Physician Quality Measurements: From Carrots to Sticks
As CMS’ bureaucracy morphs meaningful use quality reports to meaningless busywork, it converts quality incentives to penalties to enforce compliance. Source: physicianspractice.com
The Best Ways to Show Gratitude to Patients and Staff
Sharing kind words with patients and staff is critical to building strong relationships. Here are six ways to show gratitude more effectively. Source: physicianspractice.com
Avoid Staff Benefit Issues at Your Medical Practice
Five recommendations to help ensure your medical practice has clear, consistent staff benefit and compensation policies that comply with state law. Source: physicianspractice.com
Eight-Step Problem Solving Process for Medical Practices
Whether you are hoping to solve a problem at your practice or simply trying to improve a process, the easy-to-follow OODA Loop method can help. Source: physicianspractice.com
Dealing with Mistrustful Patients
This physician wonders why her patients so often refuse low-risk, high-benefit treatments because the media or family friends say they are dangerous. Source: physicianspractice.com
Physicians: Medicare Quality Reporting Programs Ineffective
A new survey reveals most physicians feel Medicare quality improvement programs are ineffective, too complex, and too burdensome for physicians and staff. Source: physicianspractice.com
Forging New Bonds with NPs and PAs
Helping patients accept your nonphysician providers. Source: physicianspractice.com
5 Common Medical Practice Denials and Remedies: August 2014
RemitDATA’s Aaron Hood explores the most common unexpected denials at practices nationwide, with a special focus on pediatrics. Source: physicianspractice.com
Four Common Financial Blunders Physicians Make
Common types of financial trauma suffered by physicians, and my prescription for how to avoid them. Source: physicianspractice.com
When Your Admin and Billing Departments Work Together
Combining forces to work as a team will increase your practice’s chances of getting paid, and can actually decrease workload. Source: physicianspractice.com