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Common Mistakes When Starting an Urgent Care Center

Top 24 Urgent Care Startup Mistakes

#1 - Expenses in the Startup Urgent Care

#2 - Starting an Urgent Care: Develop Skills as an Entrepreneur

#3 - Business Management of the Urgent Care Startup Business

#4 - Start Up Urgent Care Mistake: Not Looking Beyond Your Hometown

#5 - Starting an Urgent Care Clinic: Does Your Community Need Another Urgent Care Clinic?

#6 - Starting an Urgent Care Clinic: Success Does Not Depend on Hospitals or Other Physicians

#7 - Coding in Your Startup Urgent Care

#8 - Writing a Business Plan for Starting an Urgent Care

#9 - Urgent Care Business Plan: Make Changes as Needed

#10 - Maximize Free Press Marketing in the Startup Urgent Care Center

#11 - New Urgent Care: Use an Expert Urgent Care Biller

#12 - Urgent Care Startup Mistake: Using ED or Primary Care Billing Company

#13 - How to Start an Urgent Care Clinic: Investing in Adequate Practice Management Software

#14 - How to Start an Urgent Care Clinic: Learn Billing, Coding, and Collections

#15 - Urgent Care Marketing: Promote Occupational Medicine

#16 - Correctly Staffing the Startup Urgent Care

#17 - Credential Your Startup Urgent Care with Local Payors

#18 - Secure Adequate Financial Assets for Starting an Urgent Care Center

#19 - Consider the Purchase of an Existing Urgent Care Center

#20 - Open an Urgent Care Center in a Thriving Community

#21 - Locate Near Local Industry When Opening an Urgent Care

#22 - Code Compliantly in Your New Urgent Care

#23 - Gain Proficiency in Basic Urgent Care Procedures

#24 - Ancillary Income in Urgent Care

Questions that Urgent Care Centers Have Asked Us

List of All Questions

#1 - My partners and I are going to start an urgent care...

#2 - I just read in the recent JUCM...

#3 - I am currently working in a medical center...

#4 - If our clinic has an urgent care that is advertised...

#5 - I am part owner of a free standing urgent care...

#6 - I am a family practice physician in West Virginia...

#7 - I am a new family medicine physician...

#8 - I saw your article in the JUCM and I was wondering...

#9 - I just visited www.practicevelocity.com...

#10 - I learned a lot from your lectures and comments...

#11 - What are your thoughts on charging the S9088 code...

#12 - Would you tell me what CPT code would be appropriate...

#13 - Is the definition of 'new' or 'established' different...

#14 - Are there Standard Practice Guidelines for an Urgent Care...

#15 - I am doing some research on Urgent Care settings...

#16 - I am new to coding for urgent care, my background is primary care...

#17 - My office has started to provide Urgent Care...

#18 - I have a group of ED physicians that are thinking about opening...

#19 - I have been speaking to a local hospital...

#20 - You reinforced our initial impression that in Florida...

#21 - What matrix (demographics, economics, infrastructure)...

#22 - I just read your article in the May edition of JUCM...

#23 - I have been moonlighting at an ucc for the past 2 years...

#24 - I had been doing some research on the use of Code 99051...

#25 - My clinic is open to walk-ins during all open hours...

#26 - We are a new urgent care clinic (6 months)...

#27 - I am in the process of starting up an Urgent Care Center...

#28 - We will begin billing for a free-standing urgent care...

#29 - Can I use a Nurse Practitioner as a locum provider...

#30 - I was interested in more information on the "S" Codes...

#31 - A new patient comes in with a laceration...

#32 - I work as an NP for a large chain...

#33- Do you routinely send out for wound or urine culture...

#34 - We are a Family practice center, with an Urgent Care...

#35 - I enjoyed reading your artile "How to Define a Type B ED"...

#36 - We have recently opened our first urgent care...

#37 - I was wondering if you can give me a code to begin with...

#38 - In reading your Q & A answer in the Feb. 2007 JUCM...

#39 - Do you have any experience in dealing with Urgent Cares...

#40- I am a new coder for an Urgent Care located in Texas...

#41 - Was wondering if this would be a good place to startup...

#42 - Can you tell me what guideline is being used for compliance...

#43 - I am a RN currently working in my town's local ED...

#44 - May I ask what CPT code you use to perform a Wood's Lamp...

#45 - I work for a doctor who is trying to find out...

#46 - My question is what ICD-9 code, other than a fussy baby...

#47 - I am looking for some information on structuring...

#48 - I'm a certified coder working for an Urgent Care Center...

#49 - I was wondering if there is any way that I am able to obtain...

#50 - I am looking for a set of pre-printed patient discharge...

#51 -We are attempting to pull some equity out of the value...

#52 - I am looking for information regarding opening...

#53 - I was wondering if you could tell me what you expect...

#54 - Do you have figures of the average salaries for PA's...

#55 - We would like to begin using S9088 and are currently...

#56 - We have enjoyed our initial 8 months of operation...

#57 - I stumbled onto your website in my frustrated search...

#58 - I have been working in the health care community...

#59 - How easy is it to get the Insurance Co. to recognize...

#60 - I recently took a job at an Urgent Care Center and realized...

#61 - I’m writing to you today to inquire about your recent...

#62 - We bill for 4 clinics that are licensed as "outpatient clinic"...

#63 - The meeting in Chicago was most informative in October...

#64 - I am trying to open an urgent care center in New York...

#65 - I have a place 20'x50'. Could this be adequate...

#66 - The agency that I work for is located in North Carolina...

#67 - Our corporation is building a new business/office complex...

#68 - Is there an established method of valuing an Urgent Care...

#69 - How is it determined to charge for drugs admin...

#70 - I want to know if you have some good suggestions...

#71 - We are interested in finding out information...

#72 - What is required by the state of New York...

#73 - I am in search of documented information to validate...

#74 - Are many urgent care clinics started by mid-level providers...

#75 - Do you have software that allows patients to sign-in on the web?...

#76 - I have been considering opening an urgent care facility...

#77 - I am thinking of changing my 8 month old internal medicine clinic...

#78 - You stated to use $100-$110 as a net per visit at an urgent care....

#79 - I want to open an Urgent Care in a downtown metropolitan city...

#80 - Do you by any chance have a timeline available for starting ...

#81 - I own and operate an urgent care facility that meets all...

#82 - My client is a new (3 month old) Urgent Care Center whose ...

#83 - I wish to know if you are an Urgent Care consulting or an ...

#84 - We are interested in the EMR component. How much is it? ...

#85 - I attended the UCAOA confrence last month. In one of your ...

#86 - I have an urgent care/primary care practice that last year had...

#87 - How successful have you been with getting the MCOs to ...

#88 - Is there a recommended workshop/seminar for urgent care....

#89 - For uninsured patients, how much discount should be given?...

#90 - I would like to gain expertise in urgent care coding and billing ...

#91 - I am trying to get correct coding for a client of ours who is...

#92 - Is there a recommended formulary list available for setting ...

#93 - An issue came up regarding billing for an avulsion....

#94 - We have an urgent care/walk in clinic. Are we supposed to...

#95 - We are opening an Urgent Medical Care in New Jersey ...

#96 - If you code a $0 99024 for a follow-up visit, can you....

#97 - We are an pediatric urgent care practice with several...

#98 - I am interested in opening an Urgent Care Center in ...

#99 - We do x-rays at our urgent care and would like to know if...

#100 - How many patients per day or month are needed keep an ...

#101 - Our Urgent Care Center for Peds will be selling the Neb....

#102 - Codes for billing urgent care? Is it 99211, etc?

#103 - If you code a $0 99024 for a follow-up visit, can you code ...

#104 - I am a recent graduate looking to work for an Urgent Care....

#105 - This is an urgent-care coding based question. The patient...

#106 - Is there some sort of formulae to determine the population ...

#107 - Can CPT codes 99381-99394 be used for urgent care? If not...

#108 - We have been running for 2 years. How do I obtain the proper ...

#109 - We are two board certified FPs starting an FP practice which....

#110 - Do you know of any studies that have demonstrated what...

#111 - Do you have any suggestions as to where I can find ...

#112 - Can you please tell me if Medicare certifies freestanding urgent ...

#113 - I am looking to open an urgent care center and I am ...

#114 - I attended the conference in Memphis last fall. During ...

#115 - Do you have any idea if urgent care centers are...

#116 - Where can I find a policy and procedure manual ...

#117 - My CEO wanted me to ask you the following question....

#118 - When your partner came to you and suggested you...

#119 - What is the best way to bill for observation of a patient, in ...

#120 - Can 99211 be used for a new patient visit that has been...

#121 - What is the definition of an established vs. a new ...

#122 - In an article 28 facility as well as a non-article 28 facility....

#123 - I applaud you in creating this website open for Q/A's...

#124 - Are their any advantages / disadvantages of a clinic ...

#125 - Can you tell us if we should be filing our claims using....

#126 - Is it possible for observation status codes to be billed...

#127 - What code should I use for the tetanus/diptheria toxoid ...

#128 - We are in the process of writing a grant proposal that...

#129 - I wish to market my property (Approx. an acre) which is ...

#130 - On the S9088 code, have you seen issues with billing....

#131 - I was able to attend the coding class yesterday at the...

#132 - Is North New Jersey a good place to open an urgent care ...

#133 - Is it unethical to change codes after submitting to....

#134 - What is the difference in an urgent care clinic and a walk in...

#135 - Can I bill the CPT code 99051 for the purpose of getting a ...

#136 - You mentioned a list of 43 mistakes to avoid that you would...

#137 - I am a RHIA who has begun working with what I would consider ...

#138 - How far should a new urgent care be from existing if the 5-mile ....

#139 - I manage a surgery center in NY. We own the building...

#140 - I am a certified coder to 4 facilities. I was recently asked...

#141 - What comes first, contracting or credentialing? ...

#142 - I would be interested in attending a seminar on coding....

#143 - Are there any established benchmarks for labor costs...

#144 - Can you refer me to any literature, including your own, ...

#145 - I would like to convert this practice in to Urgent Care...

#146 - Is it possible to open an urgent care that depends on ...

#147 - Do you bill exclusively for Urgent Care Centers ....

#148 - Are we able to bill S codes in addition to regular E&M codes?...

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