News & Insights
Get the latest industry news, information, and insights from DataDx!
-
How To Recession Proof Your Practice
Learn how leveraging the right data at the right time can help you stabilize your practice, in spite of the volatility other businesses might be facing. Is it possible to “recession-proof” your practice? While we don’t have a crystal ball that enables us to see into the future, there are certainly some tried and true…
Read More: How To Recession Proof Your Practice
-
Case Study: Practicing the ‘Art of Medicine’
As one of the only private pain management practices in Oregon consistently involved in clinical research, Spinal Diagnostics has made a longstanding commitment to bring the best possible treatment options to their patients. That means going above and beyond to explore non-invasive options before surgery is ever considered because this team of providers is only…
Read More: Case Study: Practicing the ‘Art of Medicine’
-
How Data Can Save You Time in Contract Negotiations
If you’re a practice owner or an administrator, you’re no doubt paying very close attention to the practice’s bottom line. And, it can also be safely assumed that you’ve seen a trend toward your reimbursements decreasing year over year, despite you being busier than ever. More responsibilities. More work. Less time. And less money? How…
Read More: How Data Can Save You Time in Contract Negotiations
-
Why Data Is Essential To Your Practice’s Short and Long-Term Success
Running a successful medical practice requires an incredibly diverse skill set. Operations, marketing, finance, human resources, and the professional growth of your team are just a few of the critical aspects of keeping the business healthy, not to mention all of the time, knowledge, and responsibilities necessary to fulfill the core mission of your practice:…
Read More: Why Data Is Essential To Your Practice’s Short and Long-Term Success
-
Orchid Health Case Study
Orchid Health, an Oregon-based, primary care medical practice faced many of the same challenges all private practices do: With four locations specializing in their patients’ medical, dental, and behavioral health needs, and a focus on solving the inefficiencies of modern healthcare, Orchid Health felt the weight of a big responsibility on their shoulders. But, given…
Read More: Orchid Health Case Study
-
Oregon Medical Association Names DataDx as Approved Vendor
New dynamic software tool allows dentists to make real-time comparisons of aggregate finance and practice data to determine how they stack-up, while also predicting expenses and trends.
Read More: Oregon Medical Association Names DataDx as Approved Vendor
-
DataDx Launches Dental Benchmarking Tool
New dynamic software tool allows dentists to make real-time comparisons of aggregate finance and practice data to determine how they stack-up, while also predicting expenses and trends.
Read More: DataDx Launches Dental Benchmarking Tool
-
Taking the Sting out of Worker’s Compensation Claims
DataDx is thrilled to be featured in a recent case study by our partners at CSG Pro. Through our partnership with CSG Pro, we were able to enhance our SaaS data platform to take ownership of data, improve user experience, and pass time and cost savings onto our clients.
Read More: Taking the Sting out of Worker’s Compensation Claims
-
Indicators of a Healthy Practice
DataDx is thrilled to be featured in a recent case study by our partners at CSG Pro. Through our partnership with CSG Pro, we were able to enhance our SaaS data platform to take ownership of data, improve user experience, and pass time and cost savings onto our clients.
Read More: Indicators of a Healthy Practice
-
DataDx Version 2.0 Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
DataDx is thrilled to be featured in a recent case study by our partners at CSG Pro. Through our partnership with CSG Pro, we were able to enhance our SaaS data platform to take ownership of data, improve user experience, and pass time and cost savings onto our clients.
Read More: DataDx Version 2.0 Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace -
How Elevating a Saas Platform Integrated the Data Experience
DataDx is thrilled to be featured in a recent case study by our partners at CSG Pro. Through our partnership with CSG Pro, we were able to enhance our SaaS data platform to take ownership of data, improve user experience, and pass time and cost savings onto our clients.
Read More: How Elevating a Saas Platform Integrated the Data Experience
-
Applying Anomaly Detection to Healthcare Data
Anomaly detection, also known as outlier detection, is a technique used to identify unusual patterns that are significantly different from normal data. Anomaly detection can be used in a variety of fields to detect things like credit card, insurance, or healthcare fraud; campaign donation irregularities.
Read More: Applying Anomaly Detection to Healthcare Data
-
Preparing Your Practice for Successful Payor Contract Negotiations
In many states throughout the country, medical practices are beginning to resume surgeries and procedures that CMS previously placed on hold. The precautions taken to preserve personal protective equipment and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 caused us to see a significant decrease…
Read More: Preparing Your Practice for Successful Payor Contract Negotiations
-
Part 1 of 3: What to Consider When Reopening Your Practice After the Current COVID-19 Crisis
Every practice will need a plan to ensure its future success. Reopening practices and restarting services won’t be easy. The success of that plan will require shareholders and practice administrators to keep their fingers on the pulse of their practice or risk reopening too quickly or too slowly.
Read More: Part 1 of 3: What to Consider When Reopening Your Practice After the Current COVID-19 Crisis
-
Part 2 of 3: What to Consider When Reopening Your Practice After the Current COVID-19 Crisis
During normal times, medical and dental practices are relatively well-oiled machines. They are built to safely and effectively see the right number of patients in a workday while maintaining patient, provider, and employee satisfaction. When done right, patients get the best care possible…
Read More: Part 2 of 3: What to Consider When Reopening Your Practice After the Current COVID-19 Crisis
-
Part 3 of 3: What to Consider When Reopening Your Practice After the Current COVID-19 Crisis
It’s cliché to say that COVID-19 has had a major impact on our society. COVID-19 and its related impacts have affected nearly every aspect of our lives including how we access healthcare. Stay at home orders and bans on procedures have reduced patient volumes to a fraction of pre-COVID-19 levels.
Read More: Part 3 of 3: What to Consider When Reopening Your Practice After the Current COVID-19 Crisis
-
What’s Getting In The Way of Your Strategic Plan?
One of the questions I get on a regular basis from physician business owners and CEOs is “How do I create a strategic plan that works for my business?” Running a business means focusing on daily, weekly, or monthly requirements, but it’s worth stepping back to look at the big picture.
Read More: What’s Getting In The Way of Your Strategic Plan?
-
A Community in Action: Our response to COVID-19
As we continue to monitor the rapidly changing impacts of the COVID-19 situation, DataDx and DataDx Consulting recognize the incredible challenges and pressures being placed on each medical practice and organization during this global health crisis. We understand that medical practices everywhere…
Read More: A Community in Action: Our response to COVID-19
-
The Value of Emotional Intelligence
Smarts. Know-how. Brains. These are the attributes we typically expect in our leaders. We look for leaders that can think their way out of difficult situations or invent new ways of doing things. They are the ones who will get things done. We call these leaders intelligent. However, we can see that there are “leaders,” and then there are “leaders of people.”
Read More: The Value of Emotional Intelligence
-
The Road To The Cost Per Unit of Care Is Paved By Data
As we wrap up our series, The Journey to the Cost Per Unit of Care, it’s clear that understanding the true cost of care is extremely difficult. Throughout each article there has been a common theme – medical practices require more data to be able to affect the cost of healthcare – which reiterates what Porter & Lee wrote in The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care…
Read More: The Road To The Cost Per Unit of Care Is Paved By Data
-
Using Analytics To Determine The Cost of Care
Understanding the cost of care is one of the most difficult challenges in maintaining a healthy practice. Having a detailed understanding of the variable costs involved in treating your patients helps with everything from strategic planning to a transition to value-based payment system, but this knowledge doesn’t come easy.
Read More: Using Analytics To Determine The Cost of Care
-
Tracking The Elusive Cost Per Unit of Care
While scrolling through your news feed it’s likely you’re running into articles discussing the issues facing healthcare today. Quite often people are debating healthcare costs; why they are so high and how it’s impacting healthcare delivery in today’s market. Articles such as…
Read More: Tracking The Elusive Cost Per Unit of Care
-
The Case for Cost Per Unit of Care: Bundled Payments
As the shift towards value-focused care and reimbursement continues private practices may find it difficult to keep up with the many changes. Determining the cost of care or “cost per unit of care” is proving essential for revenue cycle management and managing risk for private practices who have the most to lose.
Read More: The Case for Cost Per Unit of Care: Bundled Payments
-
Exploring the Cost Per Unit of Care: Organizational Strategy
At DataDx, we are approached every day by providers, practice administrators, and other healthcare leaders to give our guidance around strategic problems they are encountering. Our clients contact us to help with their strategic planning because they know we have seen their strategic issues before.
Read More: Exploring the Cost Per Unit of Care: Organizational Strategy
-
The Journey to the Cost Per Unit of Care
Most people will not purchase a product or service without knowing its cost upfront. Imagine walking into an Apple Store to purchase the latest iPhone only to be greeted by a salesperson who proceeds to ask a series of questions that have nothing to do with its features or price.
Read More: The Journey to the Cost Per Unit of Care
-
The CMS Star Rating Program: How Practices Can Impact Ratings
Is your practice receiving the most benefit from the CMS Star Rating System? As the shift towards value-based care models increases and the program continues to gain traction it is highly likely your practice is being affected – whether negatively or positively.
Read More: The CMS Star Rating Program: How Practices Can Impact Ratings
-
Can You Trust Your Data?
Jon Mattes is the Director of Analytics and Development for DataDx. Jon has a passion for putting valuable data in the hands of decision-makers. He has spent nearly a decade using statistics and artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes and operational effectiveness across provider organizations of all sizes.
Read More: Can You Trust Your Data?
-
Meet the Team: Kate Othus, MHA
Kate is the president and founder of both DataDx and DataDx Consulting. I’ve worked with Kate for over three years and have observed her tireless efforts to help improve business operations for our clients. It was fun to sit down with her to learn more about what prompted her to take the leap in opening her own businesses.
Read More: Meet the Team: Kate Othus, MHA
Ready to propel your practice to the next level?
Request a demo to see how DataDx is the premier software and consulting solution for private medical and dental practices.
Contact Us