General Business

For two decades I’ve worked with hospitals and their revenue cycle issues as an independent consultant. Before that I worked as an employee in hospitals, physician billing companies and a FQHC. I’ve been in health care almost 40 years (man, I’m old!). Yeah, that’s me! The people I talk to (or try to talk with) […]

Years ago I wrote an article titled Why Hospital CFOs Don’t Hire CDM Consultants. I wrote it because I’ve seen and read about a lot of bad advice that’s been given to facilities and companies that hurt them way more than helped. Being an independent consultant, I couldn’t let something like that keep occurring without […]

Many years ago I went with a friend of mine to a Syracuse University football game. I haven’t been to a lot of football games over the years, which is why I seem to remember them better than I remember all the basketball games I’ve been to (except for the Pearl Washington shot). My friend […]

When LeBron James decided some years ago that he was going to go back and play for the Cleveland Cavaliers, after some successful years in Miami, I had a strange reaction to it. Once I figured it out, I realized I was confused; that’s it. I wasn’t confused because he was going to a bad […]

Are people allowed to congratulate themselves? Well, whether they are or not I’m going to give myself a brief congratulations. Today is the 20th anniversary of my business. I filed for business license on June 22, 2001, and I’ve only ever look back once, or maybe twice. Being self employed is scary, and it’s certainly […]