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
The American Healthcare System: A Problem in Need of Solutions
The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, yet it has some of the worst health outcomes. This is due in part to a number of problems with the American healthcare system, including:
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Is Now the Right Time to Start a Medical Billing Company?
Occasionally, I receive a call in my office asking my advice regarding whether or not I think it is a good time to start a medical billing company. I never answer the question directly; rather, we have a discussion outlining the positive and negative...
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Managing Virtual Teams
It is hard to believe, but at the time of printing this article, it has been over 600 days since the country shut down for the first time. In March of 2020, COVID-19 changed our business lives forever. The last live seminar I gave was in Las Vegas in...
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Fixes for Healthcare: PART TWO
In my last article, I outlined four ideas that could help streamline our complex healthcare system. To recap, they were:...
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Fixes for Healthcare: PART ONE
Many people talk about our dysfunctional, broken, out-of-control healthcare system, but few offer ideas to try to minimize the bureaucracy, reduce the administrative burdens, and change the economic incentives....
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What We Have Learned from COVID-19: MythBusters
Well, 2020 certainly was a unique year. Thanks to COVID-19, we had to adapt our businesses to a new, untested model, not by choice, but out of necessity. Our long-term strategic plans became confetti as they were devoured by our paper shredders. ...
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Medical Billing Companies: We Are Not a Commodity
Have you ever wondered why sometimes it seems that the relationship between medical practices and their billing companies on not on a level playing field? I have and it leaves me confused as to why relationships deteriorate even when the billing comp...
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Things Will Never Be the Same
The world will never be the same. The coronavirus has disrupted everything, including the entire Medical Billing Industry, and I don't think anyone could have predicted the damage....
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