Dean Dorton – MD Update

Outsourcing: The New Normal in Healthcare Accounting?

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Justin Hubbard account team, capability in-house, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Dean Dorton, facet of healthcare, healthcare, healthcare account, healthcare industry, industry 's top priority, long-term initiative, new normal, new normal call, new normal look, next pandemic, outsourcing, Outsourcing partner, Outsourcing partner offer, pandemic, partner, professional accountant, remote work, repeat of recent event, right outsourcing partner, routine account obligation, specialized financial insight, sudden remote work requirement, time-intensive effort, unprecedented difficulty, unpredictable staff shortage

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged every assumption in healthcare. Systems that were supposed to be redundant and resilient were pushed to

Read more

Urgent Cybersecurity Alert: Imminent Ransomware Threat in the Healthcare Sector

December 1, 2020February 17, 2021 Gui Cozzi, CISSP, CISA, CRISC check configuration, CISA, cyber, cyber threat, cybercrime threat, cybercriminals, cybersecurity alert, Dean Dorton, FBI, healthcare, healthcare provider, HHS, HPH, imminent cybercrime threat, imminent Ransomware threat, implementation of a strong information security program, incident response playbook specific, information security program, infrastructure security agency, manufacturer release update, ongoing security risk assessment, organization-owned asset, password, patch operate system, public health sector, Ransomware, RDP, remote access, response playbook specific, risk of Ransomware, Ryuk, Ryuk ransomware, security risk assessment, strong information security program, threat, threat actor, TTPs, urgent cybersecurity alert

An advisory has been released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and

Read more

Tax Planning Tips

February 1, 2020April 2, 2020 Matt Smith, CPA, CFE advisor, amount of self-employment income, backdoor, bonus depreciation, care benefit, charitable contribution, contribution, contribution deduction, cost of qualify property, Dean Dorton, deduction, dependent care benefit, estimated tax, exclusion, FSAs, general information, HSA, HSA contribution, HSAs, income tax withhold, IRA, IRAs, medical expense, net capital gain, net long-term loss, net short-term capital gain, placed-in-service, pre-tax, pre-tax deduction, pre-tax option, previously-used asset, qualify property, realize capital loss, retirement, retirement plan deferral, Roth IRA, Roth IRA contribution, S corporation, S., self employment income, Self-Employed, Self-Employed plan, self-employed retirement plan, self-employment, tax loss, tax plan tip, wash sale, withhold

If you haven’t already, now is the time to assess your 2019 tax situation. A few items you may want

Read more

Lexington Medical Society Foundation Golf Tournament Raises Funds for Area Charities

October 1, 2019December 9, 2019 MD-Update Staff baby health service, baptist health, BB&T, Boones trace golf club, central Kentucky charity, chrysalis house, Dean Dorton, Dean Dorton team, Faith pharmacy, Gil Dunn, god 's pantry, golf, golf committee member, Horsin, image001 image002, John Collins, Jon Maher, Jon Voss, Kentucky, Kentucky charity, Lexington, Lexington Free, Lexington Free medical clinic, Lexington medical society foundation golf tournament, Lexington medical society foundation golf tournament raise fund, Lisle Dalton, LMS, LMS alliance volunteer, LMS physician, LMSF, McDowell house museum, MD-UPDATE, Patrick Cashman, Peggy Collins, Porter Roberts, radio eye, society foundation golf tournament, society foundation golf tournament raise fund, Susan Neal, Susan Potter, Tad Hughes, tournament, W.

RICHMOND The 30th annual Lexington Medical Society Foundation Golf Tournament was August 21, 2019 at the Boones Trace Golf Club

Read more

Identifying Revenue Leaks within the Medical Practice

October 1, 2017 Adam Shewmaker, FHFMA appropriate medical code, back-office responsibility necessary, bad debt collection agency, balance, balance amount, bill question, business office, cash, cash collection, cash post, chart documentation review, code audit, coder, compliance concern, cross-training, Dean Dorton, dedicated focus, employee, employee dread, employee dread take time, excellent staff, follow-up, high patient satisfaction, identify revenue leak, medical code, missed revenue, patient balance, patient balance amount, patient insurance, patient visit, payment, physician, physician inquiry, physician practice, potential collection, practice 's code habit, practice administrator, professional coder, profitable outcome, R follow-up, R., recent twelve month period, reimbursement, revenue cycle, routine medical code assessment, single cure, single point of data, small portion of the back-office responsibility necessary, staff concern, task, team member, underpayment, unique patient mix, work go

With reimbursement shifting towards quality care and patient outcomes, it’s necessary for medical practices to take a fresh look at

Read more

Dean Dorton Acquires Metro Medical Solutions, LLC

April 1, 2017 Jenny Patterson acquire metro, addition of metro, bill, client, credentialing, credentialing company, credentialing service, current client, current president, current president of metro, David Bundy, Dean Dorton, Dean Dorton 's exist healthcare, Dean Dorton Healthcare, Dean Dorton Healthcare solution, expertise metro, financial outsourcing, grow healthcare practice, healthcare, healthcare practice, healthcare service, http://deandortonhealthcaresolutions.com/), LLC, long-standing physician bill, Louisville Dean Dorton Allen Ford, medical bill, medical solution, metro, new physician bill, outsourcing, physician, physician bill, physician practice, PLLC

LOUISVILLE Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC, has expanded its healthcare services in Kentucky by acquiring Metro Medical Solutions, LLC, a

Read more

MACRA: Are You Prepared to Protect Your Medicare Reimbursement?

July 1, 2016 Adam Shewmaker ►, ► Medicare, alternative payment model, APM, APM track, APMs, B., Chip reauthorization act, CMS, creation of MACRA, criterion, Dean Dorton, exist quality report program, healthcare, high quality care, implementation of ICD-10, loser, low volume of Medicare claim, MACRA, MACRA rule, Medicare, Medicare access, Medicare claim, Medicare part B reimbursement, medicare policy change, medicare provider, Medicare reimbursement, Merit-Based incentive payment system, MIPS, MIPS pathway, new medicare provider, pathway, payment, payment model, potential reduction, proposed rule, provider, qualified health center, reimbursement, reimbursement pathway, rule collapse three, save program, significant medicare policy change, sustainable growth rate

Is your practice prepared for MACRA (The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) and the potential reductions in Medicare reimbursement

Read more