Podcast: Smart-Sourcing for the Medical Practice Judy Capko the author of Secrets of the Best-Run Practices and her most recent book, Take Back Time: Bringing Time Management to Medicine discusses in this 20-minute podcast the meaning of "smart-sourcing," the most common functions outsourced in the medical practice, strategies on how the practice can identify what they want to outsource, confidence levels in selecting a vendor, and how you maintain control when the work is being done outside of the office. www.capko.com
Podcast: Streamlining Workflow in the Medical Practice The author of the best selling book, Take Back Time: Bringing Time Management to Medicine discusses in this 20-minute podcast the hot topic of "Workflow" in the medical practice, the most important issues to increase efficiency, how the economy is bringing these workflow issues into the spotlight, the low-down on doctors and their schedules, how can staff really implement change, how to adopt inexpensive tech tools and why quality is essential in the discussion about workflow.
Podcast: Long Term Disability Insurance and the Physician Practice In this 20-minute podcast, attorneys Jason Newfield and Justin Frankel from Frankel and Newfield, Attorneys at Law discuss the meaning of "dual occupation" in the claims process, the importance of specialty language, common misconceptions about the specialty letter, the definition of residual claims and why they matter, opportunities and pitfalls to backdating of claims, and the major misconceptions surrounding group disability policies, private policies and association policies.
Podcast: Healthcare Tsunami: The Wave of Consumerism that Will Change U.S. Business Hear Wayne Glowac and Dean Halverson, authors of the book, Healthcare Tsunami: The Wave of Consumerism that Will Change U.S. Business, discuss what the Healthcare Tsunami is all about, the trends that these leaders are seeing in the provider market, why these changes in the market are so sudden and dramatic, whether the tsunami is a temporary or long term issue, and what medical providers (off all sizes and specialties) need to do to manage this change in the mindset of patients.
Podcast: Compliance in the Medical Practice In this 15-minute podcast hear Joanie Cochran discuss how Compliance does not have to be a labor and monetary intensive project, how you can web access very specific information regarding Compliance, how is Compliance being incorporated into current and future government initiatives, and why Compliance is (and will continue to be) at the forefront of physician practices. www.dixon-hughes.com
Disease Management in the Medical Practice Podcast Editor 20-minute podcast interview with Charles A. Peck, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer of LifeMasters, where he discusses the following: Why doctors should be aware of disease management and embrace the concept, what exactly is disease management and how it works, the common misconceptions about DM, the benefits of a disease management program in a medical practice, and the important indicators that disease management tracks and how it can work for physicians in the pay-for-performance era. http://www.lifemasters.com
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Managed Care Contracting, Top Considerations Susan Childs, FACMPE, of Evolution Healthcare Consulting, in this 20-minute podcast, discusses the most important aspects to consider when negotiating a managed care contract, how to convey the value and culture of your practice to insurance companies, the threat to terminate a contract (should it ever be done?), the most important contract language to address and strategies to use to keep up with the timeline of your contracts. Evolution Healthcare Consulting.
http://www.evohcc.com
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Starting a Successful Medical Practice Podcast Editor In this 20-minute podcast, Marc Halley, MBA, of The Halley Consulting Group, LLC and Editor of the new book, The Medical Practice Start-Up Guide, (available August 18, 2008) discusses the competitive forces that new doctors face in the marketplace, the top five things that new physicians can do to protect their business, options for financing a practice start-up, how new doctors can find patients for their practice and how doctors can look for the best staff members and the concept of the "highest and best use of staff members." The Medical Practice Start-Up Guide (ISBN 978-0-9814728-2-6) can be ordered at http://www.mpmnetwork.com or by calling 800-933-3711.
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Podcast: Interview with Linda A.Brown, CMA, (AAMA) President of the American Association of Medical Assistants Podcast Editor In this 20-minute podcast interview, Linda A.Brown, CMA, (AAMA) President of the American Association of Medical Assistants discusses the varied and important roles a medical assistant can have in a medical practice -- both from a clinical and an administrative perspective. Also, In its March 2008 issue, the Journal of Medical Practice Management published "Roles for CMAs (AAMA) Enhance Quality and Effectiveness of Care." The article explains how employing the CMA (AAMA) is "proving to be a cost-effective way of providing high-quality care." The article also describes a new frontier for the profession, detailing how researchers are exploring new roles for the CMA (AAMA) that will enhance efficiency and patient compliance. Those interested in a copy of the article can contact Greenbranch Publishing at info@greenbranch.com. American Association of Medical Assistants www.aama-ntl.org
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Continue Reading | Mon, 07 Jul 2008 | Comments (0) | Permanent Link
Podcast: Interview with Bruce Lefco, CEO of Health Payment Systems Podcast Editor In this second installment of a 3-part series, Bruce Lefco, CEO of Health Payment Systems, discusses their innovative financial transactions promising payment to healthcare providers in twenty days, on both the insurance and self-pay portions on a non-recourse basis. In this 20-minute podcast, Mr. Lefco explains HPS's creative ways to communicate charges to patients and he also describes the SuperEOB concept. http://www.hps.md
Podcast: The Ultimate Partnership - Getting Patients on Your Side Podcast Editor Judy Capko, Author of the Best-Seller Secrets of the Best-Run Practices and her newest book "Take Back Time: Bringing Time Managmenet to Medicine", discusses in this 20-minute podcast how to get patients on your side. She explains why patients are becoming even more demanding, what patients really want from their doctors, how practices can take advantage of technology to partner with patients, how to effectively use a practice website and how to make a medical practice more friendly...and what it takes to create a true partnership with patients.
Podcast: Politics and Healthcare 2008 Podcast Editor In this 20-minute podcast, Owen Dahl, MBA, FACHE, CHBC, author of Think Business! Medical Practice Qualtity, Efficiency, Profits discusses the current issues facing our representatives in Washington including -- his best guess on the 10.5% Medicare issue, the difference between national health insurance and single payer insurance, who are the key players to watch in Washington, the changes in DC that will have an impact on private practices, and how physicians and adminstrators can keep in touch with their representatives and how they can get involved on a local level.
Podcast: Lean Healthcare in the Medical Practice Podcast Editor Donna Weinstock of Office Management Solution discusses, in this 20-minute interview, the popularity of lean healthcare, provides detail on the "7 wastes" and describes the criteria for determining if a process or system in a medical practice needs to be streamlined. What can medical practices learn from TPS - Toyota Production Systems? Donna Weinstock will tell you...and she will also describe steps on how a medical practice can become a "Lean" provider.
