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Sometimes a job just gets a little old, and even the best employees need a little something to get them re-engaged and excited again. Try one of the ideas below at your practice and let me know in the comments the ways you keep your staff energized and engaged! 1. ...
DRGs may not be familiar to many practice administrators as they are a payment method for hospitals. Applied to all U.S. hospitals as a Medicare reimbursement method in 1983, DRGs are groups of hospital services clustered around diagnoses. The theory of DRGs is that...
I don't know about you but I am emotionally exhausted thinking about and worrying about the on-again off-again cuts in Medicare fees for physicians. Here's the scoop: late Thursday evening, June 24, 2010, the House of Representatives passed the " Preservation of...
Most medical practice managers do not aspire to be television, radio or (heaven forbid) YouTube celebrities, but it does happen. Medical practices, hospitals, surgical centers, nursing homes and other medical entities are rich fodder for the news these days. So how...
Update: MLN (Medicare Learning Network) published this pdf on ICD-10 on June 22, 2010 ******* The diagnosis is the identification of a patient's disease or medical condition and is currently (2010) described by a six place numeric identifier (5 digits and one decimal)...
Nurse, Practice Administrator and now Consultant Donna Izor, MS, FACMPE blogs about her trip to Haiti to provide medical relief. As medical practice managers, we experience the challenge of providing care to patients each day. The success of our daily work depends...
UPDATE: On June 25, 2010, President Obama signed into law the "Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (H.R. 3962)" which includes a delay in the 21+% Medicare fee cut until November 30, 2010. CMS will have the MACs...
If the provider participates ("par"), he agrees to accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full ”” called accepting assignment ”” and Medicare will pay 80 percent of this approved amount, after the deductible is met. The patient is responsible for the...
UPDATE: On June 24, 2010 the House and Senate passed legislation to further delay the Medicare cuts until November 30, 2010. More here. ******* Excerpt From Today's CMS Announcement (with my bolding): The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hopeful...
Newsletters, especially electronically delivered ones, can actually generate revenue for your practice in many different ways. So here are a few ideas for improving your monthly medical practice income this summer by distributing a newsletter to your patients....
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