Another human resource idea for physician practices
nbsp The Austin American Statesman a while back ran an article about Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE. In the article, he was asked about GE s approach to... Read More >
nbsp The Austin American Statesman a while back ran an article about Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE. In the article, he was asked about GE s approach to... Read More >
nbsp On July , HHS issued a rule CMS- -F finalizing October , as the new compliance date for health care providers and health plans to transition to ICD- .... Read More >
New Compliance Date for ICD- Transition On July , HHS issued a rule finalizing October , as the new compliance date for health care providers, health plans, and health care... Read More >
nbsp The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights OCR will soon begin a second phase of audits Phase Audits of compliance with Health Insurance Portability... Read More >
NSCHBC Physician amp Dental Practice Statistics Report The National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants NSCHBC for which I have been a long standing member has produced their annual Practice... Read More >
Monthly Reports Sample Total Billed total for practice and brokend down per provider compared to prior year Total Collected total for practice and broken down per provider compared to prior... Read More >
A physician extender is a licensed health care provider not a physician that provides medical services, typically performed by a physician. The term physician extender is commonly used to identify... Read More >
The Accountable Care Organizations What Providers Need to Know Fact Sheet ICN has been revised and is now available in a downloadable format from CMA. This fact sheet is designed... Read More >
nbsp The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services today issued a Special Fraud Alert pertaining to relationships between laboratories and referring physicians. Payments from... Read More >
nbsp Most practices have the software available that should enable them to produce and analyze reports which will provide valuable information. By reviewing this information, you are able to see... Read More >
The Affordable Care Act ACA prohibits group health plans and group health insurance issuers from applying waiting periods exceeding days. Under newly issued final regulations, employers will be allowed to... Read More >
nbsp I was reviewing a physician s employment agreement and ran across a provision that requires the physician to participate in their Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Program. I think... Read More >
Physian practices should always be aware of any and all internal risks identified in the past that need to be monitored. Internal monitoring of some of the areas below can... Read More >
nbsp Most practice management systems are built on relational databases. This means that almost every field can be pulled into reports and analyzed. Data mining has become a buzz word... Read More >
Competition and quality. Both of these words define key elements that management personnel within the medical industry must remain focused on in order to be successful. Management teams are responsible... Read More >
nbsp Medicare Benefits Message Non-covered charge s. Prior to performing or billing a service, ensure that the service is covered under Medicare. Please refer to the Centers for Medicare amp... Read More >
nbsp When was the last time you updated your employee handbook and or personnel policies. It is not uncommon for a handbook to reference policies or information that may change... Read More >
nbsp The National Society of Certified Healthcare Business Consultants for which I have been a long standing member has produced their annual Practice Statistics Report . This statistics report contains... Read More >
Have you checked your managed care reimbursement lately? If not, you may be losing revenues Please do the following Prepare a spreadsheet for your top managed care payers. On this... Read More >
nbsp In recently posted employer healthcare arrangement FAQs, the IRS warns employers about using employer payment plans to reimburse employees on a pretax basis for health insurance premiums the employee... Read More >
I was working on an independent embezzlement review that resulted from a medical practice employee going to the bank and trying to cash SEVEN insurance checks. Luckily the bank called... Read More >
Have you recently considered looked at these important financial planning issues? Investment Strategies. Since the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act and the enactment of the net investment income... Read More >
nbsp What has become clearer and clearer to the healthcare community is that point of service collection must be included in the metrics for a practice to achieve financial success.... Read More >
nbsp I constantly see physician practices especially the smaller ones continually running behind on their monthly bookkeeping and practice management system close out. I wonder sometimes if physicians really care... Read More >
New Jersey Doctor Sentenced for Taking Cash Kickbacks in Diagnostic Referral Scheme A doctor practicing internal medicine in Orange, N.J., was sentenced last week to five months in prison and... Read More >
nbsp There are incentives to participating in MU as many physicians are aware. There are also penalties for not participating as well. The question is Can you afford the long... Read More >
nbsp There are so many challenges that come from any new organizational change. Implementation of a new EHR EMR has many diverse challenges. Here are what I consider three organizational... Read More >
nbsp The decision to implement an EHR EMR should not be looked at as a sprint to get just the incentive money. It should be looked at like a marathon.... Read More >
The provisions of a managed care contract are nearly as important as the rates the contract pays. For example, one clause in managed care contracts requires that all referrals to... Read More >
Two Ohio Valley health care providers will pay a million dollar penalty after violating Federal law by submitting false claims to Medicare. United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced... Read More >