7 ways to help inflation-proof your business
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7 ways to help inflation-proof your business

ByCassio

It’s been a hard few years, both for you and your practice. First, COVID-19 battered your revenue. Now you’re probably still facing supply-chain challenges and dealing with world-wide record inflation — 8.2% year-over-year in the U.S. alone. So how do you work to minimize the combined impact on your bottom line? Here are six ways…

Dos & don’ts of a sliding fee scale
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Dos & don’ts of a sliding fee scale

ByCassio

You’re good at what you do, and you’re in business to make money as you provide valuable services. But whether you’re in healthcare, dentistry, legal or other fields, you also have a mission — a commitment — to help others. So what do you do if clients can’t pay your regular rates due to financial…

Effective rate: What your card processor isn’t telling you
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Effective rate: What your card processor isn’t telling you

ByCassio

When most of us receive our monthly credit- or debit-card statement, complete with all of its complexity and tiny type, we do exactly what we should not — glance at it (at best), schedule it for payment and move on with our busy day. But especially for businesses that run up a large number of…

Insurance: Take it or leave it?
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Insurance: Take it or leave it?

ByCassio

Whether you file patients’ insurance claims or not, there’s one thing virtually all providers can agree on — dealing with insurance companies and claims is typically a huge, frustrating, time-consuming hassle. Part of the “do I or don’t I” question has a lot to do with your specialty, how many (or how few) of your…