PMG Welcomes New Revenue Cycle Management & Billing Client: Christ Community Health Services, Inc.

Pawtucket, R.I., March 22, 2013 – Priority Management Group, Inc. (PMG), a leading supplier of revenue cycle management and consulting services to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), has entered into an agreement to serve Christ Community Health Services, Inc. (CCHS), of Memphis, Tenn.

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2013 Community Health Center Workshops

PMG is proud to offer a comprehensive list of WebEx presentations for our Winter 2013 Series. In response to feedback from attendees from our previous sessions, we have introduced some new topics and updated some old ones.

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Bill Gates: My Plan to Fix The World's Biggest Problems

From the fight against polio to fixing education, what's missing is often good measurement and a commitment to follow the data. We can do better. We have the tools at hand.
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January 25, 2013 by Bill Gates
 

PMG's Efforts to Help CHC Clients Prepare for 5010 Transition Paying Off

Pawtucket, R.I. -- Jan. 19, 2012 -- Priority Management Group, Inc. (PMG), a leading provider of revenue cycle management, billing and consulting services to community health centers (CHCs), announced today that several clients have already received payments for claims submitted in the new 5010 format. Payments have come from FQHC Medicare (NGS and MACs), state Medicaid programs across more than fifteen states, and scores of third-party commercial payers.

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Reimbursement cap for provider executive compensation in New York

On Wednesday, January 18, Governor Andrew Cuomo took firm control of the issue of executive compensation for those providing services funded by the state. He promulgated an executive order directing state agencies to adopt rules limiting the use of state funding for executive compensation and administrative costs. Some action, with respect to the reimbursement of higher levels of executive compensation, was expected. The limits on other management costs reflect the governor's deep concern with the price of caring for the people of the State of New York.

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Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center Selects Priority Management Group for Its Billing Needs

Pawtucket, R.I., and Kansas City, Mo. – Nov. 30, 2011 – Priority Management Group, Inc. (PMG), a leading supplier of outsourced billing services for community health centers (CHCs), announced today it will provide billing services to Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center (SURHC).

SURHC, a federally qualified CHC, has eight medical and dental practice sitesin Greater Kansas City. Under the agreement, PMG will deliver a wide range of services (e.g. revenue enhancement, denial management, sliding-fee scales) to increase revenue on a per-visit basis and reduce the amount of time to be reimbursed. In addition, consulting services will include a full onsite operational assessment to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the front-end billing process along with ongoing training to ensure appropriate coding by providers.

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PMG FQHC Client CEO & CFO Forum 2011

Thanks to everyone who attended our recent CEO & CFO Forum in picturesque Newport, R.I. PMG was thrilled to host such an engaging group at this annual event.

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Inspirational Words

Vision

"Vision without action is a daydream.  Action without vision is a nightmare."

- Japanese Proverb

Leadership

"Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than science of management says is possible."

- Colin Powell

Leadership

"Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than science of management says is possible."

- Colin Powell

Afraid

"It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'Always do what you are afraid to do'."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've learned....

"I've learned.....That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you."

Andy Rooney




Monument

"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why  I have one."

Cato the Elder



Everything matters

"Everything we do matters.  Everything we don't do matters.  Everything we do or don't do matters."

- Unknown


Procrastination

"Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin.  There is nothing so fatiguing as  an uncompleting task."


-William James 

Achievements

"All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts."

- James Allen

Smartest

"Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people, or find a different room."

- Michael Dell

Determination

"Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged."

- J K Rowling

Regret

"My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures... 

- Richard Branson

Regret

"...rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me....A setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve."

- Richard Branson

Silly Things

"If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

Enjoy

"So enjoy each and every moment of today...it's the only certainty we know."

- Anonymous

Worrying

"No sense worrying about the past, it can't be changed and planning too far ahead, while a great idea, may never materialize."

- Anonymous

Present

"They call it the "Present" because today is a gift."

- Anonymous

Faults

"I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them. There's no future in it."

- Sparky Anderson

Something New

"Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge."

- Marianne Williamson

Mistakes

"The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them."

- Kimon Nicolaides

New Year

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."

- Bill Vaughn

Worried

"A few things I worried about actually happened."

- Ben Franklin

Dance

"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."

- George Carlin

Thing

"That thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Great Start

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

- Zig Ziglar

Simplify

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

- Henry David Thoreau

Miracle

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

- Albert Einstein

Squander Time

"Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."

- Benjamin Franklin

Schedule

"The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

- Stephen Covey

Inaction

"Inaction breeds doubts and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquor fear, do not sit at home and thik about it. Get out and get busy."

- Dale Carnegie

Started

"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow."

- Goethe

Thoughts

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

Intent

"You are setting the shape of your sails-your intent-into the great wind of life."

- Unknown

Destination

"No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destination in mind."

- Unknown

Thoughts

"You will never be greater than the thoughts that dominate your mind."

- Napoleon Hill

Truth

"The truth of the matter is you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."

- Norman Schwarzkopf

Keep Going

"When you are going through hell, keep going."

- Winston Churchill

Fate

"I am the master of my fate; the captain of my soul."

- William Ernest Henley

Wealth

"Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money"

- Unknown

Talents

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best."

- Henry Van Dyke

Time

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

- Henry Van Dyke

Mankind

"There is a loftier ambition in than to merely stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher."

-  Henry Van Dyke

Discover

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines....

- Mark Twain

Discover

"...Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

- Mark Twain

Making a Living

"Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

- Anonymous

When it's done

"When it is all said and done, there is a lot more said than done."

- Lou Holtz

Life

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin."

- Grace Hansen

Home

"The people you work for are waiting for you at home."

- Unknown

Simplify

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

- Theroux

Song

"The vast majority of men go to their graves with their song still in them."

- Thoreau

Today

"Don't leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."

- Benjamin Franklin

Balance

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you have to keep moving."

- Albert Einstein

New Start

"Though no one can make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end."

- Carl Bard

Discover

"We cannot discover new oceans until we have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

- Muriel Chen

To do list

"News flash -- you'll never get everything done on your "To Do" list but you'll always have time for the most important things....

To do list

...So always tackle the most important things first and the remainder of your day will be less stressful."
- David F. Jakielo




Time

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

- Michael Altshuler

Sermons

"It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one."

- Unknown

Fear

"Our fear must never hold us back from pursuing our hopes."

- John F Kennedy

Have To Do

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

- Epictetus

Afraid

"It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'Always do what you are afraid to do'."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every...

"Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty."

- John D Rockefeller

Success

"Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed."

- John D Rockefeller

Money

"The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money."

- John D Rockefeller

Saving

"Save when you can and not when you have to "

- John D. Rockefeller

Hats

"All politicians should have three hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected."

- Carl Sandburg

Trouble

"It's not what a man knows that gets him into trouble. It's what he knows that ain't so."

- Mark Twain

Choices

"Everything in life revolves around two things: to choose to do something or to choose not to do it."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Taxes

"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."

- Unknown

Procrastination

"Procrastination is attitude's natural assassin. There is nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task."

- William James

What Matters

"Everything we do matters. Everything we don't do matters. Everything we do or don't do matters."

- Unknown

No Monument

"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."

- Cato the Elder

I've Learned

"I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you."

- Andy Rooney

Genius

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." 

- EB White

Dreaming

"Man is a genius when he is dreaming."

- Akiro Kurosawa

Intellectuals

"Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them."

- Albert Einstein

Making Changes

"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."

- James Baldwin