Category Archives: What We’re Reading
What We’re Reading: Five Key Benchmarks That Could Make or Break Your Practice – Part 2
In this last section of this article, the author asks: Is Your Practice Clinically Healthy? She urges practitioners to go beyond tracking solely financial metrics; the first benchmark of this section is tracking avoidable emergency room visits and hospital admissions. … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading: Five Key Benchmarks That Could Make or Break Your Practice – Part 1
This is the first article in a series that we read about ensuring a financially vibrant medical practice. In this installment, the author starts by suggesting a revenue analysis in several parts. First, is to assess the practice net collection … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – NLRB on Social Media Policies
On May 30, 2012, The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a report with new guidelines for social media policies in the workplace. It is the NLRB’s position that numerous common clauses in social media policies violate the National Labor … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Companies Increase Wellness Incentive Dollars
A large number of U.S. companies have begun to increase the dollar value of employee incentives to participate in wellness programs which will improve employee overall health and ultimately lower the cost of providing company group insurance. Statistics supporting this … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Seven Steps to Being a Better Medical Office Manager
Wouldn’t we all love an article about ways to improve on our skill sets and make our company better? Since a Medical Office Manager is the glue that holds a practice together and makes sure everything is running smoothly, you … Read Full Post
What We're Reading – Patient Collections: 5 Mistakes Your Practice Can Avoid
As we always say, the billing department is the heart of the medical practice. Sickness in the billing area extends throughout the office and death is possible. This article cites some very common mistakes that, in our experience, are made … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Six reasons physicians need to be on social media
Marketing dollars are scarce in any economy. These days, dollars need to go farther and inexpensive marketing ideas can be found by using technology. Although a lot of referrals occur by word of mouth, prospective patients still use the internet … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Six things patients want from social media
Whether your practice already uses social media or you are a newcomer, this article can give you insight into what patients are looking for when they use this technology. The author outlines six things patients want from their social media … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Is your telephone hurting your practice? Phone do’s and don’ts
When you really think of it, a patient’s first impression of your practice occurs long before he or she meets the clinician. It begins to be formed when the patient calls the doctor’s office to make an appointment or obtain … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Patient non-compliance adds millions to health care costs
Patient non compliance with medications adds as much as $317 million to the nation’s health bill. The issues contributing to patients’ failure to take their meds range from cost (16%) to worry about the medication itself (15%), but by far … Read Full Post