Ditch the Mainecaid now! Do as adviced above replace cheap paying plans and patients with better paying commercial ones, and the ones with the least amount of red tape and prior auths. Time wasted by you and staff on such things is also lost money.
We are starting to look thru our contracts and see who gets the "boot" next plan wise. It is so empowering to call these folks up and tell them "you simply don't pay my wife what she is worth so we are leaving" and then watch them start falling all over themselves to bump your fee schedule and try and keep you on board. Even the evil UHC, who is not very big in our area is trying to appease us...
So if you are full or close to it, start cutting out the worst payors and the bigest pains, and give your self a raise and a break all at the same time... Heck some of those same patients may even choose to stay on. Some of ours have...
Paul
