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“Knowing a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two”

(Full credit to Farmers Insurance for a tagline that absolutely resonates with our collective and unflappable charge capture expertise!) Over the course of 20 years in the health information software business, when it comes to the provider revenue cycle, medaptus has seen it all. And we’ve responded accordingly with both product and service to help our customers, small and large,…
Dave Corbett
February 22, 2021
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No Mask, No Service… No Problem

There are many people out there who still maintain that COVID-19 is a hoax and refuse to wear masks.  Despite the rising death tolls, and the mountains of evidence that this is a very real problem (including overloaded hospitals, full ICUs, people with non-COVID related medical problems have delayed care with significant consequences, and surviving patients with long term disability),…
Ryan Secan
January 27, 2021
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Vaccine side effect: feelings of joy return

For those of you who haven’t yet found GomerBlog, today is your lucky day.  It’s like The Onion, but for medical topics.  The other day I saw a piece there that completely captured a moment I recently experienced. As my wife likes to say, I now have a superpower.  I’ve received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine! Dose #1: Dose…
Ryan Secan
January 13, 2021
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This was 2020: Best Laid Plans

As 2020 kicked off, almost presciently, medaptus unveiled new branding and messaging reflective of our mission to remove administrative burden from common provider workflows in order to let them do what they do best: practice medicine and deliver care. They take care of us; we take care of them. Since 2020 also happened to be the twentieth anniversary of the…
Jen Crowley
December 31, 2020
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The Top Five Things Every Hospitalist Team Should Be Measuring

Over the years medaptus has worked with a lot of hospital medicine teams, from smaller independent groups to large multi-state corporations. As a result, we have learned a lot about the needs of hospitalist programs. From workflow to charge capture to charge management, handoff, rounding models and scheduling nuances, we’ve seen it all. Our Vice President of Product Management, Dan…
Jen Crowley
November 30, 2020
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Race for a Vaccine

It’s hard to categorize what I’m feeling right now regrading COVID-19.  But at root, I think it’s a race, and I’m not sure how it’s going to play out (especially since I’ve stopped predicting things). On the one hand, we see spiking cases and deaths. At the original peak (in July) we were seeing ~70,000 new cases/day.  Now, that number…
Ryan Secan
November 18, 2020
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Unsafe Workloads in Hospital Medicine

So, if you’re listening to my new podcast (insert shameless plug for The Boston Health Podcast here), you’ll know that one of my favorite podcasts is Armchair Expert.  On this show, Dax Shepard and Monica Padman interview celebrities and experts in various fields.  It’s a fun show to listen to, and one the things they talk about all of the…
Ryan Secan
October 27, 2020
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Employee Spotlight: David Corbett, Sr. Director, Customer Success

In this installment of the medaptus employee spotlight we spend some time with David Corbett, Senior Director of Customer Success. Let's get to know him a little better! How long have you been working here at medaptus?  I re-joined medaptus in June of this year but originally started here back in 2010 as a Project Manager onboarding new clients. Having…
Zach Tavano
October 26, 2020
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Hospitalist Perspectives: Taking action on doctor burnout

For many healthcare professionals that spent time on the COVID frontlines early on, any pre-existing feelings of professional burnout were grossly exacerbated by lack of control, overwhelming uncertainty, isolation, and the loss of life.   When it comes to how to address burnout, I have to say, everyone who sits at the table talks a good game – especially in…
Ryan Secan
October 21, 2020
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