tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 3

Patient Census: Rabbit Season or Duck Season - Understand Changes in Patient Demand

Demand may fluctuate, but understanding the patterns helps you copeSo you have a pretty good idea of how many patients want an appointment in your practice on a particular day. Life would be so simple if that number stayed exactly the same year-round, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, life isn't that straightforward. In the real world, there are all kinds of fluctuations in patients' demand for your services. There may be changes week to week, but the biggest change will be over seasons. To account for seasonal variations, you simply keep tracking over a long term, says Catherine Tantau...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci Part B Insider.


Keep pace with evolving Medicare regulations with timely analysis of critical updates interpreted in an easy-to-follow, easy-to-apply format. Your subscription to TCI’s Part B Insider will equip you to navigate code and guideline changes, CCI edits, and revisions to modifiers, the fee schedule, OIG target areas, and more.

  • Current newsletters added each month
  • Fully searchable archives - over 4800 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 2003 organized by year and issue
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles

This feature is currently unavailable for online purchase. For more information, please call 801-770-4203 or Contact Us.

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.