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Week of December 28, 2024: Your 2024 favorites + Tools to thrive in 2025

Weekly Newsletter, December 27, 2024
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This week, discover the most-read stories of 2024.

Celebrate the year’s highlights with our most-read stories of 2024. Get ready for a thriving 2025 with expert guidance on insurance credentialing, building a sliding fee scale (complete with free worksheets), and navigating nurse practitioner practice authority laws by state. Spread the knowledge and share these resources with colleagues or loved ones who could benefit, too!

Additional resources in this issue:

Plus, don’t miss our most popular eBook of the year: Optimize Your Practice for Profitable Growth

Thank you for being an invaluable part of our community in 2024. Wishing you a joyful and successful start to 2025 — cheers to another year of growth and opportunity!

INSURANCE

Medical insurance credentialing 101: Everything you need to know

The Intake medical insurance credentialing

Medical insurance credentialing is how insurance companies verify that providers are legitimate and qualified to receive reimbursement for services provided. When a provider is credentialed with a given payer, they can bill the payer directly and receive reimbursement. 

It's an involved and time-consuming process — but very valuable for a practice. From avoiding hours of paperwork to getting paid by insurance companies, find out what you need to know about insurance credentialing.

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Physician smiles while reading about the least stressful medical specialties on tablet
What are the least stressful medical specialties?

According to a recent survey, these are the least stressful medical specialties.

That's it for this week!

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