by Julie E. Kass and Mark A. Stanley, Ober Kaler, www.ober.com CMS has released its Calendar Year CY Final Rule with Comment Period for practitioners who are paid under the... Read More >
nbsp The HealthCare Group s Physician Starting Salary Survey for is an excellent source of starting salary information. It also includes information on issues like covenants not to compete. You... Read More >
Role Profile Managing Physician Director in a Group Practice GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES The Managing Director is the elected representative of the Board of Directors. This representation is both external... Read More >
nbsp The value of exit interviews is directly correlated to what you will do with the information, and the number of interviews you do. If you have a low number... Read More >
Cultural differences between patients, staff, and physicians pose barriers to true patient involvement. Such differences can occur in thoughts, communications, customs, beliefs, and values. Cultural competence, therefore, is integrating the... Read More >
How are you managing the accounts of deceased patients when they have a balance? If you were told there is no estate, are you confirming this with the courts? Do... Read More >
Here are a few of the most common advantages I hear out there for a physician s employment by a hospital A stable financial circumstance, including, but not limited to... Read More >
nbsp Suppose a clinical employee comes to you and says that she overheard one of your RN s calling in a prescription yesterday for her daughter. As best the employee... Read More >
nbsp A medical practice recently had two instances of what appears to be cash theft by an employee. The staff in the reception area that handles the cash boxes had... Read More >
nbsp Does the staff make it a priority to accurately gather and enter the necessary registration information for each patient? Yes No Do they know what information is necessary to... Read More >
nbsp I ran across the following email post from April, for some reason I kept it in one of my Outlook folders and after reading it, I can see why... Read More >
nbsp Tresa Baldas The National Law Journal October , Bosses who friend their subordinates on social networking sites may seem warm and harmless, but they ve got liability risk written... Read More >
Physicians used to be advised to keep their office hours during the civilized part of the day-between a.m. and p.m. Things have changed, however. Now you must increasingly apply marketing... Read More >
You may be tempted to ask a physician friend to review your malpractice case to determine whether you are missing anything. Resist this temptation. The rules of malpractice cases do... Read More >
Patients frustrations with health insurance paperwork are well-known. But it s also a frustrating tangle for doctors and their staffs. CNN reports about one innovative practice that has decided to... Read More >
Pension Plan Amounts The major pension plan and related amounts will stay the same for . This means that the following amounts will remain unchanged from their amount benefit limit... Read More >
After finishing a meeting yesterday in the Medical Center, I decided to walk down the street a couple of blocks to say hello to a client. As I entered the... Read More >
nbsp The IRS announced a new Web-based tool to help small businesses i.e. medical practices determine which tax-favored pension plan best suits their needs and how to keep the plan... Read More >
As office volume becomes ever more crucial to economic survival, you ll have to schedule patient visits as efficiently as possible. How can you reach the golden mean? Three pointers... Read More >
Knowing the importance of updating your rates is only half the battle. Now you must actually take care of your fee schedule. If you still feel uncomfortable raising prices and... Read More >
I often urge physicians to ask two often overlooked questions when thinking of hiring a new colleague Can you get Dr. New on the panel with your major managed care... Read More >
Aside from your top physician leader, the increasing complexity of medical practice creates the need for physicians in all size groups to kick in with various aspects of running the... Read More >
In today s electronic age, it just doesn t make sense to send out patient satisfaction surveys on paper. I bet most of your patients have email and access to... Read More >
Here is a common scenario the physician-owner takes out money from his or her medical practice for one reason then later decides to characterize it differently. For example, the physician... Read More >
nbsp Deciding to terminate a payor contract is always a tough proposition, especially when a payor contract provides you with a lot of your revenues. However, sometimes you just have... Read More >
The Office of Inspector General OIG , Department of Health amp Human Services, released its Work Plan for fiscal year . The Work Plan describes the work the OIG plans... Read More >
nbsp Suppose a hospital is proposing a new method compensating its physicians based upon a WRVU work relative value unit model. The physicians will be paid a base salary based... Read More >
To help medical practices increase profitability without cutting costs or boosting revenues, Greenbranch Publishing announces a new book by two of my good friends, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt... Read More >
Medicare Billing Challenges for Deceased Providers Expert Advice I had this posted on my blog site. Not knowing the answer, I posed it to my colleagues at the National Society... Read More >
nbsp A client the other day asked for sample language to address jury duty in their human resource policy manual here is what I provided Jury service is considered to... Read More >
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