Category Archives: What We’re Reading
What We’re Reading – How to Successfully Manage Remote Employees
In the current era of expanded remote work, this article is very timely, and the author asserts that businesses can not only survive under this arrangement, but they can thrive if the process is managed correctly. COVID-19 has driven much … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Work-Life Balance
The term “Work-Life Balance” has created a lot of buzz over the last few years. Employers have expended tremendous effort to determine the best way to incorporate this concept into a healthy work environment, especially as it relates to employing … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – More than half of ACOs likely to leave Medicare Shared Savings program
While everyone is understandably focused on the day-to-day aspects of the COVID crisis, some attention needs to be directed to the long-term effects on risk-based providers who are tasked with caring for the principal population most at-risk for the virus: … Read Full Post
What We’re Watching – Telemedicine Update: Professional Insurance
We watched an excellent webinar from law firm McDermott Will & Emery that covered professional liability insurance in the era of telemedicine and digital health. The title is Telemedicine Update: Professional Insurance. As we know, our healthcare system has been … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Physician Stress & Burnout
Studies of physician burnout aren’t new, but for all the awareness of the last dozen years, the problem doesn’t get any better. An updated study summarized in the February 2020 issue of The American Journal of Medicine shows that physician … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Home Health Turnover Worsens in 2019
Home health turnover, already higher than others businesses’, increased in 2019 when compared to 2018 rates, according to this article from Home Health Care News. The hardest hit were home health aides and licensed practical nurses who saw 25.36% and … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – How to get your behavioral health codes right
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, (DSM-5, in medical parlance) is a handbook, if you will, to assist in making diagnostic judgments in cases of mental disorders. The manual classifies conditions and provides diagnostic criteria in … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10
Your administrative staff has probably hounded you for years to improve your documentation. With the ICD-10 transition around the corner on October 1, 2014, clinician documentation will be more important than ever. The code sets from have expanded from 14, … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – OSHA Proposes Publishing Worker Injury Data
In 2012, nearly three million people were injured at work, according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics. A proposed law, announced on November 7th , would require businesses with more than 20 employees to annually file their OSHA 300 form … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – How to Manage an OSHA Inspection
Does your company have a process for if and when any government agency shows up for an inspection? If you don’t, we suggest you add this to your priority list for the end of this year because many regulatory agencies … Read Full Post