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Podcast Interview with MedPundit Founder Sydney Smith (nome de plume)
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Dr. Sydney Smith is the name that the blogger MedPundit goes by and she talks to Kent Bottles, MD, the editor of The Journal of Medical Practice Management about blogging, installing an electronic medical record in her solo family practice in Ohio, and the problems with explaining medical trends to her patients.
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Interview with Dr. Gordon Moore, Solo Family Practice Physician
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Kent Bottles, MD, interviews Dr. Gordon Moore, solo family practice physician in Rochester, New York and Institute for Healthcare Improvement faculty member. They chat about open access patient scheduling, lowering practice overhead, and returning joy to the physician workplace.
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Is Your Billing Service Doing You a Dis-Service?
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This podcast, from and article by Gregory H. Nizich, C.H.B.C., describes a manual tracking system that lets the billing service do all the work and requires a minimal amount of time to maintain. The goal of the system is to keep the billing service on its toes by routinely requesting the status of random claims. Eventually you will become a very polite, but squeaky wheel, and will get the attention you deserve.
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Podcast: How to Get Paid for Hospital Services with Betsy Nicoletti
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In this 20 minute podcast, Betsy reviews details surrounding physicians getting paid for hospital services. Can physicians get paid if they have to see a sick patient more than once a day? What does group membership have to do with getting paid for hospital services? What is the difference between observation admission series of codes and the observation with discharge codes? What are the rules for critical care? What about the proper way to bill follow up visits after an initial inpatient consultation?
Betsy Nicoletti, betsy.nicoletti@gmail.com and her book at www.shopmpm.com
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Informal Consultations: Do New Risks Exist With This Age-Old Tradition? by Toni Hendel, Esq., R.N.,
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From the article in The Journal of Medical Practice Management. This podcast cites three court decisions involving physicians who provided an informal or "curbside" consultation. The cases demonstrate the medico-legal implications of physicians engaging in informal consultations. The author then discusses the growing risk of liability for physicians who participate in this traditional practice.
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