What do you do if you don't have good options for positioning and differentiation of your company in your medical billing marketing? You can't just go without it or you'll waste tons of money on unsuccessful campaigns. In this podcast we'll discuss why this might be the case, and what to do if this is where you're stuck.

We've discussed the importance of strategy and targeting in particular in success in medical billing marketing. But what do you do if you don't have any good options? We'll discuss some scenarios you may find yourself in, as well as what you can do to solve this for successful lead generation campaigns.

In a prior podcast we talked about how to develop medical billing KPIs. In this one, we'll get really detailed and walk through how to break down company and operational goals and put them into KPIs that you can track and improve upon. We'll also give you a framework for how to evaluate if a KPI you have developed or selected is good.

Player: "How do we win more games, Coach?"

Coach: "Score more points than the other team!"

It is confusing, because sometimes these consultants' articles or vendor white papers are really detailed and seem like we should be learning something. But are they really actionable on how to improve your medical billing or just vague platitudes, and how can you tell the difference? We'll walk through one example and break it down. Not just a rant, this is a guaranteed feel-better piece for RCM.

What does data integrity mean - basically can you trust the information in your system or systems? Medical billing data isn't complex, but if you can't trust the numbers, or worse your clients can't trust you because of your numbers, now what? Is this just a reporting problem or something much deeper? What practice management systems have a problem and what should you do about it?

If you want medical billing KPIs, how do you create them? We'll dive into whether you should use HFMA or MGMA or similar types of metrics. You'll be surprised at our approach, because it throws out conventional wisdom, but will result in much more success for your organization.

I'm a huge proponent of medical billing AI, RCM automation, and all things technology. But what are you hoping the technology will do...magic? We'll discuss what is are realistic expectations for medical billing technology, and a sustainable and realistic approach to implementing medical billing automation and AI.

Your marketing is working, yay! Medical billing leads are starting to come in and what do you do with them? This is solidly sales, but is critical to your success. We'll walk through a specific scenario recently encountered by one of our clients and tell you what specifically you should do maximize your changes of closing the deal.

There is so much investment in AI right now. Microsoft investing $80 billion, Google $75 billion - is this just real, just hype, or dare I say it...a bubble? We'll discuss how it relates to medical billing AI and what you should do.

The annual HBMA Innovation Conference is next month. I'll discuss the sessions and speakers, as well as whether you should attend based on your goals.