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Issue Date: April 15, 2001
Managing Cycles Can Boost Revenue
This article discusses how physicians can improve revenue cycle management. It offers suggestions on how physicians can improve cash flow and better manage billing and collection procedures to improve profitability.
Systems Help Solve Problems
This article discusses the concept of "chunking"--the principle that all information should be presented in small, digestible units--and how the concept can be applied in a medical practice context. Also, the article gives examples of how some physicians are using chunking with new technology to manage their practices.
Marketing Expert Explains Keys to Successful Practice Building
This interview discusses four strategies physicians can use to market their practices: calling patients to strengthen existing patient relationships; communicating with referring physicians; pursuing niche practice activities; and motivating staff.
Study To Determine the Effect of EMRs on Disease Prevention
This article discusses the scope and goals of a new three-year study to measure the effect of EMR guideline-based templates on physician implementation of evidence-based strategies to prevent heart disease and stroke.
Doctors Need Security-Planning Role
This article discusses issues surrounding confidentiality of patient medical records. It lists questions physicians can ask about their practice procedures in order to evaluate whether those procedures breach the confidentiality of their patients' records.
Pain Needs To Be Addressed Realistically
This editorial looks at the impact chronic pain has on patients, as well as the on health system and on the work environment. It also mentions the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' new standard that went into effect in January, specifically designed to address pain treatment.
Carve-Outs Offer Advantages
This article discusses the advantages of carve-out contracting, as well as which practices are most suitable to this form of contacting and the risks involved.
Having a Compliance Plan May Help Prevent an Audit, Experts Say
This article discusses medical compliance issues. It suggests steps physicians can take to comply with the reimbursement guidelines issued by the Office of Inspector General, and the costs incurred to put compliance procedures in place.
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