Private practice otolaryngologists say they are under pressure with stagnant reimbursement, increasing administrative burdens, and recruiting challenges.

Private practice otolaryngologists say they are under pressure with stagnant reimbursement, increasing administrative burdens, and recruiting challenges.
Experts in the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting session said there was no getting around it: Physicians must cultivate a winning online reputation to be successful.
Dashboards—easily accessible and readable reports with relevant information for a medical practice—are an essential ingredient for maximizing performance, according to Robert Glazer, MPA.
Experts at the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting discussed the main features, benefits, and drawbacks of the largest databases, while emphasizing that even though using them correctly isn’t a simple matter, it is a vital one.
A focused study of the business of medicine for physicians should include at least three practical domains: leadership, healthcare delivery, and practice management.
The two largest areas of change in the Physician Fee Schedule are those in ambulatory/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services and those in payment to providers.
Alongside fever checks for COVID-19, physician practices may want to institute smell tests. Data from a new study show that patients who were diagnosed as COVID-19 positive were 27 times more likely than others to have lost their sense of smell but only 2.6 times more likely to have fever or chills. The study, “Augmented […]