Practice Management 
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Expanding Medicaid Relies on Strong Primary Care Workforce, AAFP Leader Tells HHS Secretary
As states decide whether to expand their Medicaid programs based on the provisions of the health care reform law, the success of the expansions will be determined, in large part, by the strength of the primary care workforce. This makes it incumbent on state and federal governments to enact payment reforms and other policies to bolster the nation's primary care infrastructure. That was one of the main messages delivered by AAFP EVP Douglas Henley, M.D., to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius during a meeting between HHS officials and physician organization representatives at the agency's headquarters on Aug. 3.
Source: AAFP Government and Medicine - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Claims Payments via EFT: A Good Idea for Medical Practices
You likely use Electronic Funds Transfer to pay your employees, so here are some tips to streamline your claims management process as well.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Practices call for increase in extended hours payments
The DH is remaining tight lipped over whether it plans to raise extended hours funds back up to 2010 levels after it was found hundreds of practices have dropped out of the scheme in the last year
Source: Management in Practice - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Don't Waste Patient, Physician Time with Unproductive Visits
Here are four simple tips to avoid a bad experience for a patient and a non-billable service at your medical practice.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Identifying and Measuring Quality Care Indicators
Does your practice act upon patient data gathered at intake and record it in such a way that it can be tied to clinical quality indicators? If not, you may be missing out on additional revenue.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Patients not pleased with electronic records, new poll reveals
You may be learning to love your EHR, but your patients don't share your enthusiasm. Find out
why.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
Primary care physicians plagued by poor financial health
At a time when more Americans will be seeking primary care, the doctors who provide that care are
feeling financially burdened. See whether your experience matches those responding to a recent poll.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
CMS awards $16.9 million to Massachusetts for health information exchange
The Bay State has received $16.9 million to improve communication between providers, payers, and the
government. Its efforts could serve as a model for other states.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute requesting grant proposals
A national research institute wants to give you money to help improve patient outcomes in
healthcare—provided you’re
willing to partner with patients in your research.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
Minnesotans lead nation in use of e-prescribing: survey
A new survey finds big gains in e-prescribing among
Minnesota’s physicians, pharmacies, and payers. Where does your state
rank?
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
Patients not pleased with electronic records, a new poll reveals
You may be learning to love your EHR, but your patients don't share your enthusiasm. Find out
why.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 8, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
Captives and Physicians: Choosing Jurisdiction and Type
Our final look at captive insurance for physicians explores where it should be created and what form is best for you.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
New Peers for Progress Website Sports Fresh Look, Enhanced Functionality
Peers for Progress, an initiative of the AAFP Foundation, has launched a new website that offers an updated look and enhanced utilities. According to an announcement by the Foundation, the new site -- in conjunction with an increased emphasis on social networking activities -- is expected to allow the program to "be much more nimble in promoting peer support and serving the field."
Source: Inside AAFP - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
CCGs held back by 'slow moving' NHS CB hosted CSSs
The lack of urgency in appointing leaders to NHS CB appointed Commissioning Support Services (CSSs) has caused a slow down among CCGs vying for authorisation
Source: Management in Practice - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Don't Add Weight When Trying to Achieve Work-life Balance
I think sometimes, in trying to achieve work-life balance, we add more stuff to an already packed life in the misguided hope that …everything will fall into place.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Competition to Recruit Physicians Increases
If you plan on recruiting a new doctor this year or next, the time to start the recruitment process is now.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Poll of the Week – Opting Out of Medicare?
Practice Notes blogger and attorney Martin Merritt provides six reasons physicians are dropping Medicare patients. What reason can you most relate to?
Source: Physicians Practice - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Physician Reputations and Review Websites: Who Owns Your Name?
Dr. Google has become the most feared background check available to anyone with access to the Internet. Search for yourself and see.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 7, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Only Hire When the Time is Right at Your Medical Practice
A colleague came to me seeking a change as a solo private practitioner, but my office isn't ready for the change she needs.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
EHRs and Interoperability: Back to the Drawing Board
What's true for security is true for interoperability —it cannot be added on, it must be designed in. That means current EHRs need to be redesigned from scratch.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Determining if a case manager is right for your practice
Practice Management - A column about keeping your practice in good health
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - August 6, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
PCPs plagued by poor financial health
At a time when more Americans will be seeking primary care, the doctors who provide that care are
feeling financially burdened. See whether your experience matches those responding to a recent poll.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
The Six Main Reasons Physicians Are Dropping Medicare Patients
Physicians continue to drop Medicare patients and it will continue unless something is done to reinvigorate enthusiasm on the part of providers.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
CCG chair replaced for being 'obstructive' to GPs' 'unrealistic demands'
The former CCG lead of NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG has been ousted from his position following a “GP conspiracy”
Source: Management in Practice - August 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Employers lack confidence in helping employees back to work
The majority of employers do not feel equipped in helping employees get back into work following illness, research shows
Source: Management in Practice - August 6, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Reviewing Policies and Procedures at Your Medical Practice
How are your policies and procedures driven? Here are some great tools for identifying a problem area at your medical practice.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 4, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
The Impact of Inbound Marketing on Your Medical Practice
If I told you there was a high-yield, cost-efficient marketing technique that works 24-7 to bring patients into your practice, would you be curious? It exists.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 4, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Low take-up of physio independent prescribers predicted
Less than 0.4% of physiotherapists in the UK are expected to upskill to become independent prescribers
Source: Management in Practice - August 3, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Being a Solo Private Physician: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Amidst healthcare reform, ACOs, and watching primary care colleagues select employment over independence, I wonder whether solo practice is still for me.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 3, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Policy Changes Key to Helping Independent Physicians Thrive
Private practice physicians can only do so much to retain their independence. Policies need to change as well.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 3, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
New Practice Revenue Sources: Cosmetic and Laser Treatments
Two options for bringing new revenue into your medical practice can be found in cosmetic and laser treatments.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 3, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Scottish GPs struggle to cope with rise in population
Scottish GPs have called upon the government to support their plea in building new GP surgeries in areas where there is “significant” population growth
Source: Management in Practice - August 3, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Scottish GPs call for more practices to cope with rise in population
Scottish GPs have called upon the government to support their plea in building new GP surgeries in areas where there is “significant” population growth
Source: Management in Practice - August 3, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Keep Family Medicine Issues Front and Center During Congressional Recess, Urges AAFP
As Congress adjourns for its summer recess, the AAFP has launched a grassroots campaign to make sure family medicine continues to resonate with members of Congress during the remaining weeks of summer. A new page on the AAFP website urges members to set up meetings with their congressional representatives during the summer break to talk with them about the importance of three issues vital to sustaining and strengthening the practice of family medicine: Medicare physician payment reform, adequate funding for primary care workforce programs and support for legislation that would test innovative models for training primary care physicians.
Source: AAFP Government and Medicine - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Implementing a New Practice Management System
Like anything else, proper implementation of a new practice management system is focused on planning and training.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
CCG plans must stay in line with LA strategy
CCG plans to commission services must be in line with strategies co-devised by local authorities, DH draft guidance has said
Source: Management in Practice - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Court upholds an employee's right to paid annual leave
An employee is still entitled to paid annual leave, even if they have been off sick for an entire year, a court has ruled
Source: Management in Practice - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
VSP Vision Care Hits Key Philanthropic Milestone - Provides Free Eye Care to More Than 775,000 People
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VSP(r) Vision Care, the nation's largest not-for-profit vision benefits and services provider, today announced that more than 775,000 adults and children throughout the United States have received free eyecare and eyewear, as a result of VSP charity care programs.
Since 1997, VSP has invested nearly $150 million for the purpose of providing comprehensive eye exams and glasses if needed to low-income, underinsured adults and children through VSP charity care programs such as Sight for Students(r) and VSP Mobile Eyes(r). Additionally, VSP supports communities across...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - August 2, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Reform Driving Physicians Out of Private Practice to Reduce Costs
Under the Affordable Care Act, private practice physicians are closing up shop and joining big box medicine in a plan to trim healthcare costs.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Chiropractic EHR vendor ChiroTouch debuts three iPad apps
ChiroTouch, a San Diego-based vendor of integrated electronic health records and practice management software for chiropractors, has released three native iPad apps, two of which are intended for patient use.
One, CT Provider Interface, gives chiropractors remote access to patient records, including treatment plans, SOAP notes and images.
The CT Patient Intake app records patient history, demographic [...]
Source: mobihealthnews - August 2, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Neil Versel Tags: Uncategorized chiropractic health IT ChiroTouch EHR iPad apps EMR iPad apps mobile EHR apps personal health records PHR iPad apps Source Type: news
Fraud prevention aim of partnership between government, insurers, associations
Insurers, associations, and governmental agencies are joining forces to fight healthcare fraud.
Discover the groups involved and what the effort means to you.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
15 more ACOs choose advance payment model
Fifteen more accountable care organizations around the country have elected to receive their Medicare
reimbursements upfront. Find out whether any are in your region.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
Study: Healthcare insurance alone doesn't get poor all the care they need
Just having health insurance doesn't ensure that poor people get all the care they need, according to
a new study. Learn what the finding means for your practice and your patients.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
34% of doctors will leave profession within 10 years: poll
Many physicians plan to leave the medical profession in 10 years, a new survey shows. Find out
why--and what it means for an aging patient population.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
AMA effort aims to help improve data reports from insurers
What's the point of getting physician performance information from payers if you don't know how to
read it? See who has stepped up to help you make sense of it all.
Source: Medical Economics - Practice Management - August 2, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: research
AAFP Joins Cavalcade of Voices Calling on Congress to Reject Bill to Eliminate AHRQ, Other Programs
The AAFP is continuing to urge Congress to not pass a House appropriations bill that would eliminate funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), as well as other programs that are important to primary care. In a July 30 letter to Congress, the AAFP and 138 other members of an organization known as Friends of AHRQ expressed strong opposition to the House bill, describing it as an "assault on science and research" and an "attack on AHRQ." The fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill would eliminate funding for AHRQ and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, among other programs.
Source: AAFP Government and Medicine - August 1, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Residents Ask Academy to Consider Action on Wide Array of Topics
Family medicine residents recently spent two days writing, debating and ultimately passing judgment on a wide variety of resolutions that reflect the problems and issues residents face every day as they care for their patients. The residents' work was part of the National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students held July 26-28 in Kansas City, Mo. Resolutions adopted at the National Conference are pushed into the AAFP policy-making pipeline for review, referral, and, if appropriate, further action by Academy leaders and the AAFP Congress of Delegates.
Source: Inside AAFP - August 1, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Students Push for Less Debt, Enhanced Educational Opportunities
Lowering medical student debt and enhancing educational opportunities available to medical students were two of the major themes medical students focused on during the AAFP's National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students, July 26-28 in Kansas City, Mo.
Source: Inside AAFP - August 1, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
Holding Your Medical Practice Staff Accountable
Here are three principles you should have in place at your medical practice in order to hold staff accountable for their actions on the job.
Source: Physicians Practice - August 1, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
NICE publishes first set of COF recommendations
The first set of Commissioning Outcomes Framework (COF) indicators have been published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Source: Management in Practice - August 1, 2012 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news
