by Mary Pat Whaley | May 9, 2010 | Compliance, Day-to-Day Operations, Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
With so much going on in healthcare, it would not surprise me if a lot of practices missed the February 2010 deadline for three expanded HIPAA rules. This expansion was dictated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jun 10, 2009 | Human Resources
My personal list of new employee orientation best practices has been shaped by my experiences in private practices as well as hospitals. Every organization has different resources to draw upon, but each group has core goals that must be fulfilled by a good...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 9, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management, Leadership
Whether the title is manager, medical practice manager, physician practice manager, administrator, practice administrator, executive director, office manager, CEO, COO, director, division manager, department manager, or any combination thereof, with some exceptions,...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 6, 2009 | Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
By Carla Hannibal, CMM,CPM,CIMBS Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) will pursue corrections of Medicare claims by auditing for overpayments and underpayments under Part A or B of the title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Health care providers will be affected as...
