Many thanks to the MMP readers who responded to my application to the board of the newly formed Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media by sending messages of support to the Center. I am humbled that I was chosen and am excited to serve with such distinguished members!...
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Eight Ways to Start a Performance Evaluation
Many managers find it difficult to begin performance evaluations in a way that puts the employee at ease and opens the door to dialogue. Do you make small talk or start reading from whatever form you're using? Do you preface the actual evaluation by setting the mood...
Jumping the Shark
Jumping the Shark means that the craze has ended. The Urban Dictionary describes it as "a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy...
Guest Consultant Libby Knollmeyer: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Refrigerators in Medical Practices
Most medical facilities have refrigerators, but do you know the guidelines surrounding refrigerators and freezers? Laboratory Consultant Libby Knollmeyer debuts on Manage My Practice with answers to your most-asked questions. What kind of refrigerator do I need? If...
Updated 2011 CMS Policies: Incentive Payments, GPCI Revisions, Multiple Procedure Payment Reductions for Therapy, and Modification of Multiple Procedure Payment Policy for Advanced Imaging Services
Elimination of Deductible and Coinsurance for Most Preventive Services Effective January 1, 2011, the Affordable Care Act waives the Part B deductible and the 20 percent coinsurance that would otherwise apply to most preventive services. Note: I covered this in my...
Rethinking Your Back-End Patient Collections: Give Your Patients a SMAC
Please welcome MMP's newest sponsor: SmartFund Medical Acceptance Company, LLC aka "SMAC" When I first heard about SMAC I thought they were a collection agency. But SMAC is not a collection agency in the traditional sense and I interviewed President Samara Keaton to...
New HITECH Resource for Eligible Providers and Hospitals at the Virtual Extension Center
Note: I get great pleasure in finding resources for my readers, and today I have a showstopper! Carol Flagg is co-owner of HITECH Answers and is visiting Manage My Practice to announce a free resource for eligible providers and hospitals....
Ambient Intelligence (AmI)
From Wikipedia "In computing, ambient intelligence (AmI) refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. Ambient intelligence is a vision on the future of consumer electronics, telecommunications and computing that was...
CORF
Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitative Facility
Pipes, Sally C.
According to the Pacific Research Institute website: "Sally C. Pipes is Taube Fellow in Health Care Studies, president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank founded in 1979. Prior to becoming president in...
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