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How to Get Paid the 1.5% Medicare Bonus by Betsy Nicoletti
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Betsy Nicoletti, MS, CPC, President of Medical Practice Consulting (www.mpconsulting.org ) discusses in this timely podcast, "Getting Paid the 1.5% Medicare Bonus." She outlines the strategy for reporting quality indicators to the CMS and the difference between pay for performance and this physician voluntary reporting program mandated by Congress. To sign up for the live audio conference on Feb 14, 2007 visit this link - http://conference.mpmnetwork.com.
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Managed Care Contracting, Top Considerations
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Susan Childs, FACMPE, of Evolution Healthcare Consulting, in this 20-minute podcast, discusses the most important aspects to consider when negotiating a managed care contract, how to convey the value and culture of your practice to insurance companies, the threat to terminate a contract (should it ever be done?), the most important contract language to address and strategies to use to keep up with the timeline of your contracts.
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Interview with Rita Schwab, CPCS, CPMSM of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and founder of MSSP Nexus
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The MSSPNexus web site and blog were created to support and publicize the vital work of the medical staff services profession. It focuses on news and information for medical staff service professionals and others who work in healthcare management, medical staff administration, quality, accreditation, law and provider credentialing.
Discussion includes the importance of blogging in providing news and information for medical administrators; credentialing physicians; examples of "phony doctors" and how the credentialing process helped expose them; the role of blogging for physicians and hospitals in the future; characteristics of a good blog; validity of information on the Internet and how medical blogging is self-correcting.
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Disease Management in the Medical Practice
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20-minute podcast interview with Charles A. Peck, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer of LifeMasters, where he discusses the following: Why doctors should be aware of disease management and embrace the concept, what exactly is disease management and how it works, the common misconceptions about DM, the benefits of a disease management program in a medical practice, and the important indicators that disease management tracks and how it can work for physicians in the pay-for-performance era. http://www.lifemasters.com
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