The below articles are all published in BC advantage
Magazine and written and contributed by David
Jakielo
David Jakielo CEO
at David F. Jakielo Seminars & Consulting
Pittsburgh, PA
How to Market Your Medical Billing Services- PART II
In the last issue of BC Advantage, I shared with you 15 Sales and Marketing Strategies that will help you grow your company. Here are 15 more proven ideas. Why is marketing necessary? Because today's Medical Billing Marketplace is more competitive th...
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How to Market Your Medical Billing Services- PART I
Today, the Medical Billing Marketplace is more competitive than ever and if you are not pro actively marketing your services, you may find your clients slowly slipping away. For the first time in the billing industry, companies are losing clients eve...
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Medical Billing is a Numbers Game
Have you noticed that the Medical Billing Industry is facing a few CHALLENGES in today's marketplace? Trying to speculate what the billing environment will look like in a few years is anybody's guess.
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Managing Multiple Generations
For the first time in history, there are four generations working together in the workplace; this leads to new challenges for today's managers. If you have been in management for over 10 years, the leadership style that helped you to get where you ar...
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Planning Your Future - Where do you go from here?
A universal truth in the Medical Billing Industry today is that the marketplace has never been facing more uncertainty. However, as everyone knows with uncertainty, there can be both threats and opportunities.
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Is Exhibiting at Trade Shows Right for You?
By: Dave Jakielo, CHBME With the cooler months upon us there are now a ton of conventions, association and trade show meetings taking place. I often get ask the question, "Should I be an exhibitor at a specific trade show?"
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Let's Review 2010 and Prepare for 2011
This has been a roller coaster year in the wild and wacky world of Healthcare. Let's examine the highlights and low points of 2010.
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HBMA From the Road - Your Leadership Abilities are Directly Tied to Your Success
There are many variables that contribute to the success of a company but one of the most important is the leadership of the management team. People at the top of any organization must realize that management's key responsibility is the accomplishment...
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Are you and Entrepreneur or an Intrapreneur?
Before we delve into this month's article, a few definitions are in order relating to your leadership style. Entrepreneurs work on their businesses while Intrapreneurs work in their businesses. In the past, you could run a successful company regardle...
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Investing in Your Most Important Asset
My career has now spanned over four decades in the healthcare arena and I feel that today is the most exciting time to be involved in Medical Billing industry. There isn't a day that goes by where there isn't a news report or a discussion on talk rad...
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Economic Climate Change - Key Elements to Monitor or Adjust
Global warming isn't the only climate change we're living through. Many of us have never lived through an economic downturn of the magnitude that we are currently experiencing. We have seen our 401Ks drop so low that they are now going to be renamed ...
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Some Things I Think, I Think: What's in Store for Healthcare?
Now that over half the year has past and we have a new administration in place, hardly a day goes by without a headline about healthcare reform in some newspaper, magazine, or blog. Although the media mentions healthcare daily, no concrete plans have...
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Clearing out the Dead Wood
First the Bad News: The economy is tanking and unemployment is rising.
Now the Good News (for some): Unemployment is on the rise and that is good for our industry and your company. There is an abundance of extremely talented people looking for new ...
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COLLECTING SELF PAY BALANCES -
You cannot pick up a paper today without reading about the 47 million uninsured Americans. Well that is only the tip of the iceberg.
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From Black to Red: Where Have All My Profits Gone?
Unfortunately one of my predictions is starting to come true: the profitability of mediocre billing companies is eroding at a rapid pace and if steps are not taken to improve the overall fiscal health of these firms, they are in danger of going out o...
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It's a Small, Small World
I have just returned from my fourth trip to India where I was conducting Leadership and Customer Service seminars for managers and associates in various companies. Even though I was half way around the world the issues facing businesses in India are ...
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