Fiscal resolutions for a new decade

Setting the correct New Year’s resolutions for your business could ensure your practice is ready for the challenges a new decade may bring. Simon Brignall suggests ten for independent practitioners to consider

A new year, and especially one heralding a fresh decade, is a good time to reflect on oneself and what you have achieved as well as to introduce changes and set personal goals. Here’s ten to follow:

1 I will review the way my work is being billed to ensure I am compliant with the rules and regulations communicated monthly from the Clinical Coding and Schedule Development group (CCSD).

Keep abreast of the CCSD’s monthly changes and establish if they affect your specialty and possibly your income. 

Practices commonly make billing errors through being unaware of the changes. Also establish what rules each insurer adopts, because they can choose their own variants.