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Read MoreOrganizations continue to prepare for testing and the switch to ICD-10, but smaller entities still anticipate difficulties, according to an AHIMA survey. The survey, conducted in May and June, included representatives from 454 healthcare organizations, most from hospitals and physician practices. Sixty-five percent of respondents said they could begin end-to-end testing before the Oct. 1, […]
Read MoreMuch to the consternation of organized medicine, a federally funded Medicaid pay raise for physicians will expire at year’s end without any Congressional action to extend it into 2015. However, all is not lost for physicians who saw their Medicaid rates boosted to Medicare levels for evaluation and management services and vaccine administration in 2013 […]
Read MoreGetting More from Your Employees the 20-60-20 rule: The top 20 percent of employees get 80 percent of the work done, with the rest done by the average employees (60 percent) and little if any done by the worst 20 percent. End ‘equal treatment’ today! Focus on high performers, Those high-performing workers can achieve as […]
Read MoreA New York state judge sentenced an anesthesiologist to a minimum of 10 years and 8 months in prison for operating a pain pill mill in New York City and recklessly causing the deaths of two patients. In July, a jury found Stan Xuhui Li, MD, guilty of two counts of second-degree manslaughter in the […]
Read MoreMusic often plays a role in the intimate — and at times downright complicated — relationships between doctors and patients, according to one of BMJ’s humorous holiday offerings. Researchers evaluated a 2012 Guardian blog in which readers recommended songs about doctors. In the songs, doctors were generally portrayed as follows: · Drug dealers (5% of songs) […]
Read MoreWhen a Patient Trashes You Online “Hitler should have burned this doctor. Then we wouldn’t have to deal with this scum doctor.” This inflammatory snippet was a real review that appeared on a well-known physician review Website. Welcome to the sometimes harsh world of the Internet. Consumer reviews have long permeated most industries. Healthcare is […]
Read MoreA Letter You Never Want to Receive You’ve received a letter from your state medical board, and you read that a patient has filed a complaint against you. You’re sure the complaint is groundless, and you’re furious that the patient went to the board instead of bringing his concerns to you. How you respond — […]
Read MoreGet Ready for Some Big Changes in 2015 The new year will bring several developments, some of which may be troubling to physicians, and others that may bring welcome news. These changes can affect physicians’ incomes to varying degrees and are likely to have at least some effect on many or most practices. The following […]
Read MoreSometimes managers recognize why they tolerate habitually impolite employees, and sometimes they don’t. Here are four reasons managers put up with such behaviors: 1. “But he/she is one of my top performers.” Managers may fear productivity would drop and the worker would be difficult to replace. Perhaps the employee has a special technical skill or […]
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