by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 8, 2009 | Headlines
Doctors Slash Vaccines Due to High Cost (CNN Money) Physicians are referring patients to the public health departments for vaccines because insurers won’t reimburse them for the cost of the vaccine, much less a profit to cover the overhead and labor. Physicians...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 5, 2009 | Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Finance, Medicare & Reimbursement
BUILD ON WHAT YOU’RE CURRENTLY DOING: 1. Add physician hours – add evening or weekend hours; start your office hours earlier and end hours later. 2. Reduce physician time off – decrease vacation or change weekly days off to 1/2 days off. 3. Set a...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 1, 2009 | Finance, Physician Relations
Recent news stories about manager embezzlement give us all a black eye. What can managers do to limit their liability, and how can physicians protect the practice without managing the day-to-day operations themselves? Here are nine suggestions: Perform a thorough...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 23, 2009 | Definitions
British anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposed in 1992 that there is a limit to the number of people with whom each of us can maintain a stable social relationship. Although there is no actual number proven, the number generally agreed upon as Dunbar’s Number is...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 23, 2009 | Day-to-Day Operations, Human Resources, Leadership
Why are staff meetings important? They are important because face-to-face communication is important to people and bi-directional communication is important to people. In other words, they want to see your face and they want to have a dialogue with you. They want to...
