Kang

Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Kareo

ba 2018 Medicare Reimbursement Updates The final rules for the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) published in November contain decidedly mixed results for Medicare physician reimbursement, coding rules and other policies. View Blog Article By Elizabeth Woodcock

Medical Practice Management Trainer, Speaker & Author

ba Small Practice Primer on Virtual Groups for MIPS There’s relief in sight for small practices participating in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer

ba Kareo Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction by G2 Crowd Kareo’s all-in-one medical practice management and clinical care software solution has been ranked the highest in customer satisfaction, according to the G2 Crowd Grid® for Medical Practice Management, a comprehensive report released by G2 Crowd. View Blog Article By Martin Phan

Martin serves as Campaign Manager at Kareo.

ba High-Performing Dermatology Practice Shares Key to Success What’s the key to success for new practices starting out in this competitive healthcare market? According to Westgate Skin & Cancer: efficiency. View Blog Article By Heera Kang

Sr. Content Marketing Manager at Kareo

ba 3 Steps to Prepare for a Risk-Adjustment Audit Risk adjustment plays a significant role in Medicare Advantage contracts, commercial capitated payment arrangements, and CMS alternative payment models such as shared-savings contracts and accountable care organizations. View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

ba 2018 MACRA Update for Small Practices The CMS released the proposed rule for the 2018 Quality Payment Program. Let's take a look at the proposed rule for next year and see how practices can prepare for the changes that may come in the second year of the program. View Blog Article By Tom Giannulli

Former Chief Medical Information Officer, Kareo

ba Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Is Real Ten years ago artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare was only realized in movies and sci-fi specials. Today the AI movement has caught up to reality and day-to-day healthcare in a big way. View Blog Article By Tom Giannulli

Former Chief Medical Information Officer, Kareo

ba Pros and Cons of Medicare for Independent Practices These days, there’s no shortage of payers in the healthcare marketplace, and many physicians choose to contract with those that pay the highest rates. But is it the right approach when trying to expand the practice? View Blog Article By Lisa Eramo

Freelance Healthcare Writer & Editor

ba 6 Questions to Assess Your Medical Office Workflow Workflow, much like technology, is a powerful form of leverage that can work for or against you. View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer

ba The Perils of Patient Leakage For practices experiencing patient leakage it means you’re losing current patients to other facilities or services. View Blog Article By Lauren Cranford

Marketing Manager at Chiron Health

ba Hallmarks of a Great Medical Practice Manager When you understand what makes up a thriving practice, you quickly realize that it’s the staff that drives that success. Your practice manager will be one of your most valuable assets. View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer

we Understanding Patients: The Secret to a Thriving 21st Century Medical Practice With patients taking on more of the financial burden for their own medical care, providers will do well finding ways to make their practices more patient-centered. View Webinar

we Patient Collections Boot Camp: Part 2 - Optimizing Collections Before, During, and After the Visit Explore best practices for optimizing your patient collections process. View Webinar

we Patient Collections Boot Camp: Part 1 - Preparing Your Technology, Your Staff, and Your Financial Policy Learn about critical elements that you could implement to propel your patient collections process to the next level. View Webinar

ba MIPS Matters: Quality Category Overview MACRA rule laid out the Quality Payment Program (QPP) which consolidates previous CMS incentive programs into a single program that began on January 1, 2017. Here is an overview of the Quality category, which replaces the PQRS program. View Blog Article By Beth Onofri

Clinical Market Advisor, Kareo

ba MIPS Matters: Pick Your Pace With MIPS, you can “pick your pace”. This is what determines your timeline and level of participation and reimbursement. Find out about your options. View Blog Article By Beth Onofri

Clinical Market Advisor, Kareo

ba MIPS Matters: Understanding Eligibility & Exclusions Find out who is eligible for MIPS and who is excluded. View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Quick Assessment: Will You Participate In MACRA? To find out if you should be participating in MIPS or Advanced APMs or are excluded you can take this short, simple assessment. View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Read All the Predictions for Healthcare in 2017 from Latest #KareoChat See a wide range of healthcare predictions for 2017. View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Revisit the Top 16 Go Practice Blog Posts of 2016 See the best Go Practice blog posts of 2016! View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Elizabeth Woodcock Answers Questions about Medical Billing Changes Coming in 2017 Get answers to come of the common questions about medical billing changes coming in 2017. View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Kareo Clinical is MACRA-Ready Kareo Clinical is MACRA-ready for Kareo's Core Specialties View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Reimbursement Update: Get Ready for 2017 Elizabeth Woodcock shares a preview of medical billing changes coming in 2017. View Blog Article By Elizabeth Woodcock

Medical Practice Management Trainer, Speaker & Author

ba See What the Experts Had to Say about What a Trump Presidency Means for Healthcare at Latest #KareoChat View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

gu Independent Practice Guide to the MACRA Quality Payment Program Use this simple guide to get a a basic understanding of MACRA's Quality Payment Program. View Guide

ba Independent Providers and Staff Share Thoughts on MACRA See an overview of the results of a recent survey about MACRA. View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba Your MACRA Questions Answered John Lynn answers your questions about MACRA View Blog Article By John Lynn

Editor and Founder, HealthcareScene.com

ba What Does the Trump Presidency Mean for Your Independent Medical Practice? Dr. Tom Giannulli looks at what might happen in healthcare in the first 100 days of the Trump presidency. View Blog Article By Tom Giannulli| MD|MS

Chief Medical Information Officer, Kareo

ba MACRA Final Rule – Is Your Practice Ready? Learn how the MACRA final rule impacts small practices. View Blog Article By John Lynn

Editor and Founder, HealthcareScene.com

in MIPS 2017 Timeline If you'll be participating in MIPS, use this graphic to see your timeline. View Infographic

cl 2017 MACRA Quality Payment Program Eligibility Assessment Find out if you are eligible for the Quality Payment Program in 2017 and which track you'll be in. View Checklist

ba MACRA Final Rule Increases Exclusions View Blog Article By Lea Chatham

Medical Practice Writer

ba John Lynn Answers Your MACRA Questions As a follow up to our recent webinar on MACRA, John Lynn and Kareo have answered some of the more common questions asked by attendees. View Blog Article By John Lynn

Editor and Founder, HealthcareScene.com

ba MACRA Will Impact Small Practices MACRA is coming. Find out From John Lynn what this might mean for small practices. View Blog Article By John Lynn

Editor and Founder, HealthcareScene.com

ba Understanding New CPC+ Model from CMS The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) payment model is a five year program that will begin in January 2017. Here's what you need to know. View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer

ba How to Raise Your MIPS Score 2017 is the first performance year of CMS’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), and now is the time to prepare. Find out how. View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer

ba Use the Right Technology to Thrive in a Value-Based Environment Value-based reimbursement is here to stay. It is being embraced by CMS and commercial payers. Using the right technology is more important than ever. View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer

ba Commercial Payers and Value-Based Reimbursement Commercial payers have jumped on board in the transition away from fee-for-service and are embracing fee-for-value. Here are examples of how. View Blog Article By Adria Schmedthorst

Healthcare Business Writer