Articles by Topic - Practice Management
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- 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.
- Article: A Coping Mechanism: Child life specialists can ease hospital stays for pediatric patients
- Gretchen Henkel
- Published: Dec 01, 2010
- Seven-year-old Michael is scheduled to have a hemangioma removed from his face at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Ambulatory Surgery Center in Little Rock. The morning of surgery, he and his mother meet with child life specialists Cassandra C. James, MS, CCLS, and Camille Dante, MS, CCLS, who show him pictures of the operating room. They let him play with an anesthesia mask and a pulse oximeter, and talk about what to expect when he goes to sleep.
- Article: Safety Net: With violence on the rise, otolaryngologists implement prevention strategies
- Richard Quinn
- Published: Dec 01, 2010
- The shooting of a doctor and two patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in September sent a shudder of fear through all physicians, but for those who knew the late otolaryngologist John Kemink, MD, it was particularly saddening.
- Practice Management: Your Practice, Your Brand: Top 3 marketing strategies
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
- Published: Sep 03, 2010
- It’s a common challenge: In a tough economy, do you spend to increase patient revenue or save to keep your practice afloat?
- Practice Management: Audit Agony: Prepare yourself as insurers look to recoup funds
- Richard Quinn
- Published: Jul 02, 2010
- Hayes Wanamaker, MD, an otolaryngologist in Syracuse, N.Y., refers to the recovery audit process of insurance carriers as the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent.
- Article: A Partner in the Business: Practices see mid-level providers as valuable additions
- Gretchen Henkel
- Published: May 02, 2010
- When Winston C. Vaughan, MD, told his Stanford University patients he was leaving academia to establish a private group practice, they had one question: “Are you taking Kathleen with you?” Their concern attests to the integral role that Kathleen Low, RN, NP, fills as a patient-care provider in Dr. Vaughan’s otolaryngology practice.
- Practice Management: Avoid the Hot Seat: How to prepare for a CMS audit
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
- Published: Apr 01, 2010
- In February, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began rolling out its national Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program, aimed at ferreting out improper payments and preventing fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare system. If you bill for Medicare fee-for-service, you are fair game for a RAC audit. A three-year demonstration of the RAC program, which ended in March 2008, heavily targeted bronchoscopy, injectable drugs and IV hydration therapy. But auditors are rapidly expanding the list,...
- Article: A New Game Plan: Otolaryngologists and consultants devise solutions to ride out the recession
- Marlene Piturro, PhD, MBA
- Published: Apr 01, 2010
- Otolaryngologists understand that even their most loyal patients, with finances ravaged by the lingering economic recession, may postpone or forego endoscopic sinus surgery, tonsillectomy or a chemical facial peel in favor of paying the mortgage.
- Legal Matters: HIPAA Expansion: Ensure your practice meets the law's new provisions
- Steven M. Harris, Esq.
- Published: Jan 01, 2010
- On Feb. 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (commonly referred to as ARRA or the Stimulus Bill) which includes the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The HITECH Act includes significant changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) that affect otolaryngologists and other health care providers, as well as those who process or work with health care information. Below is a...
