March’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
March’s Coding Answer
What Subliminal Cues Are Lurking in Your Waiting Room?
The current managed care environment and declining reimbursement rates are forcing physicians to see more patients to break even. With a constant stream of new patients and appointments booked back to back, waiting has become an unavoidable patient experience in healthcare. In fact, many patients spend more time in the waiting room than in an exam room with a physician.
Recovery Audit Contractors: What Are the Facts?
In March of 2008, by Section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Recover Audit Contractor (RAC) program was made a permanent addition to the Centers’ goal preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare system.
Find and Keep the Right Employees
From the College” recently introduced the idea of tapping into your employees’ values as a way to build and maintain a high-functioning, successful, and loyal staff. This process is part of a larger management cycle—the Five Rs of physician leadership. Simply put, the Five Rs are designed to help physician leaders move from managing managers to coaching leaders. The Five Rs are recruitment, realization, recognition, redirection, and retention.
Coding Corner Question
February’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
February’s Coding Answer
Electronic Prescribing: The First Step Towards an Integrated Health Delivery System?
With the introduction of the 2009 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) electronic prescribing incentive program, the door is opening for widespread adoption of health information technology (HIT) within the physician’s practice.
Office Visit
A day in the life of John Schousboe, MD, PhD
Coding Corner Question
January’s Coding Challenge
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