by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 17, 2010 | Medicare & Reimbursement
The Office of the Inspector General just unveiled their 2011 Work Plan in a remarkably readable and succinct 159 pages. The Work Plan reveals their review targets for the coming year. The entire plan is here, but I’ve excerpted the parts that I thought would...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 16, 2010 | Definitions
Number Needed to Treat (NNT) is “a measurement of the impact of a medicine or therapy [that estimates] the number of patients that need to be treated in order to have an impact on one person.” A perfect NNT would be one ”” treat one person, and one person benefits. ...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 12, 2010 | Social Media
Recently the Mayo Clinic launched its Center for Social Media and announced the names of 13 well-suited social media stars to sit on its volunteer external advisory board. An additional 12 people will be chosen from nominations and applications. This post is my...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 10, 2010 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Medicare & Reimbursement
Update posted 8-14-2012: For flu shot updates for the 2012-2013 influenza season, click here. ******* Update posted 9-22-2011: For flu shot updates for the 2011-2012 influenza season, click here. ******* Update Posted 12-20-2010 – Medicare posted code changes...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 5, 2010 | A Career in Practice Management, Human Resources, Leadership
In the book “Primal Leadership ”“ Realizing The Power Of Emotional Intelligence”, the authors Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee discuss the importance of both personal competence (how we manage ourselves), and social competence (how we manage relationships), relative to...
