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Issue 6, June 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Strategic physician recruiting

  With a nationwide physician shortage juxtaposed against the need for organizational growth to...

• Marketing know-how revs physician recruitment strategy

  Identifying and recruiting the best physicians is a ­growing concern nationwide. As baby...

• Patients set to unleash feedback on doctors

  We are about to enter an era of formalized surveys that will finally give patients a chance to...

• Improve patient billing experience to increase revenue

  Patients today are overwhelmed by the complexity of medical bills. Physicians regret their...

• Service lines growing, but aligning physicians is tough

  As the HealthLeaders Media intelligence report ­Service Lines Grow Amid Strategic Challenges...

• The return of the PHO?

  One common complaint about the transition from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based...

• Electronic submission of medical docs trial goes live

  In March 2011, CMS announced its esMD (­Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation) tool...

Issue 5, May 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Homing in on the medical home

  The concept of the patient-centered ­medical home (PCMH), introduced by the American Academy...

• Primary care docs weigh advantages of PCMH

  WellPoint, Inc.'s plan to increase reimbursements for primary care physicians (PCP) who transition...

• Understand three-day DRG payment window to improve reimbursement

  CMS' rule for billing preadmission nondiagnostic services has long determined how physicians can...

• Don't let your iPad get in the way of good bedside manner

  In the medical setting, electronic devices are supposed to help improve communication between...

• 5010 logjam means no pay for physicians

  Since the mandated transition to HIPAA Version 5010 began January 1, data disruptions...

• Medicare physician payment rule factors in GPCI

  The final 2012 Medicare physician payment rule from CMS includes an adjusted fee schedule for the...

• Convincing rival docs to become partners

  Merging groups in healthcare are often forced to work together after being ­competitors for...

• Stage 2 meaningful use proposed rules released

  The long-anticipated proposed rules for ­Stage 2 meaningful use were released in February by...

Issue 4, April 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Multispecialty practice shares four pieces of advice to qualify for meaningful use

  For the most part, the first group of providers to qualify for Stage 1 of the meaningful use...

• William F. Jessee talks physician-hospital alignment

  After being president and CEO of MGMA for 12 years, William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, stepped down in...

• Incident-to billing in OIG's sights this year

  HHS has put physician practices on notice that it will be taking a close look at billing under...

• Joint Commission narrows definition of disruptive behavior with new terminology

  Starting with the next edition of The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for...

• CDC releases infection prevention plan for outpatient oncology setting

  Oncology clinics traditionally house some of the most vulnerable patients when it comes to...

• For stressed docs, where to turn?

  Of course doctors are stressed, not only from the nature of the job-saving lives-but also due to...

• ACP issues revised ethics manual

  In January, the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued a sixth edition of its ethics manual...

Issue 3, March 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• ACO final rule removes many hurdles

  Physicians and practice managers have been trying to decide for months now whether an accountable...

• Six ways to reduce physician turnover

  Healthcare leaders put an enormous amount of time and money into physician recruitment, yet...

• Should doctors share notes with patients?

  After studying nearly 173 primary care physicians who shared notes with more than 38,000 patients...

• Docs' top three PHR fears

  Healthcare organizations are working to encourage patients to get engaged in their healthcare data...

• 10 ways ICD-10 will improve quality of care

  The popular approach to writing anything about ICD-10 conversion these days is to describe the...

Issue 2, February 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Quashing access to data, feds muddle commitment to transparency

  When HHS Secretary Kathleen ­Sebelius issued a strategic plan for her huge federal agency in...

• Healthcare leaders react to Super Committee's failure

  The Super Committee's abject failure to compile a plan that reduces spending by $1.2 trillion over...

• Fighting the tide against independent physicians

  Independent physician practices are slowly fading away, and with the advent of healthcare reform...

• Concierge medicine could be the solution to falling revenue

  When it all becomes too much-the falling revenue, the long hours, the hassle of working with...

• ICD-10 cost, timing concerns explain AMA vote

  The AMA's House of Delegates' vote in November 2011 to "vigorously work to stop" the...

• Is physician mistrust souring your growth strategy?

  When physician practices merge or integrate with hospitals or health systems, healthcare leaders...

• Stage 1 meaningful use

  Diamantoni & Associates of Lancaster, PA, attested to Stage 1 of meaningful use recently...

Issue 1, January 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Physician compensation incentives shifting

  Changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, healthcare reform, and market competition are all...

• Physician checklist zaps wasteful spending

  Patient after patient asks for relief for sinusitis. Doctor after doctor gives them a prescription...

• Physicians and patient engagement

  It is easy to say that patients are at the center of healthcare, but a challenge healthcare...

• When things go wrong, admit mistakes

  Something went very wrong a few years ago when ­Michelle Malizzo Ballog underwent surgery to...

• Health insurance exchanges will bring change to physician ­reimbursement

  Health insurance exchanges will shake up the healthcare system, and physician practices will feel...

• Is your physician group a high-reliability organization?

  Dave Gans thinks every physician group needs to be an HRO-a high-reliability organization. HROs...

• Patient safety checklists improve efficiency

  Physician groups looking to be more efficient should develop patient safety lists that address...