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Learn to tackle the 21st century work force

12/01/2004

In more practices now I see multiple generations of both staff and providers at work. As a former practice administrator, I consider it critical to the success of both the employee and the practice to quickly assimilate new employees. However, I can't help but question the ease of this transition now given the social diversities in the generations of employees.

Do you have enough gold for those (extended) golden years?

12/01/2004

Being retired longer than you worked sounds, at first, like a pie-in-the-sky fantasy-conjuring up images of young, healthy people in the primes of their lives lazing on a beach in Tahiti or skiing in the Swiss Alps. In actuality, though, the concept has recently become a reality-but not necessarily one that everybody will completely welcome, according to financial planner Joe Stone,1 CLU, ChFC.

New codes: We reveal list of 116 new payable codes come 2005

11/22/2004

Venipuncture code G0001 to be deleted, replaced with 36415 next year

11/22/2004

Groups that represent your interests are unhappy 2005 fee schedule didn't change payment update method

11/22/2004

116 new payable codes in 2005

11/22/2004

Flow cytometry pay to take a hit next year under new coding rules

11/22/2004

E/M denials lessen, but surgeons see frequent add-on code denials

11/22/2004

Five-year review: More on CMS's plan to choose high vol-ume codes to be included in the next five-year review of work RVUs

11/15/2004

Get ABNs ready to help cope with confusion over ‘Welcome to Medicare' visit

11/15/2004

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