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I have been a fan of Chris Brogan's for quite awhile now. He is a superstar on the social media landscape and I almost got to meet him once when I lived in Seattle (sigh.) Today I came across his post "5 Things That Small Businesses Should Do Now." Many medical...
I wrote this post for the MGMA In Practice Blog and have republished it here for my readers. I resigned from my job managing an orthopedic group on Jan. 20, 2009, and I remember thinking, Who leaves a job during a recession? Well, I did, and what follows is what I...
Physician Preference Item (PPI) is a term used to describe a range of medical supplies including orthopedic implants and cardiovascular devices which physicians choose on behalf of their patient. PPIs are estimated to be a significant portion of a facility's supply...
For those of you who have not tapped into the amazing wealth of information generously shared by Frank Cohen, go to his site now and see what he has that could help you. Most recently Frank analyzed the October 2009 NCCI Edits Release 15.3 and organized the...
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 want...
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 minimum number of...
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...
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 150.
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...
It used to be that blue ink would not copy on a copier, so the rule was that all handwritten medical records must be written in and signed in black ink. Now some attorneys are counseling people to sign documents in blue ink, as it stands out from the black text and...
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