Part B News | Physician Practice Perspectives

Conduct effective, cost-efficient community outreach

03/01/2010

As nursing home residents slowly took their seats and adjusted their oxygen tubes before his presentation, urologist Neil Baum, MD, realized he needed to change his approach.

“The last thing they wanted to hear about was a talk on sexual dysfunction,” says the New Orleans physician. “I’m a magician, so I asked for a deck of cards and I did magic tricks.”

IPAs: Are you in the FTCâ€™s crosshairs?

03/01/2010

Is your messenger independent practice association (IPA) risking Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action? It could be and you don’t even realize it. Much depends on just how—and how well—the IPA is integrated.

How to balance the business of medicine with patient care

03/01/2010

Believe it or not, there are some physicians out there who only want to practice medicine, the noble profession to which they’ve dedicated their entire lives. For some reason, claims coding updates, haggling with the fine folks at insurance companies, monitoring the poachers at the new walk-in clinic across the street, recruiting new partners to the practice, and developing relationships with referring physicians don’t interest them.

More attention being paid to diagnosis errors

03/01/2010

When a patient visits his or her doctor, a certain level of trust is inherent in the interaction. Just as a consumer might expect an auto mechanic to diagnose the cause of an engine that stalls, or a stockbroker to surmise why certain stocks have been outperforming others, a patient trusts his or her physician to evaluate any symptoms and formulate a diagnosis that reflects the years of education and training the physician has received.

Meeting minute best practices that protect your organization

03/01/2010

Minute-taking is an art. Too little information in meeting minutes may result in inadequate documentation, whereas too much information can become fodder for plaintiffs’ attorneys if the minutes become subject to discovery during litigation.

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