Articles by Topic - Practice Management
Listing articles 21 to 30 of 65
- Article: ICD-10 to Bring Big Changes: Learn how to prepare for the new coding system
- Kurt Ullman
- Published: Dec 09, 2011
- October 1, 2013 should be on the mind of every physician in the U.S. That is the day when a new diagnostic coding system will be instituted, the first such change since 2003. The implementation’s aftermath is predicted to be anywhere from a normal day at the office to financial Armageddon.
- Practice Management: Lift Off: A carefully planned retreat can take your practice to the next level
- Marie Powers
- Published: Dec 09, 2011
- Every otolaryngology group needs a chance to evaluate its organization outside the frenetic pace of day-to-day patient care. A practice retreat provides the opportunity to assess your operations, examine your mission and conduct strategic planning in a setting where physicians are relaxed and undistracted.
- Article: Practice Alternatives: Three otolaryngologists discuss what it’s like to work under evolving care models
- Richard Quinn
- Published: Nov 05, 2011
- Certain well-established care delivery models for otolaryngologists have long defined the specialty. But, like pharmacology, surgical techniques and treatment therapies, practice models evolve. And while traditional models continue to dominate the scope of most otolaryngology practices, the field is seeing a gradual shift to new constructs. Among them...
- Practice Management: Reducing Patient Wait Times: Examine your operations to boost efficiency
- Marie Powers
- Published: Oct 10, 2011
- Here’s a telling statistic: The average time patients wait in an office to see an otolaryngologist is 24 minutes, according to Press Ganey Associates, Inc., a South Bend, Ind., health care performance measurement and improvement firm. If that doesn’t sound bad, or if you think your practice exceeds that benchmark, consider that otolaryngology ranked 19th in overall satisfaction among 25 medical specialties measured in Press Ganey’s 2010 Medical Practice Pulse Report.
- Practice Management: Chaos Control: Plan ahead to ensure your practice survives a disaster
- Marie Powers
- Published: Sep 02, 2011
- Ten years have passed since the U.S. was attacked on September 11, 2001 and six since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. And, while disasters of that magnitude are rare, hundreds of smaller-scale disasters occur every year, including tornadoes, blizzards, fires, earthquakes, airline crashes and chemical spills.
- Practice Management: Return on Recycling: Reprocessing single-use devices may lower costs, improve efficiency
- Marie Powers
- Published: Jun 01, 2011
- The idea of reusing single-use devices may bring to mind the recent news of a Las Vegas urologist who was investigated in March for supposedly resuing single-use devices. As the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports, Dr. Michael Kaplan is accussed of reusing, but not not decontaminating, endocavity needle guides. While Dr. Kaplan’s specific case may be unique, the idea of reprocessing single-use devices is not.
- Letters to the Editor: Letter: Another ENT-Hospitalist
- Stanley E. Dudek, MD
- Published: Apr 27, 2011
- Regarding the article, “Otolaryngologist Pioneers New Practice Model: Dr. Russell heralds hospitalist role as others ponder the concept’s staying power”…
- Practice Management: Get Out There: Optimize your web identity to sell your otolaryngology services
- Marie Powers
- Published: Apr 05, 2011
- If you think your patients are finding your otolaryngology practice by looking in the Yellow Pages, think again. Increasingly, patients are deciding which physician to call by visiting the web and reading feedback on sites like vitals.com, healthgrades.com, lifescript.com and drscore.com.
- Practice Management: Happy Patients, Happy Doctors: Patient satisfaction surveys will become an important part of your practice
- Marie Powers
- Published: Feb 28, 2011
- When Kevin Watson joined Colorado Otolaryngology Associates, PC, as administrator nearly two years ago, the Colorado Springs practice wasn’t asking patients about their care experience in a systematic fashion. “They had done some patient surveys, but it was all hard copy and they hadn’t received a great response,” he said.
- Article: Imaging at a Crossroads: CT scan providers urged to initiate accreditation
- Gretchen Henkel
- Published: Feb 28, 2011
- Otolaryngologists who provide computed tomography (CT) imaging are being urged to apply before summer to ensure their compliance with the 2008 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) accreditation requirement.
